Comments on: The iPhone, light years ahead of other devices http://blog.gruby.com/2008/08/05/the-iphone-light-years-ahead-of-other-devices/ Another semi-useless spot on the web... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tyler http://blog.gruby.com/2008/08/05/the-iphone-light-years-ahead-of-other-devices/#comment-12691 Tyler Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:54:47 +0000 http://blog.gruby.com/?p=1866#comment-12691 Yea, both platforms have problems, well, all platforms have problems. I agree, one device can't please all. Yea, both platforms have problems, well, all platforms have problems. I agree, one device can’t please all.

]]> By: Scott Gruby http://blog.gruby.com/2008/08/05/the-iphone-light-years-ahead-of-other-devices/#comment-12684 Scott Gruby Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:12:23 +0000 http://blog.gruby.com/?p=1866#comment-12684 The iPhone can do amazing things compared to other handhelds; while some prefer keyboard based devices like you do, the iPhone really IS the smartphone for the masses. Look at the process for the average user to find and download BlackBerry or Palm apps? It really isn't that good. Palm never solved this and I don't believe that the BlackBerry has a central way to get applications. If the AppStore goes down, it isn't the end of the world. Look at what happened when the RIM servers have gone down? It was a huge issue for businesses. The iPhone isn't for everyone, but I think it is for a lot more people than other devices. The iPhone can do amazing things compared to other handhelds; while some prefer keyboard based devices like you do, the iPhone really IS the smartphone for the masses. Look at the process for the average user to find and download BlackBerry or Palm apps? It really isn’t that good. Palm never solved this and I don’t believe that the BlackBerry has a central way to get applications. If the AppStore goes down, it isn’t the end of the world. Look at what happened when the RIM servers have gone down? It was a huge issue for businesses.

The iPhone isn’t for everyone, but I think it is for a lot more people than other devices.

]]> By: Tyler http://blog.gruby.com/2008/08/05/the-iphone-light-years-ahead-of-other-devices/#comment-12682 Tyler Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:50:04 +0000 http://blog.gruby.com/?p=1866#comment-12682 I'm a Blackberry user and have to disagree. The iPhone is slow and clunky. The power user doesn't need animations (which just hide the time it takes for the iPhone to open things). By the time I can take out my Curve and fire off an email, an iPhone user would still be typing in the To field. You can't beat the speed or accuracy of a physical keyboard. And why does Apple feel they need to lock EVERYTHING up? No card slot? No copy/paste? No file transfers via Bluetooth? And what happens if the Appstore goes down (Mobile Me anyone?), then all updates and app downloads are halted, for who knows how long until Apple fixes it. What Apple is doing would be like having Safari only view Apple approved pages, it's just stupid. Hopefully 2.1 will fix the crashing problems, as having a crash while typing an email is just plain annoying, during a phone call would be even worse. I've had my Curve for about 10 months and no crashes, iTouch for 6 months and it crashes once a week, mostly while opening apps. While developing might be nice, that’s not what a normal end user looks for when choosing a device. Just to end my rant, the iPhone release was pathetic. Lines and lines of people for no reason but to get a phone that most didn’t even get (apparently Apple can’t estimate needed server power very well). There are still lines today at my local Apple Store for the phone, it’s nice that when the BB Bold comes out I can just go on and order online (like most of the tech world does today) I’m a Blackberry user and have to disagree. The iPhone is slow and clunky. The power user doesn’t need animations (which just hide the time it takes for the iPhone to open things). By the time I can take out my Curve and fire off an email, an iPhone user would still be typing in the To field. You can’t beat the speed or accuracy of a physical keyboard. And why does Apple feel they need to lock EVERYTHING up? No card slot? No copy/paste? No file transfers via Bluetooth? And what happens if the Appstore goes down (Mobile Me anyone?), then all updates and app downloads are halted, for who knows how long until Apple fixes it. What Apple is doing would be like having Safari only view Apple approved pages, it’s just stupid.

Hopefully 2.1 will fix the crashing problems, as having a crash while typing an email is just plain annoying, during a phone call would be even worse. I’ve had my Curve for about 10 months and no crashes, iTouch for 6 months and it crashes once a week, mostly while opening apps. While developing might be nice, that’s not what a normal end user looks for when choosing a device. Just to end my rant, the iPhone release was pathetic. Lines and lines of people for no reason but to get a phone that most didn’t even get (apparently Apple can’t estimate needed server power very well). There are still lines today at my local Apple Store for the phone, it’s nice that when the BB Bold comes out I can just go on and order online (like most of the tech world does today)

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