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Defending the iPhone: Reality vs. Idiocy
collegeiseasy.net — An argument against those critics who continue to assail the iPhone with half truths, ridiculous assertions, and flat out lies.
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- ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -0/+7The leader of the pack is always the most visible and vulnerable target; most iPhone critiques is a good indication competition is simply trying to catch up.
- AmyVernon, on 07/23/2008, -2/+5iPhone envy. I have it.
- AWBoy666, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2I really just don't like the iPhone. It doesn't do anything that other devices don't and the things that it does do, it does them badly. No MMS? No copy and paste?
All it is is a good looking piece of hardare with a good looking OS. That's all Apple ever releases. It's a strategy that works well since consumers are obsessed with things that look good.- utexas112, on 07/24/2008, -2/+0Things that it does it does badly? Have you ever used one? There is no mobile OS that is as smooth, stable, or intuitive as the iPhone's.
- pciulla, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Amen!
- clak, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5I bought an iPhone a year ago just to replace my crappy Samsung phone and my Video iPod. Now every time I come on the internet, there are fifty articles telling me why I shouldn't want an iPhone and another million people saying it's deficient in some way. People keep telling me I should want MMS and copy & paste and video recording and all I really wanted was the iPod part. Video recording would be nice, I guess, but then I remember that there was never a time in my life where I wanted a video recorder on my phone. It was a feature that just happened. Every phone just had it one day. I honestly never used it.
Everyone wants the iPhone to have stuff just because every other phone has it. So basically, they want Apple to be innovative by being EXACTLY like everyone else. That makes no sense to me.
Copy & Paste is probably the only thing that makes a lot of sense and I've heard it's on Apple's short list, so I have no problem waiting for it. The flip side is, I've learned a lot of stuff I didn't know about before. Like with tethering. I've never had a laptop, so I didn't even understand the complaint until the 3G phone, so now I'm more educated about it.
Of course, what the tethering complaint tells me is that the Geeks are never going to be satisfied with this phone, because they will always move on to complaining about some super important feature (to them at least) that ordinary people don't care about. Even with revolutionary features like Visual Voicemail, Multi-touch, a Wide Screen iPod, Google Maps with Live Traffic updates and A-GPS, the Geeks will be complaining no matter what Apple does, and they want everything YESTERDAY. It reminds me of a quote by Jamis Buck, web developer for 37signals.
"Imaginary work is always easier to do than real work. It is much more attractive (being more quickly done) and once you see the imaginary work, it can be very difficult to identify the real work it masks. People estimating imaginary work often assume they have all the facts in hand when making their estimates, which assumption leads them to believe that there is no “big technical hurdle” preventing its implementation" - Buzzpatrol, on 07/23/2008, -4/+3The iPhone is just fine. It's got a nice design and user friendly. Is it a Messiah? NO. Will it crush all other cellphone companies? NO. Are many iPhone users douches? YES! Are the people that defend Apple no matter what retarded? YES
- clak, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2Yes, the iPhone is just fine. Yes, It's got a nice design and is user friendly. Is it a Messiah? No. But then again, the only people that refer to it as "the Messiah" or "Jesus Phone," are Apple haters. Are many iPhone users douches? NO! They just really like Apple because they design great products. Are the people that call Apple users douches without provocation, douche bags themselves? YES!
- utexas112, on 07/24/2008, -2/+0Clearly the type of phone/iPod/media device you means determines your douche-status.
- u8muhrice, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1VERY GOOD critique of the iPhone. Unbiased and smart! Mad props bro
- Hellman109, on 07/24/2008, -3/+2This is a how to retort without retorting anything article.
The retort on not being able to teather the phone to a laptop is 'go outside'.
It also says its half the cost of the old phone, which is *****, it costs more over a term your FORCED into.
On the GPS side, sure its there, but its been gimped. Its like putting in the chip and not connecting it, then saying 'why ar you complaining its there!' Turn by turn navigation is the number 1 use for GPS.
Running apps in the background is NOT an incredible drain on the battery, how do I know? Ive been doing it since I got my phone and jailbreaked it! we know this because we DO this.
The 3G version addresses 1 problem, and the 2.0 firmware addresses another. The 3G fixes data on the go, with 3G, obvious one there. The 2.0 firmware adds officially sanctioned 3rd party apps. GPS you say? GPS is gimped on it.
Now fix:
Bluetooth (A2DP and wireless sync w/ iTunes)
Running apps in the background (running my phone without the SMS/mail notifier is annoying! My decade old Nokia did this!)
MMS (its very popular here in Australia, dont say use mail, because no one else has email on their phone).
Syncing of tasks and notes
Syncing with a free mail client on Windows (hint: windows mail on Vista and OSX mail are nearly identical)
Using the landscape keyboard in all apps, especially mail and sms! Its much better to use then the portrait keyboard
So 2 down, atleast 5 to go (the mail client issue is minor IMO). - dragonzmajic, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1If u have an iPhone u love it! If you don't then you think it is crap and not worth talking about.. So why do those who hate keep coming in here and talking *****?? Apple FTW!! w00t!
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