Ok but either way do you really want to have to wait for your music videos and other data to be transfered over a slow 3mbps connection when you could just drop it in a dock and go which would be about 160 times faster?
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iPod The Problems with the iPhone
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Ok but either way do you really want to have to wait for your music videos and other data to be transfered over a slow 3mbps connection when you could just drop it in a dock and go which would be about 160 times faster?
I thought you were saying you didnt like the idea of the dock. Oh well. I support the dock, I dont really see what the issue is. I only need to plug in my ipod every few weeks and it is not a problem. No complaints from me.
I am sure if I got used to the auto syncing I would like it but I am not and therfore dont really care either way.
Ps - not sure where 160 comes from but since you threw in the about I guess we can let it fly.
just kidding!
not sure where 160 comes from but since you threw in the about I guess we can let it fly.
Speed of usb is 480mbps so 480 divided by 3 (speed of Bluetooth) equals 160. The about comes in because USB isn't a constant 480 speed =]
Turn off Radio For Use on Airplane - Plane Usage
There needs to be a way to use the iPhone on an Airplane.
I have a Nokia Smartphone that I can listen to music, watch video, play games, etc., yet it is not possible to use these features on a plane.
Apple needs to have a clear way to turn off all wireless features and get the word out to the airlines that this is possible. The media capabilities are the main draw of this thing and something I would definitely want to use while on a flight. I don't want to spend $500-$600 on a device that I can't use while flying.
Hopefully Apple will think of this and come up with a solution.
Smartphone users would typically be frequent flyers.
There needs to be a way to use the iPhone on an Airplane.
I have a Nokia Smartphone that I can listen to music, watch video, play games, etc., yet it is not possible to use these features on a plane.
Apple needs to have a clear way to turn off all wireless features and get the word out to the airlines that this is possible. The media capabilities are the main draw of this thing and something I would definitely want to use while on a flight. I don't want to spend $500-$600 on a device that I can't use while flying.
Hopefully Apple will think of this and come up with a solution.
Smartphone users would typically be frequent flyers.
"You were not suggesting features that should be added, you were ragging on the device for not having things you wanted"
- Nope, sorry, I have to refute that completely. I was definitely suggesting features I would like added. I was definitely not "ragging" on the iPhone, as I am a long time Apple fan and want it to be all it can be.
I honestly have no "anti-apple propaganda" to sell, and to suggest that makes you sound (to me) both a little defensive and paranoid.
And apart from the issue of the stylus you haven't yet provided any evidence for why you claim that the majority of the suggestions made were not merely unnecessary but actually "a step in the wrong direction", from which I take it you mean they would make the product worse?
- Nope, sorry, I have to refute that completely. I was definitely suggesting features I would like added. I was definitely not "ragging" on the iPhone, as I am a long time Apple fan and want it to be all it can be.
I honestly have no "anti-apple propaganda" to sell, and to suggest that makes you sound (to me) both a little defensive and paranoid.
And apart from the issue of the stylus you haven't yet provided any evidence for why you claim that the majority of the suggestions made were not merely unnecessary but actually "a step in the wrong direction", from which I take it you mean they would make the product worse?
Why?
A thin cell phone with a large CCD and plastic lens is not going to give you great pictures. That is what a digital camera is for.
Every company picks formats and supports them...there no huge advantage or disadvantage at the end of the day there similar(unless DMR screws with them, that I hate)
The biggest fault of this phone, hmmm.
Think of it this way, you want to build an awesome offroad vehicle, ok, stay with me now. So you start out, hmm, I want leather, a full in car computer with a mini satellite built in the rear, but you can only get one channel. Ok, now we want wood trim right, oh yeah, and we need more light, so lets throw on a mooonroof. Then you tink heck, I need this car to look totally different, so you decide to make it look like a stretch limo, a 23 foot long hummer, in a sense. Now, you want to stick huge tires on it, but don't want the car too high, so you stick the tires out on the sides, and have the car two inches off the ground, now that my friends, is an awesome off road vehicle, NOT!
That is a somewhat off the road but still on track analogy. This was made to be a cell phone, to do what none other can, but I know what my cell phone can do that that wont, I can drop my cell phone, drop it high, drop it fast, drop in in water, and text real fast. The phone is like putting a carton of eggs in ur pocket, oh, you'll be fine.
Cell phones, of all things that I own, take the most beating. My cell phone has fallen a few times, and has a dent on the battery door, but the front is great, and the screen is great too. And the screen on the iPhone, oh crap, if anyone has a PSP, they will know exactly what I mean. And if you saw the close up when Steve was describing the pinch, you get to see the mass amount of dust and fingerprints on that thing.
This is a cool product nonetheless, but come on...who wants a stretch limo as an offroad vehicle, not me!
Think of it this way, you want to build an awesome offroad vehicle, ok, stay with me now. So you start out, hmm, I want leather, a full in car computer with a mini satellite built in the rear, but you can only get one channel. Ok, now we want wood trim right, oh yeah, and we need more light, so lets throw on a mooonroof. Then you tink heck, I need this car to look totally different, so you decide to make it look like a stretch limo, a 23 foot long hummer, in a sense. Now, you want to stick huge tires on it, but don't want the car too high, so you stick the tires out on the sides, and have the car two inches off the ground, now that my friends, is an awesome off road vehicle, NOT!
That is a somewhat off the road but still on track analogy. This was made to be a cell phone, to do what none other can, but I know what my cell phone can do that that wont, I can drop my cell phone, drop it high, drop it fast, drop in in water, and text real fast. The phone is like putting a carton of eggs in ur pocket, oh, you'll be fine.
Cell phones, of all things that I own, take the most beating. My cell phone has fallen a few times, and has a dent on the battery door, but the front is great, and the screen is great too. And the screen on the iPhone, oh crap, if anyone has a PSP, they will know exactly what I mean. And if you saw the close up when Steve was describing the pinch, you get to see the mass amount of dust and fingerprints on that thing.
This is a cool product nonetheless, but come on...who wants a stretch limo as an offroad vehicle, not me!