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 2: Time For Some Praise July 23, 2008
Posted by Pip in General.Tags: browser, praise
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I’ve bitched about the iPhone a lot in the last two posts, but I should point out that I was actually able to set up this blog through WordPress.com, and then post to it, moderate comments, etc… all from my iPhone. Additionally, there’s a pretty decent free WordPress app on the App Store that lets me manage my posts from a native application, and that, my friends, is awesome in the extreme.
Granted, there are ways to do this from a BlackBerry – I can load the dashboard in the Browser and there’s always the post-by-email option – but it’s simply not as elegant as a native application.
