FAO iPhone or iPod touch owners

[Mike Osbourn]

The forum is available in the iPhone app. To connect to the United forum once you've installed the app you need to do as follows:

1. Click on the forums button in the app (second left at the bottom of the app screen).
2. Click the + button to add a new forum (button is top right).
3.Type cambridgeunitedfc into the box provided.
4. Click Go

That's it. It'll then provide you with the login screen.

Any problems give us a shout. I've noticed that the forum doesn't appear to show up when you search for it at present. Will have a look and see if I can work out why.

[kdwyellow]

Its a pretty good app. Looks like you need to pay £1.79 and buy the full app to get the full use from it. The free/lite version only lets you read threads. You cant respond.

[oliworth]

I've shelled out for the full version - doesn't add a lot apart from the ability to reply (and gets rid of the Lite icon, which is probably more important). Unfortunately it seems a bit unstable, occasionally crashing when you've posted.

[kdwyellow]

Mines working great do far but then I have a strong wifi signal. I've paid up for the full version. All the links launch ok and my messages appear to be posting ok. Very good stuff.

[oliworth]

It's crashed once for me when posting a message, and once when switching forums - not too bad, and certainly not as bad as I was expecting from the App Store reviews.

It actually looks very nice though and I think it's probably easier to read than the browser version.

[kdwyellow]

Agreed its much easier to read and also highlights the current hot topics. Navigates very quickly as well

[jimbo808]

A general question about Ipads - I understand you can download books onto these things (one of the selling points is the ability to read magazines too) - does it strain your eyes? And how practical are they? I'm thinking of getting something a bit more mobile and getting rid of my pc, but not sure if an ipad would be as practical as a laptop.

[El Goodo]

There isn't an Android version of the proboards app, irritatingly

[oliworth]

Jan 9, 2011 10:07:15 GMT jimbo808 said:

A general question about Ipads - I understand you can download books onto these things (one of the selling points is the ability to read magazines too) - does it strain your eyes? And how practical are they? I'm thinking of getting something a bit more mobile and getting rid of my pc, but not sure if an ipad would be as practical as a laptop.

I've never found them to be too straining on the eye, but the longest I've read on it for is about an hour. They're relatively heavy too - at least compared to a Kindle, which is smaller, lighter and not backlit, so I'd recommend that for pure e-reading.

The iPad's not a replacement for a PC, nor is it supposed to be - I think if you only had an iPad you'd really miss a proper computer, be it a laptop or desktop. If you're looking to go mobile, and want to spend a bit of money, I'd thoroughly recommend the Macbook Air - incredibly light, stylish, long battery life and with almost all the functionality of most other laptops.

[Andrea Thrussell]

Jan 9, 2011 11:08:14 GMT El Goodo said:

There isn't an Android version of the proboards app, irritatingly

Not yet but it's "in development" according to Proboards

[oliworth]

There's an update to the iPhone app today which I've just downloaded. It makes the board look even better and easier to read. It's also apparently fixed crash issues which I have to say were few and far between anyway, so I can't really notice that as an improvement.

They've also added some mobile-related features such as the ability to take a photo straight into your message - very nice. All in all I'd highly recommend any iPhone user to download it (not sure if there's versions for other phones yet, but there's always a way round that if not...).