iLife - All things, iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes

bkisbutchenuff · 12-01-2012, 09:54 AM

Just got the new ipad last week....loving it! Its amazing...when I replace my desktop - it will be an Apple product as well! Not so sure about the iphone yet...but for syncing and convenience seems like a logical move in the future as well....

Kelt · 12-01-2012, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bkisbutchenuff

Just got the new ipad last week....loving it! Its amazing...when I replace my desktop - it will be an Apple product as well! Not so sure about the iphone yet...but for syncing and convenience seems like a logical move in the future as well....

It's just the beginning. The stuff is like crack. I started with an iPod, a year later, iMac; the next year iPhone, 6 months after that and macbook air, now looking at apple tv.........

You get the idea, brace your wallet!

Hollylane · 12-01-2012, 03:44 PM

I'm actually considering moving away from Apple products, they seem to have too much control over what I do or see on my Iproducts. I want things that are compatible with all of the ever changing world of electronic doodads...Apple seems to only like its own products. Just my experience.

Kelt · 12-01-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollylane

I'm actually considering moving away from Apple products, they seem to have too much control over what I do or see on my Iproducts. I want things that are compatible with all of the ever changing world of electronic doodads...Apple seems to only like its own products. Just my experience.

This is really interesting and something I have been talking with a couple of other friends about too. It seems more and more like we (electronics consumers) are being coerced into choosing whole eco-systems instead of ala carte some of this and that.

Like Hollylane mentions, Apple is really setting up a closed loop of products and proprietary services. OS specific apps, co-ordinating through their cloud, even special connections instead of standards like USB and the like. All to work on their hardware exclusively.

I also see this happening with Google. The Android OS couples with that specific hardware and their apps and their cloud service (Gdrive) and their special browser, Chrome, tablet, etc.

Now Amazon with their readers, tablets, club membership (prime). They have their own cloud storage, music and video stores, subscription items, exclusive deals with content interaction providers.

I think that for now and a while to come, this is what it is. Yes, alot of this can be blended, I use all three cloud services as well as both Safari and Chrome browsers, and have been using a Roku streaming box because I can get both Netflix and Amazon streaming, I am going to migrate to and apple tv because they have decided to play nice with those two and I can use it to put whatever is on my laptop to a bigger screen, like iTunes U lectures.

But yes, we seem to have to choose what eco system to buy into for now. I am going for Apple for creation and computing, although I use a lot of Google software, and Amazon for consumption, kindle reader and if I decide on a tablet it will likely be a Fire.

It is a strange place for this to land and I think consumers will eventually drive it to a point of better compatibility. I hope it is soon.

bkisbutchenuff · 03-28-2013, 02:44 AM

By this time next week, I will be a total Apple convert....

girl_dee · 04-28-2013, 06:03 PM

i broke down and got a new iphone. Since i was in love with my 4s i wanted another one. Best Buy said they were out and sold me a 5. So Fine.

Afterwards i was annoyed that cases and cords do not fit the 5. i have the coolest Hello Kitty LSU tigers case that i am very fond of.

i did like that is it slimmer and lighter.

Then i started having major problems with texting. Lots of *not delivered* and the recipient saying they are getting multiple texts, and i am getting them very late, like the next day.

Wifi acting crazy etc.. After a few calls to SPrint they said to go exchange the phone.

Best Buy of course said it is not the phone, it's Sprint. i didn't care, i wanted a 4s like i wanted to begin with. They reluctantly exchanged it, and gave me a big fat refund for the difference. They sold me an iphone 4s for 49.99.

So far so good. Maybe it was a fluke with that phone but i was too annoyed to think about getting another one.

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