sparx104 commented on Question of the Day: Is Your Flat Panel TV Wall-Mounted Or On a Stand?

"This house is subsiding as it is - mounting the TV to the wall will just make it fall down quicker. Since I need a cabinet for the Xbox, DVR etc to go in the TV's just stood on that - If you wall mount it where do you put the other devices?"

sparx104 commented on Cucku Social Backup Stores Your Data With Your Friend, Your Friend's Data With You

"Why not just buy an external HD, back up to it then give it to your mate for safe keeping."

sparx104 commented on Pending iPhone App MagicPad Demos Cut and Paste Implementation

"I would imagine that the captcha is there as they probably don't use the default email app."

sparx104 commented on Simple Hack Turns USB Charger Units into iPhone Chargers

"Why?"

sparx104 commented on iPhone 2.1 Firmware Currently In Beta, More GPS Features On The Way

"On the subject of GPS; since pictures are tagged with the location they were taken it would be nice if you were able to show that location in maps on the phone. As it is, the only way to get at the info is on a PC/Mac after downloading the images."

sparx104 commented on Question of the Day: How's Your iPhone 3G Reception?

"UK O2: Mine usually swaps between 1bar 3G and full Edge in the house and varies outside. Even on 1 bar I've never experienced any dropped calls or distortion."

sparx104 commented on Aurora Feint iPhone App Delisted For Lousy Security Practices

"There is a simple solution to this and all other security problems: If an app asks to read the contacts list a box pops up warning the user."

sparx104 commented on iPhone Apps We Want To Like: A-Level Could Replace the Floating-Bubble Level, Soon

"I've never had a 3rd party app crash."

sparx104 commented on Windows Live Messenger Finally Arrives For BlackBerry

"I want an iPhone version from the App Store. And the article's picture is from Nokia's Series 60."

sparx104 commented on Japanese iPhone 3G Is Perverts' Worst Friend

"There was talk of the EU putting this into law at some point."

sparx104 commented on Apple Doesn't Have a Problem With iPhone Cut and Paste, They Just Don't Care

"My approach for copy/paste (no cut): Use current method of moving cursor with loupe and everything but draw a grey line under the text as the cursor is moved."

sparx104 commented on iPhone 3G Review Addendum: Reception is Better

"Mine on O2 goes from one bar if held horizontal to full signal if held upright."

sparx104 commented on Apple and AT&T Stores Having Difficulty Activating iPhones (UPDATE: It's the iPocalypse)

"Our O2 stores in the UK wasn't up to the task this morning."

sparx104 commented on iPhone App Store: eBooks for 99 Cents a Pop

"The eReader app is there too - you can get lots of public domain books in the format that that uses along with new ones."

sparx104 commented on Party-A-Cargo Brings the Bro-Down to Wherever Your Truck Can Park

"So what we have here is a steel box with 150 quid ($300ish) worth of car audio gear, a keg and a fridge for approx $3000. I could put this together for about $800."

sparx104 commented on Cat Vs. Washing Machine (My Poor Cat Part II)

"Snooker balls hitting each other and the theme to Countdown (crappy UK quizshow for old people) scare my grandmother's Jack Russel senseless."

sparx104 commented on Lightning Review: Nokia E66 Slider Smartphone

"You can rearrange the icons in the main menu however you like so there's no excuse for them to be buried in folders. I agree, the browser needs some work."

sparx104 commented on Nokia Helps Buys Symbian, Turns it Open Source

"Deciding between the iPhone and a Symbian phone (N78) I will be getting the N78. Having used by brother's iPhone the Symbian platform (and Nokia's S60 UI) is far superior due to real multi-tasking, a sensible security model allowing anyone to develop apps, theming, stability (I often crash my brother's iPhone) along with the fact that the hardware/software supports much more - A2DP, tethering, file system access, standard USB ports and more."