On Jan 21, 2:55 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Date/Time in the bar is something I do use all the time. I think I > > notice it most when I am reading a book on the device and need to keep > > an eye on the time (e.g. lunchtime). A quick tap brings up the title > > bar and there it is, another to keep reading. Sure, it's a small > > thing, but why can't it be a small thing that's there rather than a > > small thing that isn't :-). > > Yeah but there's limited space up there. I am sure, had Google put a > date instead, people would've complained about a missing clock no? :) > If people want a date available, place a frickin' date/time widget on > the home screen.
Or make it a configurable option. Give people the choice, within space restrictions. > > Finally, the lack of syncing with a local machine. There is an easy > > use case for where this would be a problem. Everything's fine as long > > as you have a signal for cloud integration, but when I am travelling > > to somewhere I often don't - for example going to Devoxx... Not being > > able to transfer podcasts during this time would get problematic in a > > hurry, and even things like getting documents to/from the device > > should be possible when the phone is not a full phone. > > I really do think the sync mindset is something from yester-decade, > therein lies the assumption that the device is an inferior slave to a > master/host. Of course you can always just mount the phone as a USB > drive or transfer via bluetooth - no special software (iTunes) or > operating system (Windows or OSX) needed. I'm with Dick on this one. My contacts are not in the cloud, and they are never going to go there. Never. So for any phone to be my number once daily use phone, it must sync contacts, calander, music, videos, bookmarks etc with my computer of choice. In days gone by this would have been Windows/Outlook but now its OS X and the Apple iCal, Contacts, Mail et al. Given that there is an established standard for device sync - syncml - there is no good reason why somebody can't write some sync software that works over WiFi or Bluetooth to tackle this. But it should really be in the device. Except of course, Google want you to use their services instead - gives them more data to mine.
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