maestrowork
03-16-2009, 08:48 PM
I'll start by saying I love my iPhone. It's the first PDA/Smart Phone (and I've owned many) that I really enjoy using, that is very useful. The apps are what make it worthwhile.
But there are so many things that are still not right, and I can't believe after more than 2 firmware and numerous software upgrades, they still haven't fixed them yet.
- the Camera is an afterthought. Gosh, it has one of the worst cameras of all smart phones -- no zoom, no adjustments, no flash, and the shutter button makes it hard to take self-portraits. WTF? And there's absolutely no reason why it can't do videos (some third party "hackware" already does videos on the iPhone).
- the keyboard. I've gotten used to it but the autocorrect is not very useful and downright pathetic (compared to, say, the Blackberry). The keys are too small and I pity people with fat fingers. I am getting used to not having real buttons (no textile feel) but I'd love to have bigger keys. I love the Blackberry's SureType keyboard, which has large keys and a very good dictionary/autocorrect function. Apple can really learn something from RIM.
- Lack of landscape mode except for Safari. WTF? There should be a landsacpe mode for almost everything that requires the keyboard: Mail, Notes, SMS. In fact, I think landscape should be the default for SMS, for example. It just makes more sense.
- iPod controls.... I'm not happy with the iPod controls on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Why do I have to go all the way to "setup" to change the frigging equalizer or iPod setups? It should be easily accessible within iPod. The playlist, etc. are kind of clunky, and there needs to be a better integration with iTune.
- App switching. It's a pain now. You have to quit the app and go back to the Home screen, then switch to another app. So not intuitive and clunky. I know, they want to have just ONE button, and it's cute in concept. But in practice, it's cumbersom. At least have some kind of shortcuts to do app switching.
- No sync for Notes. What? Did they fall asleep when they're designing MobileMe? You can sync email, calendar, address book... but you can't synch your notes and to-do lists? That's absurd.
- Storage. The iPhone needs a capacity upgrade. 16GB is not enough.
But there are so many things that are still not right, and I can't believe after more than 2 firmware and numerous software upgrades, they still haven't fixed them yet.
- the Camera is an afterthought. Gosh, it has one of the worst cameras of all smart phones -- no zoom, no adjustments, no flash, and the shutter button makes it hard to take self-portraits. WTF? And there's absolutely no reason why it can't do videos (some third party "hackware" already does videos on the iPhone).
- the keyboard. I've gotten used to it but the autocorrect is not very useful and downright pathetic (compared to, say, the Blackberry). The keys are too small and I pity people with fat fingers. I am getting used to not having real buttons (no textile feel) but I'd love to have bigger keys. I love the Blackberry's SureType keyboard, which has large keys and a very good dictionary/autocorrect function. Apple can really learn something from RIM.
- Lack of landscape mode except for Safari. WTF? There should be a landsacpe mode for almost everything that requires the keyboard: Mail, Notes, SMS. In fact, I think landscape should be the default for SMS, for example. It just makes more sense.
- iPod controls.... I'm not happy with the iPod controls on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Why do I have to go all the way to "setup" to change the frigging equalizer or iPod setups? It should be easily accessible within iPod. The playlist, etc. are kind of clunky, and there needs to be a better integration with iTune.
- App switching. It's a pain now. You have to quit the app and go back to the Home screen, then switch to another app. So not intuitive and clunky. I know, they want to have just ONE button, and it's cute in concept. But in practice, it's cumbersom. At least have some kind of shortcuts to do app switching.
- No sync for Notes. What? Did they fall asleep when they're designing MobileMe? You can sync email, calendar, address book... but you can't synch your notes and to-do lists? That's absurd.
- Storage. The iPhone needs a capacity upgrade. 16GB is not enough.