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[Brandwin]

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one thing im in need for app wise, is a sports based text sim. hockey, basketball, football, baseball, i dont care which one. just give me something lol.

Agree. I don't pay 4 many apps but I'd pay for a sports text sim.

I never thought about having a text based sim game on my iPhone, but I would love that. I would pay for one, easily.

[TheBadazz]

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Does anyone know of an app that can read (aloud) your text messages to you via Bluetooth or the speaker as they're received? My friend has a G1 phone and his does that and think it's great. I work on cars alot and that would be very helpful to me.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I think it is called text to speech feature...I know the Droid has it as well, might be a google phone only type of thing. Or might be that dragon speak app or something like that.

[ScoobySnax]

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I think it is called text to speech feature...I know the Droid has it as well, might be a google phone only type of thing. Or might be that dragon speak app or something like that.

Nah the iPhone has a 3rd party app that does it, but Android has native support for it.

[UNC_Pete]

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So, anyone ever crack an iPhone screen? I dropped mine and the screen is all smashed up but everything else works. I just have to be weary of glass cuts when I get around the impact area. (hah) But, it's quite annoying watching baseball on the MLB app through the cracks. If so, anyone ever try to repair it themselves?

I see directfix.com has a kit to do this: Screen repair

If so, was it as easy as the videos suggest? (I honestly doubt it)

[Bruins]

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So, anyone ever crack an iPhone screen? I dropped mine and the screen is all smashed up but everything else works. I just have to be weary of glass cuts when I get around the impact area. (hah) But, it's quite annoying watching baseball on the MLB app through the cracks. If so, anyone ever try to repair it themselves?

I see directfix.com has a kit to do this: Screen repair

If so, was it as easy as the videos suggest? (I honestly doubt it)

I'd go through iFixit if I were you. Very well trusted in the Apple community.

http://www.ifixit.com/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-3G-Front-Panel-Kit/IF137-007

[Pared]

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Fixing an iPhone is pretty simple if you have the right tools, have patience and have worked on electronics before.

iFixit is a great website.

[sadams33]

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I never thought about having a text based sim game on my iPhone, but I would love that. I would pay for one, easily.

there is a app called baseball manager 2010 i have it but haven't played it much, check it out on itunes

[UNC_Pete]

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Fixing an iPhone is pretty simple if you have the right tools, have patience and have worked on electronics before.

iFixit is a great website.

I have two of the three..patience isn't all there..but I wouldn't go office space printer on it..

[War Eagle!]

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I have two of the three..patience isn't all there..but I wouldn't go office space printer on it..

It's not hard. 2 screws and disconecting flex cables.

[UNC_Pete]

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That is if I went to replace the whole LCD and screen right? My LCD is fine, it's just the screen which is cracked..

From what I saw I need to use a hair dryer to remove the screen from the LCD and then reapply the screen. It's probably worth my time more to just replace the whole front screen for 100 than try to do the screen repair for 60..

[ExtremeGamer]

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Here's the new iphone.

http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone

What's new

• Front-facing video chat camera
• Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger than the iPhone 3GS)
• Camera flash
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
• Improved display. It's unclear if it's the 960x460 display thrown around before—it certainly looks like it, with the "Connect to iTunes" screen displaying much higher resolution than on a 3GS.
• What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
• Split buttons for volume
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic
What's changed

• The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or shiny plastic in order for the cell signal to poke through. Tapping on the back makes a more hollow and higher pitched sound compared to tapping on the glass on the front/screen, but that could just be the orientation of components inside making for a different sound
• An aluminum border going completely around the outside
• Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)
• Everything is more squared off
• 3 grams heavier
• 16% Larger battery
• Internals components are shrunken, miniaturized and reduced to make room for the larger battery
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[CaptainZombie]

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I can't wait for Friday, going to get the 32gb 3GS as I'm available for an upgrade then. Sold my 32gb Touch on ebay last night so I'll be slimming down to one device as its a pain anyways to carry both the phone and ipod around.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I can't wait for Friday, going to get the 32gb 3GS as I'm available for an upgrade then. Sold my 32gb Touch on ebay last night so I'll be slimming down to one device as its a pain anyways to carry both the phone and ipod around.

I'd wait now, this will be coming out in 2 months, and the new one looks fantastic.

[EWRMETS]

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Great post Extreme. New Iphone looks amazing.