musicman100
more calls since the new i-phone came out? I wonder if all the people playing with apps are choking the system.
sharke
I wouldn't put off buying an iPhone 5 just for the maps.
1) It'll get better in time
2) There are map apps available that are way better anyway.
I would just put off buying an Ifone, period, because of the contrived mass hype about it,, so let me ask you ...
you need to call mobile from a cell phone,, wont ANY cell fone do that ???
you want to text,, wont any equiped cell fone do that?
you want apps... maps... angry birds... blah blah... WHY do you need that MOBILE? .. see what did we d before all this crap? I can see in CERTAIN instances mapping while walking ,,, what you dont have a GPS? in the car? but other than that ,,, you are sucumbing to the alter of Apple...
ok Rant over , sorry, I see too many lemmings .. camping out 3 days before to buy the golden calf,,, geez...
The Beatles were the object of a cult among teenage girls back in the days - and are still often wildly overrated - which doesn't prevent me from appreciating and enjoying their music. In fact, they are indeed my favorite band.
The whole thing reminds me of DAW software. If you tell certain persons - including the manufacturers - that you'd like this or that feature which is available in other software, they'll instantly argue
in favor of the absence of that feature and tell you that their workaround works just as well. Then when the feature in question finally gets implemented, they'll make some big claims about it and how it'll improve your workflow as if it were the best thing since sliced bread.
I've noticed the same thing in regards to Apple products. For years, many PC users have put down Apple products because, for example, too much emphasis was put on the GUI or because it didn't let users tweak the registry and optimize it as much as, say, XP could be optimized. But when Win 7 shows up, suddenly, what was regarded as a shortcoming on the other platform becomes one of the highlights of Windows - it becomes a selling factor
not to have to optimize Windows, to have default settings that "just work" and things that just take care of themselves.
When I look at Win 8 for example, I see an early, poor and chaotic implementation of concepts that have been an inherent part of OSX for a couple of years. Notice that I'm not saying that the engine underneath doesn't perform as well or even
better than OSX.
The iPhone has it flaws, but overall, it's a darn fine little device. As to what we used to do
before all those things like smart phones, I often ask myself the same question - ours have sure been extra useful recently. For exemple, when we went to buy the car after we moved here and the salesperson unexpectedly asked us for 3 local references w/ phone numbers and addresses, it was a matter of a few minutes gathering that info w/ the iPhone via phone/texting and Facebook messages and shout-outs. Certainly spared us a lot of time.