Weird, I use my iPhone for everything but a phone, because, frankly, it sucks as a phone. Which is good, because I let it disrupt me less and am less likely to disrupt other people because I don't want to wait for it to unfreeze and then another 30 seconds it takes me to scroll through my contacts list and then thumb the fucking thing and then click on call.
And, shit, I don't even use it for email because it sucks for that too. I can't search. I have 5 email accounts for various things and I have to click 15 times to check them all, instead of a single view like the blackberry. Oh and I can't search. I mentioned that. Did I mention that? Yeah, I can't search. And when I click on a message I have to wait for the fucking webkit view to load before I can read it. I can't copy and paste addresses, I can't forward emails as sms's, I can't save attachments. SO awesome.
So yeah I use it for everything but email and the phone. And maybe SMS messaging too I do a lot less of because it's another slow cumbersome process that zaps the joy out of semi-realtime conversation. I love it when it craps out, and how it can't send in the background and those wonderfully stupid chat bubbles. I am not 12 years old.
So I don't really use it for anything other than browsing the web, tracking poker stats and playing Wurdle. I love Wurdle. I can play it until my thumbs cramp. I hope those guys make millions.
So yeah the iphone is the greatest piece of something alright.
The problem with Apple making only one of them is that they can only have one priority list, while the myriad of Android devs can have as many as users do. iPhone's list is something like:
1. Web Browsing
2. Music/video
3. Games
4. Email/sms
5. Phone
That's almost the exact opposite of every corporate user, and most teenagers.
It will be interesting to see if they ever release a second model, the way they eventually put out different lines of iPods. Maybe something bigger and less flashy, but with a keypad and way better voice. I won't hold my breath, but it might work.
I generally like Gruber's writing, but this piece was just drivel. It read more like "I've barely used any other smartphones!" than "the iPhone is great compared to other smartphones".
"If Apple can build a feature like this into the iPhone itself, it will be a smash hit feature, and, if it were something that only worked with Mac OS X, yet another impetus for iPhone/iPod users to switch from Windows."
is 3G tethering, deliberately removed from the App Store by Apple, and already available to Windows, Linux and OS X users of any old free-on-contract 3G Nokia.
Even Ubuntu (in 8.10) includes support for 3G modems, which should give you some idea how old hat they are :)
That statement is equally true for nearly everything Gruber writes. I'd appreciate if he offered a "skip to conclusion" link. Wait, I'll save you time: "Apple is badass."
I posted this before, but I'll do it again:
Weird, I use my iPhone for everything but a phone, because, frankly, it sucks as a phone. Which is good, because I let it disrupt me less and am less likely to disrupt other people because I don't want to wait for it to unfreeze and then another 30 seconds it takes me to scroll through my contacts list and then thumb the fucking thing and then click on call.
And, shit, I don't even use it for email because it sucks for that too. I can't search. I have 5 email accounts for various things and I have to click 15 times to check them all, instead of a single view like the blackberry. Oh and I can't search. I mentioned that. Did I mention that? Yeah, I can't search. And when I click on a message I have to wait for the fucking webkit view to load before I can read it. I can't copy and paste addresses, I can't forward emails as sms's, I can't save attachments. SO awesome.
So yeah I use it for everything but email and the phone. And maybe SMS messaging too I do a lot less of because it's another slow cumbersome process that zaps the joy out of semi-realtime conversation. I love it when it craps out, and how it can't send in the background and those wonderfully stupid chat bubbles. I am not 12 years old.
So I don't really use it for anything other than browsing the web, tracking poker stats and playing Wurdle. I love Wurdle. I can play it until my thumbs cramp. I hope those guys make millions.
So yeah the iphone is the greatest piece of something alright.