How do you interact with XH on the go? [Archive]

xu2006

03-15-2010, 04:08 PM

Laptop and Droid. The phone has come in quite handy several times this season when having to review a thread to determine on which channels the games were being covered.

Retire33

03-15-2010, 04:13 PM

Blackberry

94GRAD

03-15-2010, 04:15 PM

Laptop or ITouch

Muskie

03-15-2010, 04:17 PM

so I assume those using iphone or mobile phone are using safari (or whatever browser equivalent).

blobfan

03-15-2010, 04:23 PM

Firefox on my Mac and Safari on my iPhone. I've been pretty satisfied with my ability to read the site on my iPhone. It retains the log-in info better than other sites I visit and loads quickly enough. I've not tried posting, though.

Kahns Krazy

03-15-2010, 04:28 PM

so I assume those using iphone or mobile phone are using safari (or whatever browser equivalent).

Unless you're telling me there's a XH app that I don't know about.

XUOHTX

03-15-2010, 04:35 PM

Safari on Ipod touch works great. Browser on my Sprint Instinct gets me the info but not well.

BBC 08

03-15-2010, 04:42 PM

Laptop and iPhone.

GuyFawkes38

03-15-2010, 04:45 PM

I use Opera's mobile cell phone browser (it's a good option for those out there who don't have iphones and droids).

Muskie91

03-15-2010, 04:53 PM

RSS feed - oh sorry that's my wishlist

IPhone

wkrq59

03-15-2010, 04:59 PM

Linux PC at home, laptop (my daughters or one of their 4 pcs, and laptop at our friends home in Tampa (they have MS aol and a new puter. Elsewhere on the road, on the rarest of tmes I use a hotel or motel computer.:D

XUglow

03-15-2010, 05:03 PM

Laptops

THill42

03-15-2010, 05:21 PM

Would there be any way to make a blackberry app for the site? I have zero knowledge of the sort, but it would be a pretty nice way to check in on the john.

vee4xu

03-15-2010, 06:09 PM

Laptop and Blackberry.

XURunner85

03-15-2010, 08:09 PM

PC...I drive real fast to work so I can get on my PC to see what is happening on here....then I drive real fast home so I can get my PC on and see what is goiing on here again....I drive real fast now....

ford

03-15-2010, 08:41 PM

blackberry with crappy browser. can't wait to get an iPhone

Cheesehead

03-15-2010, 09:25 PM

blackberry with crappy browser. can't wait to get an iPhone

Agreed. Crackberrys are great for email but not much else. Waiting for Verizion to work out details to bring on board the iPhone. I will be there in line on that day. I also use the laptop quite a bit, especially as the weather starts to wam up; it's nice to sit out on the deck w/ an ice cold beer.

Svoboda

03-15-2010, 10:36 PM

RSS feed - oh sorry that's my wishlist

IPhone

The site does have an RSS feed already. Have you messed around with them at all?

Svoboda

03-15-2010, 10:36 PM

Unless you're telling me there's a XH app that I don't know about.

I'm looking into something similar.

PM Thor

03-15-2010, 10:43 PM

blackberry with crappy browser. can't wait to get an iPhone

Hold off until AT&T loses their exclusivity contract. They suck and I cannot wait to get away from AT&T, but keep my Iphone.

Kahns Krazy

03-15-2010, 10:53 PM

Hold off until AT&T loses their exclusivity contract. They suck and I cannot wait to get away from AT&T, but keep my Iphone.

I have been with AT&T for some time and have not had problems with them.

PM Thor

03-15-2010, 10:58 PM

I have been with AT&T for some time and have not had problems with them.

You gotta be kidding me. I have had texts disappear for hours before delivery, dropped calls left and right, dead spots, no service, terrible customer service, and then there was the 2 times recently where I couldn't make a call out at all (same with the Chickey) for a couple of hours. Plus they are overly expensive. I believe I saw that out of the major carriers AT&T was rated last in terms of customer satisfaction.

Kahns Krazy

03-15-2010, 11:06 PM

You gotta be kidding me. I have had texts disappear for hours before delivery, dropped calls left and right, dead spots, no service, terrible customer service, and then there was the 2 times recently where I couldn't make a call out at all (same with the Chickey) for a couple of hours. Plus they are overly expensive. I believe I saw that out of the major carriers AT&T was rated last in terms of customer satisfaction.

I get occasional issues with texts, but i can't remember my last dropped call. I haven't had any reason to call them for customer service, so other than the fact that everything is where it's supposed to be, and my bill is correct every month, I can't really comment on customer service.

blobfan

03-15-2010, 11:41 PM

I get occasional issues with texts, but i can't remember my last dropped call. I haven't had any reason to call them for customer service, so other than the fact that everything is where it's supposed to be, and my bill is correct every month, I can't really comment on customer service.

I'm with Kahns here Thor. Verizon customer service was AWEFUL! They were absolutely incompetent every time I called. I had an issue with them for the entire length of my contract and it wasn't resolved until I contacted the corporate office and harrassed them into fixing the problem. Their coverage might be a bit more consistent than AT&T if you travel much outside the 3G network but I had missing texts and dropped calls with Verizon too.

And I can't believe AT&T is last in customer service, or did Sprint go bankrupt recently? Talk about awful.

Sorry. Rant over.

coasterville95

03-16-2010, 12:03 AM

Add me to the long list of people who surf XH on the iPhone. I've even gotten tolerable at hammering our posts on the iPhone!

Gratuitous test of new smileys:
:sword:

Muskie91

03-16-2010, 09:03 AM

The site does have an RSS feed already. Have you messed around with them at all?

I'll have to try again. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks.
:logo:

American X

03-16-2010, 09:34 AM

What is the optimal manner to track a bracket on the iPhone?

Jumpy

03-16-2010, 09:49 AM

What is the optimal manner to track a bracket on the iPhone?

CBS has a free app called NCAA March Madness Lite that has a trackable bracket. You could also drop $9.99 and get the full version of the app and have access to live streaming video of every game.

American X

03-16-2010, 10:01 AM

Perfect. Thanks, Jumpy.

Edit - even better, my office is using Sportsline so I can log in to my own bracket.

xu2006

03-16-2010, 10:58 AM

RSS feed - oh sorry that's my wishlist

IPhone

Sign up for Google Reader, create a bookmark on your browser bookmark bar to:

javascript:var%20b=document.body;var%20GR________b ookmarklet_domain='http://www.google.com';if(b&&!document.xmlVersion){void(z=document.createElemen t('script'));void(z.src='http://www.google.com/reader/ui/subscribe-bookmarklet.js');void(b.appendChild(z));}else{loca tion='http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)}

Go to XavierHoops forums and click the bookmark button you just created... it will then function like a RSS feed in Reader.

I haven't tried it with Xavier Hoops yet, but I'm going to now. It works with just about any other site that updates pretty regularly.

xu95

03-16-2010, 01:16 PM

I'm with Kahn's too. I will not be switching when AT&T loses it's exclusivity. Much better than Sprint that I had beforehand.

xu95

Smails

03-16-2010, 01:22 PM

Desktop at work (daily, most frequent for me)

Laptop at home (sunday mornings, druken evenings)

No mobile devices for XHoops for me.

X-band '01

03-16-2010, 09:54 PM

I'll use my lapper if I'm at work or on the road; it's either desktop or laptop at home.

Jumpy

03-17-2010, 07:54 AM

I'm with Kahn's too. I will not be switching when AT&T loses it's exclusivity. Much better than Sprint that I had beforehand.

xu95

The big kicker for me is that, while Verizon has larger coverage with their 3g network, it comes at the expense of speed and available bandwidth. AT&T's 3G network is significantly faster (based on a Wired report that I read about a month ago) and allows talking and streaming data at the same time. Verizon's does not.

For some reason I now feel like a guy that just caught the early flight home from San Diego and a couple of nude people jumped out of my bathroom blindfolded like a goddamn magic show ready to double team my girlfriend...

joebba

03-19-2010, 12:34 AM

Net book. I also have a PC as a back up. Unfortunately I was without my net book for the past several days and needed my desktop PC to run some job on the hard drive from the net book from pre-boot. This is why I have not been on here for several days.

bourbonman

03-19-2010, 08:07 AM

Laptop

XU after dark

03-19-2010, 10:48 AM

Lap top and I-phone. I think I may try the I-pad when it comes out. My eyes are suffering from reading XH on the I-phone screen.

American X

05-11-2010, 06:19 PM

Did you know you can make any webpage on your iPhone an app?

In Safari, click on the + at the bottom and click Add to Home Screen. I now have a XavierHoops app (kind of).

Jumpy

05-12-2010, 07:28 AM

Did you know you can make any webpage on your iPhone an app?

In Safari, click on the + at the bottom and click Add to Home Screen. I now have a XavierHoops app (kind of).

It's pretty sweet, isn't it? It will be even better when OS 4 comes out in June and you can create folders on the home page. No longer will I have pages and pages of porn links. I can now group them in folders: lesbian porn, foot fetish porn, farm porn, geriatric porn...

boozehound

05-12-2010, 07:46 AM

You gotta be kidding me. I have had texts disappear for hours before delivery, dropped calls left and right, dead spots, no service, terrible customer service, and then there was the 2 times recently where I couldn't make a call out at all (same with the Chickey) for a couple of hours. Plus they are overly expensive. I believe I saw that out of the major carriers AT&T was rated last in terms of customer satisfaction.

I visit XH on my AT&T iphone as well. I have many of the same issues you are having. Dropped calls being the most irritating. I work downtown on 7th street and I get very spotty reception there. I have had verizon in the past and been very happy with them. If Verizon got the iphone I would absolutely jump ship.

It is interesting how people's experiences with AT&T vary so widely. I wonder if part of the issue is with the phone itself?

American X

11-16-2010, 01:00 PM

So you cannot listen to 700 or 55KRC live streaming on iPhone Safari because it requires Flash which Apple blocks from being installed. Neither station has an app.

Any other way to get live streaming from those stations on the iPhone?

BBC 08

11-16-2010, 01:13 PM

gladdenguy

11-16-2010, 01:32 PM

Laptop at work
Laptop at home

No mobile use for me either. My wife would want a divorce.

Jumpy

11-16-2010, 01:34 PM

The iheartradio app allows you to listen to both.

Iheartradio for Amx's specific problem, but for those that want an iPhone web browser with flash capabilities, Skyfire is the way to go. It's $3, but it's worth it if you want to see websites in their native format with flash.

boozehound

11-16-2010, 01:44 PM

You gotta be kidding me. I have had texts disappear for hours before delivery, dropped calls left and right, dead spots, no service, terrible customer service, and then there was the 2 times recently where I couldn't make a call out at all (same with the Chickey) for a couple of hours. Plus they are overly expensive. I believe I saw that out of the major carriers AT&T was rated last in terms of customer satisfaction.

Interesting to see how my opinion of AT&T has changed since May.

I used to have a lot of reception problems, particularly downtown where I work. This was a big problem for me because my iPhone is my work and personal cell phone. It seems to have been largely corrected though. For the past few months I haven't really had any issues.

I can't wait for Verizon to get the iPhone, but I will probably stay with AT&T. Hopefully some defections to Verizon will further improve the AT&T network performance.

PM Thor

11-16-2010, 01:58 PM

Interesting to see how my opinion of AT&T has changed since May.

I used to have a lot of reception problems, particularly downtown where I work. This was a big problem for me because my iPhone is my work and personal cell phone. It seems to have been largely corrected though. For the past few months I haven't really had any issues.

I can't wait for Verizon to get the iPhone, but I will probably stay with AT&T. Hopefully some defections to Verizon will further improve the AT&T network performance.

Weird. My Iphone just bit it and I had to do a recovery just today. Still working on it right now.

Has anyone jailbroken their Iphone recently? I'm thinking of that limera1n jealbreak.

I HATE dayton.

Kahns Krazy

11-16-2010, 01:58 PM

I don't check anything "on-the-go" that requires much reading or zooming and scrolling. XH is one of my favorite sites that isn't blocked at the office, so I get my time in here.

Lamont Sanford

11-16-2010, 02:05 PM

Laptop at work, duh! What else am I supposed to do here??? Work?!?

American X

11-16-2010, 02:07 PM

The iheartradio app allows you to listen to both.

Strong work. Take the afternoon off. I wondered if it was a Clear Channel thing to not have apps, but now I see that app is for all their stations. They should work on having it come up when an individual station is searched in the app store.

My immediate concern is catching the pregame on the way home. I would have listened to the Chris Mack Show while running last evening, but that is less pressing since I can download the podcast and listen the next day at work.

xu2006

11-16-2010, 04:03 PM

THRILLHOUSE

11-16-2010, 05:43 PM

Anyone else interested in seeing TapATalk on XavierHoops? I've heard great things about it, but none of the forums I read use it.

http://www.tapatalk.com/

My understanding is that it's a free add-on for forums.

Yes, TapATalk is good and I would love to see it implemented here. During the work hours I'm not allowed on the internet on my work pc, so I have to use my phone (HTC EVO) to view xavierhoops. It gets the job done viewing wise, but it can be a hassle to post from it.

Jumpy

11-17-2010, 07:07 AM

Anyone else interested in seeing TapATalk on XavierHoops? I've heard great things about it, but none of the forums I read use it.

http://www.tapatalk.com/

My understanding is that it's a free add-on for forums.

Absolutely. I mentioned it in the suggestions forum and Muskie said that Svo is experimenting with it. I currently use tapatalk and would love to read XHoops through that app.