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iPhone 2.2 is out...
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Impressed, however...
I find myself too often disappointed than elated when it comes to updates. I like the integrated Google search in Safari and was more than pleasantly surprised to have the Home button bring me to 'Home Screen'. (I tend to organize each screen according to usage, ie. Internet, Utilities, et cetera.) However, I am still waiting for a Music Videos category, number count for each medium, devices to be represented permanently, song association to multiple albums added to iTunes. Am I asking too much, perhaps, but to me its a usability issue. I wanted true tabbed browsing for my iPhone; Google may be convenient but its essentially redundant given what already exists. None-the-less, I could not be happier with my iPhone. All I need now is to get rid of the numerous phones that never lived up to what I was promised.
I find myself too often disappointed than elated when it comes to updates. I like the integrated Google search in Safari and was more than pleasantly surprised to have the Home button bring me to 'Home Screen'. (I tend to organize each screen according to usage, ie. Internet, Utilities, et cetera.) However, I am still waiting for a Music Videos category, number count for each medium, devices to be represented permanently, song association to multiple albums added to iTunes. Am I asking too much, perhaps, but to me its a usability issue. I wanted true tabbed browsing for my iPhone; Google may be convenient but its essentially redundant given what already exists. None-the-less, I could not be happier with my iPhone. All I need now is to get rid of the numerous phones that never lived up to what I was promised.
Why did apple remove the text message security. When I'd receive a message it would only show "text message" Now they have removed this feature and it sucks! Sometimes apple really blows....
That's a setting you can change.
I hope you're actually submitting these requests. Apple actually listens to them. I howled over not having a "screenshot" feature, and my prayers were answered a while back. Some of these a low-hanging-fruit, and Apple probably loves those.
~ CB
How would you change that exactly? Everything I have tried to change still displays who the sms is from under 2.2 rather than just "new text message" like it had been changed to previously when sms preview was turned off.
1) it was known that they took it out of the beta 2.2 a month ago
2) apple won't release a system that doesn't fully work. if it doesnt work perfectly, apple wont release it. generally all iPhone related things are like that
3) it' overrated.
Yes, i said it's overrated.
2) apple won't release a system that doesn't fully work. if it doesnt work perfectly, apple wont release it. generally all iPhone related things are like that
3) it' overrated.
Yes, i said it's overrated.
People like me and you and those reviewers online that get paid to review products will have to wait until for the 3rd Generation iPhone to have copy and paste support. We likely may never see flash support on the iPhone as well. By that time, the Nokia 5800 and other similar smartphones should be really cheap.
NOW 90 MINUTES AND ITS BARELY MOVED!
I did my two phones. It took about 5 minutes each, and that includes the backups.
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Perhaps you're thinking of the comments that the iphone would support "line in". The point of that i believe is that apps would have access to "line in" data, so that a recording app, for example, could take advantage of a higher quality external microphone
Pete
How do you choose Album Art for your wallpaper?
I've seen a couple of people mention that this upgrade allows you to choose album art for wall paper. I haven't found how to do that.
I've looked at:
settings > wallpaper
settings > iphone
desktop itunes > album art > get info
Any ideas?
I've seen a couple of people mention that this upgrade allows you to choose album art for wall paper. I haven't found how to do that.
I've looked at:
settings > wallpaper
settings > iphone
desktop itunes > album art > get info
Any ideas?
I hate how the iPhone has to compete with future versions of itself. Copy & Paste is desireable, but hardly at the top of the list of features. Real robust, Flash support is virtually non-existent on other phones (from what I've seen). It's pretty pathetic. The expectation, is that "on the iPhone, Flash will be great", as opposed to "boy, I hope they can get to this sometime soon, given the list of other important things the platform needs".
Google Streetview, for instance, was a FLASH-based solution on the web, that enabled mapping photography to appear for your location. Prior to September, Google Maps for mobile did NOT support Streetview. If you had a Nokia n95 with Flash support... could you use the "Flash" Streetview when using the webkit browser? Ironically, the things I see people using Flash Lite for, is to emulate the things iPhone developers use Core Animation to do... and MUCH better.
I wish the cut & paste / Flash / Java / MMS complaints were much more pragmatic and substantive, but I don't think that happens much on this subject. MMS needs to be SURPLANTED not PERPETUATED. The fees alone for sending a video to most people are STUPID. Adobe needs to expand its platform, but developers should offer people options that don't begin and end with Flash (if and whenever possible). --And honestly... NO ONE needs Java on the iPhone. People should concentrate on Javascript or a native app. The Sun is setting on Java on mobile devices as far as I'm concerned. Speed up the Javascript interpreter and support web standards.
It sounds like those people might be confused. When you lock your phone, and there's music playing, the album artwork shows up INSTEAD of your wallpaper. If, while locked, you double tap your home button to get the player controls, the moment you "pause" the music, your wallpaper shows again.
If you want to permanently use album art as wall paper, there's basically two sources from which to do it. Taking a snapshot (clicking both "standby" and "home" buttons together) from the music player (with album artwork showing), from either normal, or coverflow mode. Then just choose it from the camera library in the wallpaper settings and resize the image (pinch and drag) to crop out interface elements.
~ CB
When you go into iTunes preferences, go to devices and you'll see a list of backups. From what I've gathered, if there isn't a backup listed, then the next time you backup your phone it is going to take a looonngggg time since it has nothing to go by. However, if you do have a backup there, then your next backup will be shorter as it only backs up files that have changed since the full backup. I could be wrong about this (and don't hesitate to correct me if I am) but this is how iTunes seems to operate with backups.