I unlock my iPhone and my mail, phone, text apps show notifications. What's the big deal? I'm not 'traveling' or doing many steps.
Not a big deal if you are only looking at your needs. For a business that uses the iPhone Configuration Utility and has mandatory alpha-numeric lock screen, it becomes cumbersome.
I agree 100%. it's not difficult to unlock your phone for 3 seconds to see any missed calls, messages, emails, whatever. I would absolutely hate if the next iPhone had a notification LED
Again, you too are looking at the small picture, which is fine for you.
Most people have passcodes on their iPhones, especially on corporate phones, and if Apple is about simplicity, they would use some sort of grouped notification system in the taskbar or have a notification light on the phone.
It's not difficult at all, it's rather just annoying how Apple hasn't setup any type of central notification system throughout it's OS. Just because you don't find something useful, doesn't mean others wouldn't as well. If it really annoyed you, hopefully Apple would add a setting to change the color or disable it completely.
You see the light, no pun intended.
I hate the notification LED on my Curve. There are times when I don't want to be interrupted by my phone yet my BlackBerry insists on screaming that I have new mails even though I've just read it in Mail.
It's got to the point where I put my phone face down when it's on my desk.
I thought you could do: Go to your profiles > Edit the profile you use > Go to Message[your email] > Change "Repeat Notification" to "None" from "LED Flashing". Is this not the case?
I know its not many steps but having to do these steps are even better don't you think? Like the poster above said, Apple is about simplicity, so simply looking at your phone is a lot more simple then pressing the home button, then sliding to unlock and then pressing the screen lock button.
You are assuming that you know what think Apple considers simple. After all their is a settings icon, is there not?
Any data to backup that most people have passcodes?
FYI, my phone is jailbroken, so I don't have to slide anything (a stupid feature, IMO), since I just tap to unlock. Also, I hear the notifications, so if I care, then I look.
Maybe you do not have anything of value to protect, but Corps wanting to use this for business might have have this concern.
Well, if they're going to do something so horrible, at least just make the apple logo glow as an indicator or something.
So horrible? There is allot more horrible in the world than a blinking light. You over exaggerate.
I don`t want my phone blinking like a Christmas tree. Apple keeps things nice and simple. And those lights are tasteless.
You also assume you know what Apple considers simple. So again I give you the settings icon. Is that too hard?
There is nothing complicated about a blinking light. You probably were one of those that said Apple would never implement cut and paste or multitask. But here we are...
You guys are acting as if the light would be a blatant, high-powered laser beam that would instantly blind you if you looked directly at it. A subtle and slightly washed out light notification hidden under the glass wouldn't make the iPhone look like a Christmas tree.
I'm not always in the situation where I can look at my iPhone every time I feel it vibrate, sometimes I even disable vibrate to stop the loud buzzing of it.
LOL good point!
unless its hidden somewhere, it will still be seen, even if you turn off the light. i dont want to disturb the smooth face of the iphone by putting in an unneccessary light. its not that difficult to see if you have messages or missed calls
What you want is irrelevant. If Apple considers it worthy, it will happen. The question is, if it becomes a reality, will you give up your iphone because your sense of aesthetics is hurt?
I think you need to expand your thinking beyond what you are used to. Your assumption about laziness just shows a lack of understanding on how the iphone is used by a certain sect of the population. See screen shot.
