http://www.newsome.org/2009/08/if-iphone-is-so-great/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2009/08/if-iphone-is-so-great/comment-page-1/#comment-3121 Trumwill Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:13:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3743#comment-3121 As the owner of an HTC Fuze, I am genuinely astonished that the iPhone can't do a number of the things listed. I cannot imagine buying a device that wouldn't let me swap out a battery. Of course, some of them I didn't even realize that my Fuze could do.I really wish that Windows Mobile wasn't such a dud in a number of respects (specifically UI). Its wide availability on some truly great phones could win over a lot of the upset iPhone users. If they could stomach the fact that it's Microsoft, that is.I am crossing my fingers hoping that Android can get caught up. As the owner of an HTC Fuze, I am genuinely astonished that the iPhone can't do a number of the things listed. I cannot imagine buying a device that wouldn't let me swap out a battery. Of course, some of them I didn't even realize that my Fuze could do.I really wish that Windows Mobile wasn't such a dud in a number of respects (specifically UI). Its wide availability on some truly great phones could win over a lot of the upset iPhone users. If they could stomach the fact that it's Microsoft, that is.I am crossing my fingers hoping that Android can get caught up.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2009/08/if-iphone-is-so-great/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Calciphus Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3743#comment-3122 The first 5 aren't network issues, because many other ATT phones do those (some, or in the case of the ATT HTC Fuze, all of them). The fact is that the iPhone was not designed around these features, and shoehorning them in for millions of users will have undesired effects on ATT's network. ATT can't fix the fact that the iPhone has a lousy system for handling background data applications, syncing issues, and bandwidth management, so it blocks features that most every other phone, even every ATT phone, has.I don't think it's fair to say it's a network issue when the network is clearly capable of doing it with just about every other device it supports, and often ones with cheaper monthly plans. The first 5 aren't network issues, because many other ATT phones do those (some, or in the case of the ATT HTC Fuze, all of them). The fact is that the iPhone was not designed around these features, and shoehorning them in for millions of users will have undesired effects on ATT's network. ATT can't fix the fact that the iPhone has a lousy system for handling background data applications, syncing issues, and bandwidth management, so it blocks features that most every other phone, even every ATT phone, has.I don't think it's fair to say it's a network issue when the network is clearly capable of doing it with just about every other device it supports, and often ones with cheaper monthly plans.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2009/08/if-iphone-is-so-great/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 Kent Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:24:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3743#comment-3123 Exactly. What has become evident to me is that someone is killing the iPhone. Maybe ATT. Maybe Apple. Maybe both.But it doesn't really matter who's doing it. Only that is being done. Exactly. What has become evident to me is that someone is killing the iPhone. Maybe ATT. Maybe Apple. Maybe both.But it doesn't really matter who's doing it. Only that is being done.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2009/08/if-iphone-is-so-great/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 dnw Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3743#comment-3124 Aren't the first 5 network issues rather than distinct iPhone issues to a more-or-less extent?But I guess the why a device doesn't do so-and-so is in the end of no consequence to the person using it.A device either does 'something' or doesn't. I guess it's the same issue about what's the priorities in your mobile life and the experience for you. Aren't the first 5 network issues rather than distinct iPhone issues to a more-or-less extent?But I guess the why a device doesn't do so-and-so is in the end of no consequence to the person using it.A device either does 'something' or doesn't. I guess it's the same issue about what's the priorities in your mobile life and the experience for you.

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