I for one will never listen to Java Posse, just so ant Apple.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:36 AM, phil swenson <[email protected]>wrote: > First on Siri: Dick commented that it was uncool that Apple bought Siri and > didn't keep the Siri App alive. It's a server side service, so keeping the > app alive means maintaining a legacy service. If this is uncool then it's > also uncool that Google has killed off a bunch of services they bought. > Notable to me was JotSpot (I was a happy JotSpot user) - Google bought and > killed it and never replaced it with anything decent. > > There were a lot of comments about the 4s being a disappointing upgrade. > 4S has a better camera, faster processor - just like all the Android > updates. And of course the "global phone" feature - but that's probably a > bigger deal to the Apple manufacturing process than most users. In reality, > specs don't matter much. most consumers don't pay attention to specs - what > really matters is real world performance. Is it easy to use? Is it > responsive? Does it take good pictures? Does the battery make it through > the day? Is it cool? > > I don't think Apple is going to update the look just to say they updated > the look. The iPhone 4 IMO is the best looking/designed phone out there. > If you notice, they have the same philosophy with the macs and iPods. They > keep case designs for more than one product cycle. No change just for the > sake of change. > > Most of the improvements are software. And they are huge. Apple addressed > almost all the irritants: wifi synching with iTunes, doesn't lock your > phone on sync, OTA updates, notifications. And added a bunch of cool stuff: > siri, iMessage, iCloud, iTunes match, airplay, photostream. > > I agree on the glass back being a mostly bad idea on the iPhone 4 (well, > it's great until you drop it). But you can always buy a case. From what I > see, I bet 80% of smartphone users use a case (I don't, but I never drop > mine). > > The main iOS/iPhone irritants left are: > no background processing for grabbing data (this is partially mitigated by > newsstand) > no way to set different default apps (like a browser) > iMessage only works on iOS devices (no mac, no open protocol) > no user defined widgets (just the canned ones) > no LTE (here is why: > http://www.anandtech.com/show/4925/why-no-lte-iphone-5-blame-28nm-maturity . > basically, Apple would have had to have a much larger phone to have > anywhere close to decent battery life) > only one screen size offered (I think this one matters more to the techies, > but I personally would like something closer to 4") > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
