In spite of so much hype about iPhone, I still think it is not for geeks (as yet).
It may be flashy and have a good touch screen interface, but it is limited any too manys ways.
First, is the lack of open architecture. Apple has always been a pet hate of mine for their unwillingness to offer an open platform.
Though Apple is so vocal about their millions of applications available for iPhone hype, most free applications are just crap. Yes, I repeat just crap. Even some paid apps are craps too. Agreed, most iPhone apps don’t cost more (may be £1) however, most of them don’t do any real task either.
Problem is, most iPhone apps are still not matured. Numerious applications are just a front end interface for web based applications (like iPhone Facebook, news readers etc.). Any website, which is designed for mobile browsing, is already offering same feature and functionality. All those apps which can’t be used unless you’re online are pretty much useless IMHO.
My next gripe is the iTune. You can just install an application directly (without using iTune) to iPhone. You can bypass iTune but you must then install it directly from App Store. Give me the option of copying application directly to its memory from computer.
There are not many applications which you can use in iPhone while being off-line. If you are willing to develop iPhone applications and NOT on Mac platform, then you are screwed. Apple arch rival Microsoft is still way ahead with the formers intuitive Visual Studio IDEs. You may argue why Apple should offer good IDEs in Microsoft platform? Well, forget MS platform, why not offer something on free Linux platform?
Yes, you can achieve a lot more things by jail breaking the iPhone. But why do I need to do it in the first place. The product should be sold in unlocked form in a reasonable price.
In some European countries, Apple does sell iPhone in unlocked format!!
It may be flashy and have a good touch screen interface, but it is limited any too manys ways.
First, is the lack of open architecture. Apple has always been a pet hate of mine for their unwillingness to offer an open platform.
Though Apple is so vocal about their millions of applications available for iPhone hype, most free applications are just crap. Yes, I repeat just crap. Even some paid apps are craps too. Agreed, most iPhone apps don’t cost more (may be £1) however, most of them don’t do any real task either.
Problem is, most iPhone apps are still not matured. Numerious applications are just a front end interface for web based applications (like iPhone Facebook, news readers etc.). Any website, which is designed for mobile browsing, is already offering same feature and functionality. All those apps which can’t be used unless you’re online are pretty much useless IMHO.
My next gripe is the iTune. You can just install an application directly (without using iTune) to iPhone. You can bypass iTune but you must then install it directly from App Store. Give me the option of copying application directly to its memory from computer.
There are not many applications which you can use in iPhone while being off-line. If you are willing to develop iPhone applications and NOT on Mac platform, then you are screwed. Apple arch rival Microsoft is still way ahead with the formers intuitive Visual Studio IDEs. You may argue why Apple should offer good IDEs in Microsoft platform? Well, forget MS platform, why not offer something on free Linux platform?
Yes, you can achieve a lot more things by jail breaking the iPhone. But why do I need to do it in the first place. The product should be sold in unlocked form in a reasonable price.
In some European countries, Apple does sell iPhone in unlocked format!!
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