ThunderPeel2001

I know very little about posh cars, but I do remember travelling in one that had that feature (I was very impressed). It's just the general content block, as far as I'm aware. Actually my whole account is messed up... I can't even log into their site at the moment (or register for a new account). Also, connecting via WiFi doesn't seem to change my access... I still get the "T-Mobile Blocked Content" message. Very weird. Also, why do you have to keep calling them to unblock the content? I just want it permanently unlocked... Edit: Woot. Looks like I've finally got it sorted. So strange, as I didn't have this problem when I first used it, but the helpful person on the other end of the phone has happily unblocked it for me. Or so they assure me, anyway.

I love this...

They actually already have that in some posh cars. Now if only T-Mobile wasn't so incredibly crap as to block my access to the Android store, I'd bloody well download Foxyring. Argh.

Ooh! FoxyRing! About time something like that existed.

I love Chinatown so much. I should watch these other films, too.

Thanks, toblix I'm still not totally convinced. My phone has unit conversions, already (I think). I don't use Twitter, etc, etc. I wish there was actually apps that were useful to me. Not that fussed about playing games on my phone, really -- but then again, maybe I don't know the good ones. Most recently I've been impressed by Google Sky (damned impressive, if not actually useful) and Yelp -- which failed to find the place I was looking for. Bah.

So, Thompson... what are these "cream of the crop" apps? That's all I'm asking. And my cyncism of apps comes from commercials like this: szrsfeyLzyg As someone who is now in the wonderful world of (Android) apps, I have to ask: What's all the big fuss about apps? So far, they pretty much suck and are nowhere near as useful as they're being sold as. The idea of someone buying an iPad just to be able to use these (apparently pointless and oversold) apps seems baffling to me. I just want to know: What's so great about apps?

There's a tutorial mode, I'm sure of it. Hmm. *goes way to check*

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question. Note: I'm not having a go at you or anything, I'm just genuinely interested. If someone was going to buy a 360 or a PS3, I do think it's very normal for people to have an idea of what good stuff is available for it, and specific games they want to play. If they're just picking up a console because they trust that there are good games available for it, then fair enough. But that just takes me back to my original question: What's so useful about these apps from the Apple store? And with the iPad, aren't they all just available in a different form on a normal PC? I own an Android phone and I'm just absolutely baffled that anybody can get excited about apps in general. I regularly ask people who are excited by them to tell me an app that they consider essential. Remember: Apps are sold as something useful (e.g. Want to scratch your backside? There's an app for that, etc.). Most people just say "Google Maps" or "Google Mail", both of which are installed by default on Android phones, yet people often say how "amazing" the Apple app store is because it's got 200,000 apps. So, which are the genuinely useful ones?! I'd love for someone to be able to explain to me which apps I'm missing out on, because aside from the two I've mentioned, I don't use any other maps regularly. And since you said you were considering buying an iPad just so you could use apps from the Apple store on it, I thought you might be able to answer this question I've had for months.

Hmm... :-/ So what apps are you specifically looking forward to using?

Buying an iPad for the Apps, Toblix? What Apps are there that are worth buying a new piece of technology for? I'm still skeptical of "apps" in general and how "amazing" they supposedly are.

Apropos of nothing: What was that all about? *sigh*

Well, either way, the guy is funny, but also a dick, IMO.

Wow, you didn't have to stop this thread on account of me!

Assuming their office has a photocopier she's able to use for personal reasons. I assumed she just wanted to print something out.

Yeeps. Sorry, dude. Last I saw of it you were spilling drink over it by the bar

Yeah, that's what I meant. Even at 50% off I wouldn't buy some of those games, but with Steam you can get some incredible bargains. (Games for £2.50GBP, or even newer games, like Bioshock 2, for £9.99GBP, etc.) I wish XBLA had sales like that! I don't think I've ever bought anything in an XBLA sale, though. I think Braid got really cheap at one point, and that was totally worth it - but I'd already bought it

I'm totally on a budget while I save for my holiday, but I'll be getting there past 9 anyway... I'll probably be wearing a Back to the Future t-shirt for good measure.

Definitely! It looked awesome.

Damn. If only XBLA had these kind of sales!

Birthday Jeff Happy!

Shame that stuff isn't representative of the game itself, though.

People seem to love the Dr. Who spin-off, Torchwood. For comedies I personally enjoy things like The IT Crowd.

Wow, Dan! Your life is the best yet! (Wanna trade?)

Not sure if anyone has pointed this out or not, but presumably that extra motherboard stand-off was causing a short circuit. What an incredibly long winded way to discover that, though! I take it that it's all working fine now, then?