No Siri and worse grid layout of letters for input for most of the world. Zoom, that is the empty sound that goes in the head for the developer who thought this out.
It boggles my mind. It really does.
This damn thing isn't even released yet, the App Store Hasn't gone live and the review units are still technically in beta, yet everyone is admonishing a device that hasn't even stretched a toe, let alone a leg.
FFS people, these problems are easily fixable, it might not be immediate but being an early adopter always has growing pains.
They've loaded this baby with a ton of hardware and the potential for amazing features, but in order for those to work we need to let this device get out there and running.
I agree some things will be frustrating and will probably drive us crazy for a few months after its release.
But you know what I also know? How long it took for even a fraction of my apps to get updated for the 6+. Crap, UP didn't get larger screen support for a literal year. New devices and big changes are slow, we are on the cutting edge of not a refresh, but a redesign.
Name me one brand new OS that we couldn't write novels about the problems of, there isn't if it involves any level of complexity. I think about my first gen iPad with iOS 3 and good lord, looking back it is astonishing how bad it is in comparison. But look at it now, in 5 years we have seen massive refinements that have turned it into something that's a joy to use.
My ATV has been one of the most used pieces of tech I have owned to date. It's used multiple times a day, sometimes as a glorified screen saver, but to AirPlay pics and videos, no other interface (God the YouTube connection between the app and my bluray player is garbage, I hate it) can match. Navigation is better on most streaming services (have you guys used the Netflix interface on a Wii/360? Yes it's pretty but God it's ugly.)
It just works. I wish it could natively stream my various media files like my current jailbroken ATV can do, but with an App Store and the promise of infuse/Plex/whatever, I know something will work.
It's not cheap. It's bigger. But it's something new and different. At this point, Apple has done pretty well, and while it may not be as revolutionary as we'd like, I can assure you those saying "give it time" are going to come across a lot more sane than the incessant naysayers will.
