Dynolicious (or why I might stop hating on the iphone and get one)

[Jand3rson]

They have a contract, but if you look at it from another perspective

GSM Carriers in the US

AT&T = Decent 3G Network, capable of actually running the iphone at 3g speeds
T-Mobile = Stuck in the past with an ancient EDGE network that they may consider upgrading if they ever decide to compete again.

I have T-Mobile now, I think my contract is for another year or so, since I just got a new phone like 6 months ago.

[SamE30e]

Contracts are for bitches! I managed to get a brand new Palm Treo 700wx for 100$ and no contract.

[george graves]

cool app, but i don't see it being accurate enough for a car. some games use the accelerometer and implement it pretty well, but it still doesnt seem very precise.

Oh really? - I don't know why people think this stuff up...

Anyways - here is proof. IPhone vs a dyno vs a g-tech pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-DFbJQbeSY

[TwoJ's]

This reminds me that I never reported back about how it performed. I finally got to test it out on a suitable road. I did three runs and they gave 217, 221 and 220 hp respectfully. I used a 0% correction factor so it would report wheel horsepower. At 15% drivetrain loss it would be ~253hp, and at 20% would be ~264hp. The stock rating is 258 for the TL. I'd say that it is pretty damn accurate considering all of the other possible ambiguities.

[nando]

Oh really? - I don't know why people think this stuff up...

Anyways - here is proof. IPhone vs a dyno vs a g-tech pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-DFbJQbeSY

it still costs as much as a real dyno, and you can't tune anything. still, it's neat if you already have an iphone - but for my money, I'll simply add an $8 accelerometer to my megasquirt. and actually, I ordered the parts for it this afternoon. should be pretty neat for track days etc. I should be able to log G's in at least 2 axis (sensor is 3 axis but I don't know if there are 3 spare ADCs on MS2) as well as acceleration times, HP/tq just like the iphone does.

[markseven]

How did you get the screen captures?

[TwoJ's]

it still costs as much as a real dyno, and you can't tune anything. still, it's neat if you already have an iphone - but for my money, I'll simply add an $8 accelerometer to my megasquirt. and actually, I ordered the parts for it this afternoon. should be pretty neat for track days etc. I should be able to log G's in at least 2 axis (sensor is 3 axis but I don't know if there are 3 spare ADCs on MS2) as well as acceleration times, HP/tq just like the iphone does.

$13 is as much as a dyno pull? I doubt it. And you can't exactly take your MS and accelerometer to your friend's car.

[george graves]

How did you get the screen captures?

I believe there is actually an iPhone "print screen" kind of thing. Those are from the makers of the software.

[monoaural]

To take a screen shot, hold the home and power button at the same time.

And my stock eta pulled ~90rwhp without a good launch. One good launch it did 102rwhp. Once the chip gets used to my car, I will do a few more runs.

[TwoJ's]

How did you get the screen captures?

I'm pretty sure he took the images from a website. But if you unlock on the old firmware you can take screen shots. The 2.0 firmware has the capability.

And for anyone who is thinking about upgrading to the 3G, just do it. You can get $300 to $350 for your old phone if you unlock it. People pay a bunch more for them so they can use them with other carriers. What they don't realize is that it only takes like 15 minutes to download the software and run it on the phone. So I'm going to pocket at least $100 and get a better phone. Can't go wrong there.

I'm going to upgrade in the next week. My mother and step dad are buying them and getting on a family plan. I told them to upgrade to the next highest amount of minutes and go for unlimited texting and I would pay the difference. If I were t get a plan with the 3G phone by myself it would be about $120/month. But with three of us it is $250 for 2100 shared any time minutes, free night and weekend shit, unlimited text and data. It's only $70 more than it would have been for both of them, so I'm saving quite a bit there.

Also for anyone who has a first gen phone, the new one really is far superior. The phone is faster, has the better network, GPS and can actually send MMS messages like every other phone. Shit, I would have payed an extra $100 just for GPS capabilities.

[daniel]

To take a screen shot, hold the home and power button at the same time.

you learn something new every day. thanks. i dunno when i will need to use that though...

[nando]

$13 is as much as a dyno pull? I doubt it. And you can't exactly take your MS and accelerometer to your friend's car.

er, $13 plus the cost of the phone, which I do not have or ever plan to buy. ;)

I don't really care about my friend's cars either, they can pay for their own dyno time! :p

[markseven]

I believe there is actually an iPhone "print screen" kind of thing. Those are from the makers of the software.

Okay, gotcha. I thought you used an emulator.