Yeah, this update had almost everything I wanted except voice dialing. I had a much less expensive phone from 5+ years ago that had this functionality, it is not difficult. I don't understand why Apple is holding out on this one.Where is my Voice Activated Dialing???
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why isnt the stereo bluetooth upgrade accepted in the old iphones? - Everyone with a set of bt headphones has done the voicemail trick, why cant they just get it to work with the ipod feature?!
Looks like I'm going back to ibluetoothproject.com again... boo
Looks like I'm going back to ibluetoothproject.com again... boo
You suggested that people who buy things, without first checking what features and functions are available, have a right to complain when a feature isn't there.
I don't think that is logical.
I didn't get mad and I'm sorry if it appeared that way.
When buying ANYTHING a shopper should research, and not just from one source. Its shopping 101. Of course you cant get a feel for the device, but theres no way in hell that in reading several reviews you wont have a feel for whatever it is your buying can and cannot do.
I have no sympathy for the lazy who then complain about something anyone who can use google could find out.
no I am not suggesting they have a right to complain... they should check it out in the 1st place before buying it so they can see if it has what they want...
but... copy and paste is a simple and common task with technology...and has been for years... you'd just expect something that comes from Apple to have even some of the simplest of tasks in there new tech...
- The iPhone has push
- The Pre can afford to let things run in the background because it's OS is so basic it uses very little power. The Pre's OS is a collection of web sites. Multitasking on the Pre is tabbed browsing. And yes, the iPhone can do that.
but your missing the point that some people buying for others dont really feel they need to research it because there getting it for someone else...
Im with you with the whole go read reviews.. hell i read reviews for loads of stuff everyday.. even if Im not actualy looking to buy the item i just wonna see what they can and cant do...
But there is some people who just dont but think about copy and paste too.. its a simple thing isnt it? i mean reviewers might just skip that thinking its an obvious or common task for tech these days..
You dont have operating system specifications stating "our operating system can copy and paste stuff" it sounds stupid.. because it should anway... but on devices I supose could be a different matter
Well, since you're way off, I think not.
By your logic the iPhone's OSX mobile get teh $h!t beat out of it by a collection of websites?????
I don't think so.
I think they are saving all those features for the new iphone coming out in the summer.
I personally think you all should get over it.
Apple are fixing the obvious, and that's good. There's nothing significantly important they have missed out, and Apple are doing a good job of covering all the things that should of been there in the first place + more, so there is now no need to complain, unless there is more you want, like background apps, but apple took it into consideration, and they gave us a perfectly good solution to all of these gripes we had, or new things we wanted!
Although the MMS thing is odd...
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Personally, I think it's a matter of fairness. Apple gets a cut of your cellular subscription cost if you have an iPhone, IIRC.
iPod touch users don't continue to pay money to Apple every month to use the device. So to make things fair, they ask you to pitch in a little to support the development costs. Do they make money on that? Sure. But hey, they're a corporation. That's why corporations exist. To make money.
It's also been said that the regulations involved in Sarbanes Oxley (spelling?) requires Apple to financially 'account' when new features are introduced to a device. That can be done easily for iPhones with the subscription revenue. It can't be done well for iPod touch's, because all the revenue from the device has already be counted at the original sale. I don't know for sure that that's why they do that, but it sounded plausible and makes sense.
Personally, I think it's a matter of fairness. Apple gets a cut of your cellular subscription cost if you have an iPhone, IIRC.
iPod touch users don't continue to pay money to Apple every month to use the device. So to make things fair, they ask you to pitch in a little to support the development costs. Do they make money on that? Sure. But hey, they're a corporation. That's why corporations exist. To make money.
It's also been said that the regulations involved in Sarbanes Oxley (spelling?) requires Apple to financially 'account' when new features are introduced to a device. That can be done easily for iPhones with the subscription revenue. It can't be done well for iPod touch's, because all the revenue from the device has already be counted at the original sale. I don't know for sure that that's why they do that, but it sounded plausible and makes sense.
I think the new iphone that will come out in the summer will have background processes, another way for Apple to get people to upgrade.
Well, since you're way off, I think not.
By your logic the iPhone's OSX mobile get teh $h!t beat out of it by a collection of websites?????
I don't think so.
How exactly does the Pre beat the iPhone? Nobody seems to be able to explain that. It is not self-evident. And yes, the Pre's OS is a collection of web sites. Rendered using Apple's WebKit, no less. Remind me what exactly Palm did?
Theres nothing to "get over" lol.. I dont even care about the copy and paste feature.. I dont think iv ever thought "darn... wish i had copy and paste here" i was just explaining another side to the argument of "it should have already been there"
I respect everyones opinions on the matter etc and there opinions arnt wrong.. its good to get an insight to the different views of the same subject.
I respect everyones opinions on the matter etc and there opinions arnt wrong.. its good to get an insight to the different views of the same subject.
I think you need to use Google.
The infos been there since the Pre was announced buddy.
And whether or not the OS is made from websites or chicken $h!t the web consensus is out that it's much more fluid than mobile OSX.
I know what the Pre can do, but I don't see how it bests the iPhone. I certainly have much less respect for it: Palm used Apple's web engine and ripped off the iPhone's UI. They did very little on the all-important software side.
The Pre, however, is better than the other so-called iPhone killers. That's why it's being championed by people who have some pathological hatred of the iPhone. The Pre's getting all this attention because it doesn't suck and it's not an iPhone. It's not doing anything on merit. And I wouldn't take any measurements of how fluid it is seriously right now: wait until it's out, then see how fluid it is.
I maintain the iPhone is the best all-around device right now. The Pre doesn't come close.
sorry for double post, but you know the p2p uses bluetooth?
wasn't there a bluetooth chip in the ipot 2nd gen? or ami imagining it?
wasn't there a bluetooth chip in the ipot 2nd gen? or ami imagining it?