Comments on: iPhones: they aren’t as bad as you think

By: Rico

Rico — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:53:36 +0000

@Joe
Yeah, i’ve been keeping tabs on 3.0’s progress. i’m excited about the copy and paste for my mom, who’s been missing that since she finally upgraded from her Palm.

By: DanTe

DanTe — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:29:50 +0000

I have personally come to conclusion that if I see someone with a Mac or iPhone, I don’t hire that person for IT. Just not worth the time it takes to school them on basic corporate security and fiduciary responsibilities. They make great prospect for the sales department though – they always talk good as long as you don’t ask them real technical stuff.

By: qbix

qbix — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:14:08 +0000

Never. I don’t care for it, I have no need for one and I frankly don’t want to be seen with one. I am much more eager to see what Palm and Google+partners can come up to compete with it, and if they have Flash support maybe I’ll even develop for it :)

The funny thing is that everyone seems to have or at least want an iPhone, an iPod or a Macbook… so much for “thinking different”.

By the way, I’m not anti-mac because they are pushing everyone else to innovate or at least catch up. In fact, I’ve thought about building a hackintosh one day. The thing I don’t want to be associated with is the fanboys who think they are so cool for having a mac product and don’t hesitate to flash it in public and brag about all the cool things it can do.

By: Joe Anderson

Joe Anderson — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:04:54 +0000

Rico: OS 3.0 will add ‘fake’ multitasking, copy and paste, A2DP, I have jailbroken video recorder (and there are rumours it may be added).

By: Thinker

Thinker — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:23:25 +0000

Is it really necessary? I got phone with gmail and some simple internet, but I never really needed it. I think modern phones turns people into a tech-prisoners. I like leaving my mobile at home when I go out. It really makes you feel free.

By: Rico

Rico — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:22:09 +0000

i forgot to add true multitasking as one of the things it lacks.

What’s the timeout for comment editing on this blog? Seems like i stepped away for ten minutes and it said i was no longer able to edit my comment.

By: Rico

Rico — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:12:26 +0000

No iPhone here. i alternate between an HTC Touch Pro and a Nokia 6555 that’s been crippled with AT&T’s firmware. i’ll probably upgrade to the Touch Pro 2 or the Nokia N97, but only if it vastly improves on Series 60’s touch interface and provides good performance.

My big gripe with the iPhone is the very sandboxed nature of the device. i don’t mind the idea of an app store, which has been around for about a decade now. i do mind having that as the only way to get apps on the device, aside jailbreaking it. Jailbreaking is a possibility, but i really don’t want to have to play that game of cat-and-mouse between me and Apple updates on something as important as my cell phone.

i also don’t like the fact that feature which other phones have had for years like copy and paste, A2DP, video shooting, etc. A decent word processor would be nice. i’ve written documents up on phones, only to sync and format them on the computer, but i wouldn’t expect to have to do that on a device

There’s also the fact that you have to use iTunes to manage the iPhone. iTunes on Windows is better than it used to be, but is still limited in the media formats it accepts, and a much greater resource hog than it needs to be. i’m guessing that’s largely attributable to maintaining the brushed metal look and font rendering which isn’t native to Windows.

For what it’s worth, i’m glad that the iPhone exists. It’s raised awareness by manufacturers to make smartphones finger-friendly, have attractive GUIs, and to make devices simply easier to use for the tech impaired. It’s also given my mom a smartphone solution that doesn’t require her calling me every other day for tech support.

By: Roman ShaRP

Roman ShaRP — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:55:04 +0000

http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/iquit.jpg :)