Originally Posted by Smess83:
“I do appreciate it, those who have made suggestions...
However, I can't believe the arrogance of those who have said you've not researched the Iphone before getting one... it never, ever occurred to me that you wouldn't be able to do the things on it that you can do with every other phone on the market !
In fact, because the Iphone is so popular, I'd have thought you could do more with it ! The only thing it appear to do that other phones don't is operate Applications - most of which, in any case, appear to have pretty poor write-ups on Itunes...”
“I do appreciate it, those who have made suggestions...
However, I can't believe the arrogance of those who have said you've not researched the Iphone before getting one... it never, ever occurred to me that you wouldn't be able to do the things on it that you can do with every other phone on the market !
In fact, because the Iphone is so popular, I'd have thought you could do more with it ! The only thing it appear to do that other phones don't is operate Applications - most of which, in any case, appear to have pretty poor write-ups on Itunes...”
Apple more than any mobile device manufacturer understand that to get a great device you have to get the right balance of the features you put in and the features you leave out to make it a better user experience. I have had loads of features crammed into previous phones and so little thought has gone into each feature that I just give up and just end up using the phone for phone and texting and then go the remainder of my contract regretting it. There are features I wish it did have, but I would much prefer to wait for a polished solution rather than some bodge job tacked on at the last minute which could ruin the experience of the whole phone.
Regarding applications. There is a lot of crap on the app store. Personally, I am not a big fan of apps, I don't see the need as I don't see myself doing a lot of productive stuff on my iPhone, maybe with the iPad... however I am a fan of some things like Facebook, The Guardian, Tweetie, Movies and some of the games like Doodle Jump and Flight Control are simple yet really quite addictive.



