Friday, November 30, 2007

Bad iphone

The iphone
I don't suppose anyone really cares, but this is my list of the problems with the iphone. It is by no means complete, but it is my list of things I wish Apple would add in terms of functionality. I think the iphone rocks by the way...

  • No multiple senders in SMS: It's only possible to text one number at a time. Most phones have the ability to add multiple numbers and text all of them at once. Not so with the iphone.
  • Sideways keyboards: In some of the iphone applications there is a sideways keyboard, but the core applications can not rotate and make use of the wider keyboard.
  • No pix messages: I think this is insane. There is no way to receive pix messages on the phone. In order to access a picture sent from another phone, one has to log into the Cingular website for picture messages. They give you an alphanumeric username and password that is difficult at best.
  • No select, copy, paste nor cut for text: This is pretty standard on most other PDAs. There is no functionality to select then manipulate text. It would be huge for the iphone to be able to copy text from a text or an email and then paste it into a safari text box or contacts.
  • No upload/download of images: You can neither upload an image from the iphone to a website (craigslist or a personal website) nor can you save an image from a website and bring it down to your iphone. Again, I think it's insane not to have this type of functionality.
  • No video capability: I can understand the iphone is still in the first generation and perhaps they had to leave certain capabilities out, but this is pretty standard on PDAs now-a-days.
  • Call contact from SMS: This is a nit-picky detail, but it is still kind of annoying. SMS messages for one contact all appear on the same screen in a chat-like format, which is awesome. The only issue I have is the "call contact" button is at the top of the screen and is not easily accessible if there are a lot of texts. Like I said, it is a small detail, but it would be great to see it fixed.
  • No print capability: This is another function that would be great to have, but it isn't necessary. With all the wireless printing that is out there, it would be great to be able to print from the iphone directly to a printer.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I-PHONE!!!!