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Thoughts on "Apple Apps"

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bbwinkle

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I know it's just guessing right now or assuming, but does anyone think Apple will ever allow us to "hide" or "remove" the original apps that come with the iPhone so they won't be shown on a page? I know I can jailbreak to do this but I don't want to do that. I guess I just like being safe and knowing I won't mess it up.
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Why don't you just move the apps you don't want to see to an "extra" last page on the home screen?
 
bbwinkle said:
I know it's just guessing right now or assuming, but does anyone think Apple will ever allow us to "hide" or "remove" the original apps that come with the iPhone so they won't be shown on a page? I know I can jailbreak to do this but I don't want to do that. I guess I just like being safe and knowing I won't mess it up.
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i wish i could do that too. the only app that is pointless.......BEYOND POINTLESS is the "contact" app.

uh...why? just hit the phone icon and there they are. so dumb.
 
WhySoSerious said:
i wish i could do that too. the only app that is pointless.......BEYOND POINTLESS is the "contact" app.

uh...why? just hit the phone icon and there they are. so dumb.
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I go to Contacts when I want ALL the info I have on a person.

When I'm in Google Maps and search contacts, it shows me Addresses only.

When I'm in Mail and I search contacts it shows me e-mail address only.

When I'm in SMS it shows phone numbers only.

This is nice. This is clutter-free. This is how it should be. I don't WANT to see everything in all those situations. It's nice to have those sections cut out what I don't want and leave all the info to the main Contact app. That's what the Contact app is for. It's got everything.

There is, however, one problem here. And that is the Phone app. Unlike these other apps, it DOES show everything, just like Contacts does. You're right! This is strange, and it should be changed!

So you're right, there is a problem. But you've got the solution wrong. It's not the 'Contacts' app that's the problem. It's the fact that the Phone app contains e-mail addresses and addresses. They should take those out of there and just list phone numbers in the phone app.

So, yes, there's a problem. But your solution is backwards.
 
Wait a sec, where's the "Thoughts on Apple Apps"? And what are you "guessing or assuming"? You asked a question. That's not a guess, an assumption, or a thought, it's a QUESTION.

I want my click back. Someone call Jack Handy.
 
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what a ****** app and i paid for it. It worked when i first got it then all of a sudden nothin tried uninstalling and reinstalling nothin. i use palringo way better app and its FREE.
 
Small White Car said:
I go to Contacts when I want ALL the info I have on a person.

When I'm in Google Maps and search contacts, it shows me Addresses only.

When I'm in Mail and I search contacts it shows me e-mail address only.

When I'm in SMS it shows phone numbers only.

This is nice. This is clutter-free. This is how it should be. I don't WANT to see everything in all those situations. It's nice to have those sections cut out what I don't want and leave all the info to the main Contact app. That's what the Contact app is for. It's got everything.

There is, however, one problem here. And that is the Phone app. Unlike these other apps, it DOES show everything, just like Contacts does. You're right! This is strange, and it should be changed!

So you're right, there is a problem. But you've got the solution wrong. It's not the 'Contacts' app that's the problem. It's the fact that the Phone app contains e-mail addresses and addresses. They should take those out of there and just list phone numbers in the phone app.

So, yes, there's a problem. But your solution is backwards.
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It's been a standard phone format though?
The contact itself is v. useful - e.g. You can write a text, then add someone, or going through the contact list, and selecting to call them, or fax them mail them mail them call their mobile...
 
WhySoSerious said:
i wish i could do that too. the only app that is pointless.......BEYOND POINTLESS is the "contact" app.

uh...why? just hit the phone icon and there they are. so dumb.
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Especially since I found that the Contacts Tab is a lot faster in loading and shorter delay in searches than the Contacts App.
 
I can do with out the weather and stocks apps, i know the weather when I walk out the door everyday. And the stocks app, I have tons of stock in various companies and I'd rather do that on my personal laptop where i have access to my financial programs
 
slidetounlock said:
I can do with out the weather and stocks apps, i know the weather when I walk out the door everyday. And the stocks app, I have tons of stock in various companies and I'd rather do that on my personal laptop where i have access to my financial programs
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Seriously... What happens if u live in the saharah desert... I don't need weather to tell me it's effin hot outside... It's been hot for the past century, it's gonna be effin hot tomorrow... Let me delete weather!!
 
Small White Car said:
I go to Contacts when I want ALL the info I have on a person.

When I'm in Google Maps and search contacts, it shows me Addresses only.

When I'm in Mail and I search contacts it shows me e-mail address only.

When I'm in SMS it shows phone numbers only.

This is nice. This is clutter-free. This is how it should be. I don't WANT to see everything in all those situations. It's nice to have those sections cut out what I don't want and leave all the info to the main Contact app. That's what the Contact app is for. It's got everything.

There is, however, one problem here. And that is the Phone app. Unlike these other apps, it DOES show everything, just like Contacts does. You're right! This is strange, and it should be changed!

So you're right, there is a problem. But you've got the solution wrong. It's not the 'Contacts' app that's the problem. It's the fact that the Phone app contains e-mail addresses and addresses. They should take those out of there and just list phone numbers in the phone app.

So, yes, there's a problem. But your solution is backwards.
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oh my god, what a long winded way of saying absolutely nothing.

Keep the Phone app as it says, with every bit of contact info in the contacts list. Get rid of the pointless (and even slower) 'Contacts' app.

Simple.
 
WhySoSerious said:
i wish i could do that too. the only app that is pointless.......BEYOND POINTLESS is the "contact" app.

uh...why? just hit the phone icon and there they are. so dumb.
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That makes as much sense as pressing a button labeled Start to shutdown a computer. How many threads do you want to read in this forum: Q. "Where are my contacts?" A. "Press Phone." As other posters have pointed out. Phone to talk, SMS to text, etc.
 
The contacts app allows you to add information to a contact or add a contact while you're on the phone with someone who is dictating this info to you. It was a missed feature of iPhone 1.x software which wouldn't allow this, because during a call tapping the phone icon would just bring you to the in call menu, without access to contact edits. I had to use notes to write down numbers before Contacts came along and for me it's 100% necessary.
 
miniyou64 said:
The contacts app allows you to add information to a contact or add a contact while you're on the phone with someone who is dictating this info to you. It was a missed feature of iPhone 1.x software which wouldn't allow this, because during a call tapping the phone icon would just bring you to the in call menu, without access to contact edits. I had to use notes to write down numbers before Contacts came along and for me it's 100% necessary.
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good point. i now like the contacts app.
 
The problem is with the contact apps, it's with the piss poor to non existant instruction manual for the iphone. Yes I know they have that "reference" guide burried in Safarii but wouldn't it be great if they had a REAL manual included with the phone that pointed out neat things like "fyi the contact app is there so you can see contacts while on a call and edit them, that's why it looks like a duplicate of the phone 'contacts' tab but isn't" "fyi you can put a phone on speakerphone and then hit the home button and launch any app that plays sounds and as long as you're on speakerphone any sounds the app plays can be heard on the other end, so you can let them listen to your recordings or play your sound effect progs through the phone" etc. or heck, how about the you can be on the phone and launch apps hitting the home button period. Three of my coworkers were amazed with that, they thought hitting home would end the call!
 
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