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Jaikus from cook
Sunday, 2 September 2007
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Congrats
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Monday, 27 August 2007
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
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Did you like United 93?
Sunday, 5 August 2007
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You have one on top of your iphone?
Saturday, 4 August 2007
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I actually might break my boycott of NPR just for you Doug!
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Thursday, 26 July 2007
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is it a hosting issue?
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Saturday, 7 July 2007
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
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@kirkk "platform" insinuates extensibility...which is not one of the iphone's strengths...at least right now. And "functionality" doesn't include interface design, although that may be a semantic debate.
@danhendricks I completely agree. The apologists for Apple do the company, and its loyal fanbase a huge disservice.
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@ChiefTWit Absolutely I have one...anemic featureset...crashes and all. Like I said, kudos to Apple, it does what it does absolutely splendidly, the interface is amazing...but the feature set...hardly so. EDGE, as you stated previously as well...makes my heart break. Certainly it is cleaner...but more functional? Maybe we have a different idea of what qualifies as an increase in "functionality".
@Merlyn Please don't compare the iPhone to a Mac. I would be happy if we could have access to a few more dashboard widgets that are available on the mac, including package tracking etc. Also, if the phone itself was the impetus behind you not receiving as many phone calls...that would just tell me that your phone calls might be trite...that is a change in your lifestyle, not your workflow. My workflow has remained the same, albeit now maybe the phone related items might be a bit more enjoyable.
@Everyone Don't get me wrong, I am not dogging the iPhone whatsoever. I just don't want people overstating its effects or its purpose. It is a phone, and only a phone...but man, its a damn good phone. If you expected more, you will be sorely disappointed.
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So is apple juice, that doesn't mean it makes a good dinner.
Monday, 2 July 2007
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@ChiefTWiT Certainly I can agree with you, that it is a better way of "doing it", but it really does nothing new. I concur that what it does do, it does very well...but I kept looking at the home screen...with a burning feeling that there are just some glaring feature omissions on the phone...that a bottom row of icons should in fact be present.
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Thus far, I can say that for me, much of its appeal definitely is novelty. Certainly the interface could arguably be deemed revolutionary, but in the end, it doesn't change my workflow, it ultimately doesn't appeal to the business type because of the lack of office functionality, and it doesn't constructively make you more efficient or effective. Certainly, the phone is a joy to use, but in the end, it really is just a phone. With a gestapo like hold on third party development, and an anemic feature set (a weather widget is not something I would call a feature)...my smile might in fact be short lived. Time will tell whether Apple is going to make the same mistake it made prior with a closed system...Apple is on a roll, but the market can cure its hubris very quick if it isn't careful.
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Nothing out of the ordinary whatsoever. The reports of it crashing have been covered fairly extensively too. In fact, whenever you sync up the iphone, it will send the crash logs to Apple with your permission. I have had it crash on a regular basis...having to either reset the iphone, or force close the application by holding down the home key. It isn't pretty...and is rather annoying.
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now if I could just get it to stop crashing...
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