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What do you NOT want on the iPhone?

TheSpaz

TheSpaz

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With all the talk about what people want in the iPhone... Apple is VERY good at giving us stuff we never asked for. So what does everyone NOT want in the iPhone and perhaps we'll get it.

I'll start. I do not want a landscape homescreen.... that would make the iPhone very awkward to hold and it would look pretty dumb.

Anyone else?
 
TheSpaz said:
With all the talk about what people want in the iPhone... Apple is VERY good at giving us stuff we never asked for. So what does everyone NOT want in the iPhone and perhaps we'll get it.

I'll start. I do not want a landscape homescreen.... that would make the iPhone very awkward to hold and it would look pretty dumb.

Anyone else?
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I agree.

It's hard to tell what I wouldn't want because I never owned a smartphone before. I know I wouldn't want the exclusion of cut and paste. :D
 
kas23 said:
I agree.

It's hard to tell what I wouldn't want because I never owned a smartphone before. I know I wouldn't want the exclusion of cut and paste. :D
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Very funny Frank, very funny!
 
This may sound silly, but I don't want anything having to do with Kanye West on the iPhone. That guy is everywhere and I'm sick of him.
 
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Well I still don't want Stocks on my phone! Let us get rid of it Apple! (Or at least allow us to hide it).
 
Rojo said:
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Well I still don't want Stocks on my phone! Let us get rid of it Apple! (Or at least allow us to hide it).
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They should just throw all the standard apps in the "Restricted" area meant to protect kids.

It's kind of an odd way to do it, but it would give the ability to hide them without adding another item in the settings.
 
I don't want flash, the only way I would ever want flash is if we can turn it off.

Flash makes my MacBook run hot so I can't imagine what it would do to the iPhone.
 
Small White Car said:
They should just throw all the standard apps in the "Restricted" area meant to protect kids.

It's kind of an odd way to do it, but it would give the ability to hide them without adding another item in the settings.
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That's actually a good idea. I just looked, and the setting is simply called "Restrictions" -- not "Parental Controls." So it's not really THAT weird. Besides, they have an option to hide Camera there, for companies that don't allow employees to have camera phones -- which isn't about protecting kids. Might as well include all the stock apps!
 
Rojo said:
Besides, they have an option to hide Camera there, for companies that don't allow employees to have camera phones -- which isn't about protecting kids.
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While we agree with everything, I just wanted to comment on this: I DO think the camera is in there because of kids. Depending on the age, you wouldn't want your kid sending photos to strangers all day. I imagine that's the major use.

Sure, some corporations will make use of the feature, but I think that's secondary. If Apple REALLY cared about them they'd sell non-camera versions directly to large companies.
 
Small White Car said:
Sure, some corporations will make use of the feature, but I think that's secondary. If Apple REALLY cared about them they'd sell non-camera versions directly to large companies.
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Not now, and maybe not during 2009 (or 2010), but I think Apple will eventually release a "Corporate compliant" device.

No camera, physical keyboard, weird security standards and protocols, etc and all that wacky stuff stodgy old 55 year old government workers and old time CEOs demand.
 
cellocello said:
Not now, and maybe not during 2009 (or 2010), but I think Apple will eventually release a "Corporate compliant" device.
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Certainly possible. They held onto the 'e-Mac' for awhile as a school-only device.

cellocello said:
No camera, weird security standards and protocols, etc.
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I can certainly see many modifications being done for this market, yes.

cellocello said:
physical keyboard
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Except this. Not a chance. It just woldn't be the Apple way to go backwards on something like this.
 
Small White Car said:
Except this. Not a chance. It just woldn't be the Apple way to go backwards on something like this.
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hahaha, ya I hear that man.

I don't see Apple going backwards either ... but I bet there's some tasty Fortune 500 Blackberry accounts the iPhone Sales Team would kill to have.

But ya, I don't see a keyboard either (but still maybe). Now, a tablet on the other hand .......


;)
 
TheSpaz said:
Very funny Frank, very funny!
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Now there's a guy who makes a joke and hopes it'll make people laugh.



I'm thinking long and hard but can't think of a thing I wouldn't really want on the iPhone that seems logical. If the things I hear about the Storm's screen are true, I don't want a screen that you have to click. Some people say it makes typing slower because you have to push with enough force to click the screen. I never have any trouble typing on the iPhone's screen, and the clicking noise is enough feedback for me.

I'm not a big fan of the front camera, but it wouldn't be a deal-breaker.
 
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