Egbert Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Will anyone join me in a campaign to ban the word "apps" before it is too late? And before any wit gets any ideas, I will not accept apps to join the campaign! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlady54 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I would join you, but I think you have left it far too late! The word is already repeated incessantly on TV and no doubt by everyone with these posh phones that use the things. A losing battle I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yes definately too late Egbert and with most kids using them you will never rid the world of the annoying little shortened 'in word'.... Just refer to them as 'applications' like I do as it really winds the kids and others up. It's just as annoying to them as the word 'App' is to me so they tend to stop mentioning them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Don't these abbreviated words derive from the text message culture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yes, I suppose you are all right. I have left it too late. But, Silver Lady, please be assured there is no such thing as a "posh" phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yes there is Egbert... a posh phone is one that does everything else apart from being a phone ie it has camera, email, internet, microsoft applications. thousands of other useless applications, sat nav, music player, video, and virtually everything else that 'something else' can do. All they need to be able to do in addition is make a cup of tea/coffee, iron and maybe to have a toilet roll dispenser in them and they will be perfection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Now there's a nice little project for you to work on Dizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 it'll never appen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 You are right Evils.. I'm far too busy to worry about trivia like ironing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlady54 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Yes there is Egbert... a posh phone is one that does everything else apart from being a phone ie it has camera, email, internet, microsoft applications. thousands of other useless applications, sat nav, music player, video, and virtually everything else that 'something else' can do. All they need to be able to do in addition is make a cup of tea/coffee, iron and maybe to have a toilet roll dispenser in them and they will be perfection Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 For those who want to know more about apps there is a meeting of the Isle of Man British Computer Society on the subject on Monday. http://www.bcs.org.im/2011/01/mobile-applications-and-the-isle-of-man/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Are you going Geoff of weren't you given a council iPad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 You mean you want him to operate an I-pad and walk at the same time?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 They do have local weather conditions on them though 'WARNING ICE' eh Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Do they have a hazardous terrain warning light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 These days there seems to be a mobile "App" for just about everything and I’m wondering where it’ll all end up. It seems to me that so many of these are totally pointless or perform a function that simply replaces a conventional remote controller. Being able to turn on your house lights from your mobile might be thought of as cool but at the serious risk of being branded a bit of a nerd. And given the number of apps are exploding exponentially we’ll no doubt soon need an app to manage all our Apps. A recent Top Gear program featured one of the latest BMWs but the vast majority of the report centred on it’s ability to be controlled by a mobile "app" with almost nothing about the car itself. James May was like a kid with a new toy as he demonstrated how easy it was to check the tyre pressures from South Africa while the car was in his garage in London. Personally if I were on holiday in South Africa, the last thing on my mind would be my tyre pressure back home, in fact I’d leave the bloody phone behind and have a proper break. The best one I’ve seen so far though was on this weeks edition of BBC’s Click that showed a rather expensive and somewhat bulky device that you connect to the back of your phone that via yet another App, allowed you to take a photo then print it out. I’ll bet the people at Polaroid are turning in their graves. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 we’ll no doubt soon need an app to manage all our Apps. If you have the app that searches apps for you you can probably find one that will manage your apps. my neice has an app on her phone that now lets you make phone calls!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 What's an APP ????????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Victor.... is this you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeA5xU2YjXk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 why won't my videos post properly??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 maybe because you are doing it wrong Baz .... here's yours again done properly this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 it used to work just by pasting the link in the box.... not anymore!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I know ..... surely you want to figure it out yourself though rather than to have a girlie tell you :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 perhaps you are using the wrong app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Nice one Bazj. (Ok, I took a while to reply) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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