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Turn your ipod/itouch into a dyno.

andy_cyp

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Apple is selling an application "Dynolicious" for £7.49 that turns your ipod/itouch into a device that records your 0.60/0.100/et/1/4 mile times using the built in accelerometer and g forces.

I personally bought and installed it on my itouch and it really does work.
Its so much fun cummuting to work now, lol.

Heres a linky review.

http://gizmodo.com/5030749/iphone-apps-we-like-dynolicious-car-performance-meter
 
Thats nearly worth buying an I phone, im a miserable old bugger who likes to cut his own path through the forest and not join the sheep by purchasing `in` stuff, but that is cool, nothing beats data collecting, especially to do with cars, its a good tool for collating data later (im a poet and I didn`t know it!) and comparing 1 mod against another for financial/benefit reasons,

well done for finding that gem andy!!
 
I'm confused - the thread title says iPod - but am I right in thinking this is just for the iPohone or iTouch and not your bog standard iPod?
 
robert.saunders said:
Does anyone have an iTouch? I've been toying with getting one
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Yep - got one a few months ago as a present. At first I though it was just a thinner, more expensive iPod but it ain't. It is worth the money - not only for the way you can browse about your music in lots of clever visual ways but also it does a lot of other clever things (never mind this doofer that started the thread). For example - I just got back from the states. Nearly every hotel I stayed in and also airports etc, had free WiFi internet signal. The iTouch is a webbrowser so I could be a sad git and check MB forums and stock prices, e-mails etc (and write e-mails).

It is solid state so no moving parts - about the only thing I don't like is is hibernates too easily (to stop you changing music too easily by touching the screen) and you are forever having to wake if up.

Overall though I'd say it's another Apple iconic device.
 
It would be interesting to put one up against a G-tech meter and proper timed runs. There is quite a bit of criticism of G-tech for accuracy.
 
This should be interesting :crazy:
 
I've had a bit of a think about this.

1. Gadget. Cool.

2. Neat program. Cool. Want it.

3. Errm.. Why the hell would you put an accelerometer in a phone/MP3 player in the first place?

4. <Cynic> Very handy for repudiating warranty claims when they've been dropped. </Cynic>

Not that I'm a Cynic, of course. ;)

Anyone got a better explanation?

Cheers,

Gaz
 
gaz_l said:
I've had a bit of a think about this.

1. Gadget. Cool.

2. Neat program. Cool. Want it.

3. Errm.. Why the hell would you put an accelerometer in a phone/MP3 player in the first place?

4. <Cynic> Very handy for repudiating warranty claims when they've been dropped. </Cynic>

Not that I'm a Cynic, of course. ;)

Anyone got a better explanation?

Cheers,

Gaz
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Because it's available and it's cheap
 
ive got an 8gb ipot touch and an 80gb ipod

love the touch for when im surfing in the garden

ive put nothing on my itouch since i got it

have you a link for this programme and any other good ones you recomend
 
pammy said:
I'm confused - the thread title says iPod - but am I right in thinking this is just for the iPohone or iTouch and not your bog standard iPod?
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Pammy, it is intended for both gen 1&2 iphones and for the itouch only.
Sorry for not making it a little clearer for you.;)
 
robert.saunders said:
Does anyone have an iTouch? I've been toying with getting one
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Mines an itouch and its a beauty, ive upgraded the software to the latest gen 2's iphone which again is available via itunes for about a fiver, my itouch has now got all the feautes an iphone2 has bar the calling part.
 
fuseman said:
Yep - got one a few months ago as a present. At first I though it was just a thinner, more expensive iPod but it ain't. It is worth the money - not only for the way you can browse about your music in lots of clever visual ways but also it does a lot of other clever things (never mind this doofer that started the thread). For example - I just got back from the states. Nearly every hotel I stayed in and also airports etc, had free WiFi internet signal. The iTouch is a webbrowser so I could be a sad git and check MB forums and stock prices, e-mails etc (and write e-mails).

It is solid state so no moving parts - about the only thing I don't like is is hibernates too easily (to stop you changing music too easily by touching the screen) and you are forever having to wake if up.

Overall though I'd say it's another Apple iconic device.
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Who you calling a doofer you noobie ????, i dont think replies of this manner will get you help when needed, if you havent got anything decent to say then keep your mouth shut and stay out of my posts till you prove yourself a little more, noobie.
 
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The G.F.P said:
ive got an 8gb ipot touch and an 80gb ipod

love the touch for when im surfing in the garden

ive put nothing on my itouch since i got it

have you a link for this programme and any other good ones you recomend
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Itunes is the best place to start, start off first of all with downloading the latest software then any other applications you may wish, there heck of a choice.
 
andy_cyp said:
Who you calling a doofer you noobie ????, i dont think replies of this manner will get you help when needed, if you havent got anything decent to say then keep your mouth shut and stay out of my posts till you prove yourself a little more, noobie.
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You got me all wrong....

...the doofer is the software not you....

'Doofer' n. coll. word for object or gadget when speaker cannot remember the correct name of the object or cannot be bothered to scroll up to previous page to find out: Oxford English Dictionary - Concise Ed 2007

Not to be confused with:-

'Doofus' n. coll word for person who is foolish and misunderstands things e.g. the difference between a doofer and a doofus: Ibid.

;)
 
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