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I don't get this idea of "just works". My blackberry died last week, and I decided to try out an iPhone as a replacement. Just works? As in I can get my emai

by blhack 17y ago

I don't get this idea of "just works". My blackberry died last week, and I decided to try out an iPhone as a replacement. Just works? As in I can get my email to sync more often than 4 times an hour without jailbreaking it? Just works? As in I can install the grooveshark iPhone app without jailbreaking it? Just works? As in I can listen to pandora and browse the internet without jailbreaking it? Just works? As in I can stop the screen from rotation while I'm trying to use the thing in bed without jailbreaking it? Just works? As in I can use my google voice app without having to resort to the workaround the google coded up? Just works? As in I can use any song or sound stored on the filesystem as a ringtone, alarm, or alert? The iPhone might "just work" if you're looking for something that is slightly worse than a netbook for updating your twitter status, but as far as seeing the iPad be anything more than paying $600 for the privilege of then paying to run apps from the iTunes store, well, I don't see it. Maybe this will change when I get my hands around an iPad, but I very highly doubt it. Although perhaps I'm just a tad bitter about how absolutely dreadfully horrible the iPhone is at just about everything I've tried to do on it. (Okay, that's a lie, my niece really enjoyed playing with the guitar chord app I downloaded)

jodrellblank 17y ago
Just works as in does everything it does without fuss, not just works as in does everything full stop.
- blhack 17y ago
  I'm not asking the phone to do everything. My gripe is that it can do all of these things, but they have been artificially restricted.
  - danudey 17y ago
    You're an edge case. Most users don't know or care that these problems are there. Among other things, if you have an Exchange server or an IMAP server that supports IDLE, you get push e-mail automatically, which for me solves that problem in its entirety. Things like background apps can be done, but the practicality of allowing background apps without draining the battery far too fast is an issue that (to date) they haven't solved effectively. Perhaps in the next generation of apps. Finally, the rotation - I agree with you wholeheartedly. Rotation inhibitor is the biggest reason why I jailbreak. I hope this will be solved in a future OS release, but who knows.

by blhack 17y ago

jodrellblank 17y ago

Just works as in does everything it does without fuss, not just works as in does everything full stop.

blhack 17y ago
I'm not asking the phone to do everything. My gripe is that it can do all of these things, but they have been artificially restricted.
- danudey 17y ago
  You're an edge case. Most users don't know or care that these problems are there. Among other things, if you have an Exchange server or an IMAP server that supports IDLE, you get push e-mail automatically, which for me solves that problem in its entirety. Things like background apps can be done, but the practicality of allowing background apps without draining the battery far too fast is an issue that (to date) they haven't solved effectively. Perhaps in the next generation of apps. Finally, the rotation - I agree with you wholeheartedly. Rotation inhibitor is the biggest reason why I jailbreak. I hope this will be solved in a future OS release, but who knows.