About 4 days after I switched to a MacBook I got an iPhone. While I love this phone, some of its features still need a little work.
Picture and video messaging. People send me pictures all the time. When a picture comes to me on the iPhone, I get a text message with a website address, a user id, and a password (new user id and password every time).
The site is VERY slow and the user id and password rarely work. At minimum, I should get a link that opens the Safari browser on the phone and fills in the user id and password (still clunky, but better).
Flexible Synchronization. Everything you put on an iPhone must originate from one computer.
I use my laptop for all contacts, calendar, and email. However, I share a central music and video library with my immediate family (we all synch to one desktop).
I had to authorize my laptop on iTunes and move thousands of songs over to my laptop to get music on my iPhone!
From now on, every time we get something new, I’ll have to physically put the music/video on both machines.
Voice recognition. I can no longer just say “Call Liz” and get connected. All I can do with my bluetooth is answer an incoming call, hang up, or redial the last number I called.
Camera. It doesn’t zoom and can’t take videos.
Expanded email functions. I prefer not to download email to my mobile device if it’s already downloaded to my laptop. I also delete multiple emails at once. My Blackberry Pearl could do both with the exact same POP mail accounts. My iPhone can do neither.
Access to the internet (the “real” internet), easier to read email and text messages, and streamlining down to one device (I gave my iPod Touch to my son) more than make up for the limitations on the list above.
Except for one…
The limited multimedia messaging functionality is very frustrating. My Blackberry Pearl was on the same network and I was able to see multimedia messages immediately.
Why can’t my iPhone do this?
Isn’t the iPhone supposed to be all about multimedia?
I’m confused!
(All comments, advice and/or instruction welcome!!!)
These gadgets are designed for specific purpose so the functions will also be different and will cost different too. I want to get the new Ultra thin Macbook Air over an iPad.
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Well I’m still waiting. If they figure out picture/video messaging then I’ll be a lot happier!!!
I’m not sure what the hold-up is… maybe they have re-thought their stance on how this is going to actually make the company any money. Or perhaps their lawyers pointed out the liability of providing agents a platform to stick their feet in their mouth. Whatever it is, it’s hardly something I’d claim as being “Well done”.
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I suppose that you can drown your sorrows by listening to a nice bit of music and a good podcast, but that doesn’t really help.
Markspace are usually good at this stuff:
http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_blackberry.php
Hi Benjamin!
You know I HATE to say this, but as time wears on my disappointment with my iPhone is growing. You’re right – it’s their first phone, but it just so happens that two features I use constantly are non-existent on this phone and I’m actually considering something else. The ONLY thing keeping me on my iPhone is that my Blackberry Pearl doesn’t synch with my MacBook. Had that worked I would not have bought the iPhone to begin with and I’d certainly be abandoning it now.
For what I do constantly the Pearl is much better!!!! I really miss it!
Ann
Shhh… Don’t question the marketing… Somebody will hear you! Bearing in mind that this is Apple’s first phone, while the competition have been in the game… Well, since before I was born in some cases. It is rev 1, so I think it will take them a while to get up to speed. I just hope they manage it fast than they did with the AppleTV (which is a great product, but has some catch up to do).