I first saw this on a friend's Android phone, but I cannot say enough about how cool this app is. It was $1.99 for the iPhone, and worth every dime! It even tells you the names of the satellites going by. :D
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I first saw this on a friend's Android phone, but I cannot say enough about how cool this app is. It was $1.99 for the iPhone, and worth every dime! It even tells you the names of the satellites going by. :D
Yawn.
Satellite AR - augmented reality
SatTrack - tracker with schedules and visibility info - good if you want to see the ISS or Iridium flares (the flares are a very seldom event, last seconds, but they look like someone in the sky is shining a flashlight at you)
Both free on Android.
That's pretty cool. I searched but couldn't find anything called, "Google Sky" for iOS? Do you have a link? You sure that's not an Android only app? I saw it in the web browser though and looks interesting. I've been using this one called, "Sky Guide". Also $1.99. Looks awesome on iPad. Shows the constellations, information about them, etc. Good times! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tekboy
link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-...576588894?mt=8
The reply without the first line would make you appear so much less of a dick. Really it would.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
I was thinking "arrogant". But yeah, agreed. I always wonder if people like this are just like this because they are online? Or do they act this way in real life too? It's weird to me how just because it's the Internet, people become so rude to each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazzak
Google Sky is also free on Android. Just visit your local Google Play Store.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
Sorry I'm not British. If I were maybe my reply would have been on the lines of: "I am terribly sorry, but I ought to kindly remind you that the Apple platform is slightly not as capable as Android. Please do not take it as an offense but there might be some better options for you to consider.... blah blah"Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazzak
I'm afraid it ain't gonna happen.
On the other side "less of" implies I am a dick for not being an Apple fanboy and having a different opinion. Too bad.
Sorry I'm not American. If I were maybe my reply would have been along the lines of: "Yeah man, he's definitely a dick".Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
There is nothing yawnful about the night sky and satellites - with or without an app, Ceebee sometimes I believe you are just deliberately abrasive. Such a shame.
The yawn was at the paid app when awesome is available for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
I actually love watching the sky and tracking satellites.
It is free for android because all of it is google. It definitely works on ios, because I got it from the app store. You know, I have an Android tablet as well, and the two devices are not in competition with each other. As I stated in the OP, I originally saw the app on an android phone. I am certainly glad that two bucks isn't going to cause me to resort to eating cat food or the like. :D :D
Awesome then...
While at it, don't forget to check out those 2 that I listed. I use them often to look at flares and ISS passes. Sat track was formerly known as Heavens Above, I know there is a iOS version.
Exactly. It is nothing short of a miracle to have technology like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
This is an app made by Google that is in the app store? Or do I use it from the web browser? Sometimes the app store has a bug where when you search, the thing you are looking for doesn't come up. Usually I just search in google and click the itunes link. But I'm not finding anything. You sure it's an app in the app store? Or could it be a web app? I'm just asking because I wanted to try it but I can't find it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tekboy
It's not about being britich or american. It's about starting your post out with the word "yawn". Why do you feel the need to do that? Do you do that in real life? Or is that just a think you do on the Internet?Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
I thought that explained it pretty well.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
Oh I get it now. It's a dig at iPhone. Because there are free options for Android, but you have pay $2 for iPhone for an app (or something along those lines). I guess many people online these days have to include the underlying message rather than just talking like one adult to another in a civil way.
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we just did things like this instead?:
Person A: I just bought a great new app for $2!
Person B: That's great! I hope you have a great time with it. I'm having a great time with my app that was free!
And then just end it. Why do we need to include the smug "yawn" to indicate that one persons choices are better than the others?
iBummerQuote:
Originally Posted by Webhead
:D
Yepp Abrasive but 100 percent correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by CeeBee
Android is better and Apple sucks donkey balls
Of course! You keep telling yourself that. :) Also, Coke is better than Pepsi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Overdrv
Only with Captain MorganQuote:
Originally Posted by Webhead
I found it in the app store, and downloaded and installed it directly to my phone. It is named Google Sky.
Hmmm. I'm not seeing it. Oh well.
Sorry. It said Google Sky when I downloaded it, but as I look at my phone, it says StarMap/3D+.
I hope that helps. Basically, anywhere I point my phone in the sky, the app shows me what I am looking at. Usually, it is clear out when I first get up, and that is when I use it the most.
Oh ok. Thanks for letting me know. I was searching and it didn't seem like they released an official iOS app but I couldn't tell for sure. At least now I know I'm not going crazy. LOL :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tekboy
Well either way, that app looks pretty cool. A friend of mine turned me on to the Sky Guide app so that's what I was using. I wish they had this technology when i was in astronomy class way back in high school.
Given the number of macs I have had to fix this last couple of weeks, I am beginning to hate the "let's hide all the teknikal stuff" from the user. Logs? Some clue other than bland error message.
I don't actually have a Mac (although I hope to have one this year). But I think the Mac fixit process is supposed to go like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
1> Problem.
2> Bring to Apple store.
Apple doesn't like the monkeys to get in the system. I put a hard drive in a 27" iMac a couple of weeks ago, and it was no fun at all. Like laptop service only more frustrating. The system had been bought from an Apple dealer who apparently had some difficulty adding some of the upgrades to the system which the customer wanted. Had some damaged connections, etc. Same dealer that took three attempts to get the ribbon cable that controls fan speed correctly connected when another of the company's iMacs needed a new drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
I downloaded the app and it's really great! :D