iPhone: One Week Later July 27, 2008
Posted by Pip in Uncategorized.Tags: conclusions, frustrations, praise
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Okay, I’ve had this thing for about a week now and my first impressions have somewhat changed.
First off, let me say that I am still not convinced the iPhone will ever rival the BlackBerry in terms of sheer productivity. The lack of a physical, wide-layout QWERTY keyboard gives it a natural disadvantage in this department – no matter how clever a touch keyboard is designed, it simply cannot match the tactile response of physical keys.
However, I will say this. On day one I found typing to be a slow and arduous process, preferable only to, say, masturbating with sandpaper. Now, a week later, I’m up to about twenty words a minute. I’m writing this post on the iPhone, and have gotten to the point where I may actually choose it to write short emails with if it’s more convenient to hand than my laptop.
Understanding the iPhone Custom Dictionary July 25, 2008
Posted by Pip in Explanations.Tags: dictionary, frustrations, praise, typing
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In order to make up for the less-than-stellar performance of a touch-screen keyboard, Apple’s done some really really excellent work with auto-correct and predictive type. Whenever you type, the iPhone is constantly second-guessing you, offering you words it thinks you’re trying to type, regardless of how many times you hit x instead of c.
Day 3: MMS = FAIL July 24, 2008
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I realized that this thing dildnt send MMS (picture) messages, but what I didn’t realize (and should have) is that it can’t receive them either.
It simply never occurrd to me that a phone this advanced and grounded in consumer-level telefuckery would lack even the basic ability to get a picture message.
Epic lame.
What’s more is, when somebody tries, you get a text directing you to log in with a randomly generated username and password. And since iPhone has no cut and paste, and Safari quits when you switch over to the text message app, you’re stuck having to remember not one but two strings that look something like hg5sd1z.
Which is fine when my buddies are trying to send me pictures of their balls, less so at other times.
Day 2: One More Frustration July 23, 2008
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You know how when you send a text message in your Blackberry, it cues it up to send off and you can go about your business?
Not on the iPhone. Your phone makes you wait while the message sends, which given data rates in my home area takes longer than I’d really like.
Day 2: AIM = FAIL July 23, 2008
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Arghhh. Typing on this thing makes me want to weep, and then die. I’m going to trust this will get better with time.
Best to simply trust the auto-correct, though since my line of work has a lot of lingo, that can get very annoying at times.
Right now, though, my chief frustration is the inability to run my IM program In the background. I used to use JiveTalk on my BB a lot to chat with people on their computers. iPhone has an AIM app, but without notifications from the background it is completely pointless.
The whole charm of IM is the ability to put it on the backburner. To surf or check your email while you wait for a response. When you have to sit there staring at the bloody screen while you await a response, well… I just don’t like people enough to do that I suppose.
Also, so far Google Maps just quits if I try to open it from my home.
