Published on
June 17, 2010 in
Reviews.
What’s up iOS4! Took a minute but it was worth it. Multitasking and folders are mint.
My brother (because he is on a Mac) was able to update to the iOS4 with iTunes 9.2 installed. I had to wait a bit for 9.2 to hit Windows. Anyone who is savvy enough can now download the Gold Master version of iOS4 and throw it on your phone before the launch date on the 21st.
Mini Review: It’s fantastic. I am not an Apple fanboy and the iPhone is the only Apple product I own but I think that will change soon. The multitasking is flawless and well worth the wait. It doesn’t feel slow or sluggish like an Android. The days of having your AIM or Skype signed on at all times are back with this update. Ex-Sidekick users know what I’m talking about. I finally feel like I have control of my phone’s preferences with the locations updates as well.
I noticed what felt like a small speed jump. One thing is for sure, the Email, and SMS apps are much faster and SMS now includes a nice little character count (nice for anyone who tweets via txt). The camera shows the greatest improvements; pictures snap in lightening speed. No more millisecond wait which would render that unwanted picture blur.
All of the updates and new features leave me with no choice but to give the new iOS4 an A. Not an A+ because that would be perfect and there are a few things I would like to see implemented but I can’t wait to grab hold of a new iPhone 4 when they drop. Great job Apple.
If you want to jump on the bandwagon and update your phone before the 21st; it’s nothing a quick Google search won’t enable. Best of luck.
Update: Added a second screen cap of all of my folders. Makes browsing the phone much nicer without having to scroll 6 pages.
It was revealed or re-revealed depending on what your particular online news source is. All of the bells and whistles are covered on a million other sites so I won’t waste my time. My purpose is to look at it from a different angle. I think from the unveiling that the iPhone 4 is a home run. So much so that I will end up with one. However it won’t be the day of launch.
I think the phone is an excellent representation of what great engineering can do. Sleek, sexy, and functional with all the neat features like an hd screen, video chat, and proper multitasking. So why not get it on day one? That’s simple, why put myself in a position to be disappointed or fall victim to early adopter blues? With every big launch comes some sort of issue, be it battery, glass, memory, hardware, or whatever. My take is let everyone else get it, play with it for a few days and lets see what the internet has to say once all the hype dies down. I am sure launch will go off without a problem but waiting a few days might be key, that goes for any hyped launch.
Beyond that iOS4 launches on the 21st, so what am I really missing? A better camera? A better screen? Sure these things are really nice but it’s not like I can’t live without them. My 3GS does everything I need it to do, and how many people will I be able to video chat with anyway? Thus far I know one. Yes, my brother, so I’m in no rush. If you asked me the iPhone 4 is what the iPhone should have been right after the 3G. We didn’t and shouldn’t have had a 3GS. However as everyone knows that is just Apple milking the cash cow. Can you blame them? If I had that many fans I’d release half articles and posts.
So there it is, the iPhone 4 looks great, I can’t wait to get one, but not right off the rip. Maybe a week or two deep. I would be so mad if I ran into a bunch of issues at launch and really – who wants to stand in line or deal with the mad hatter fan boys?
Published on
April 9, 2010 in
Reviews.
Wednesday I had a chance to play with the hype machine that is the Apple iPad. I haven't really been following the surge in sales and in hype because frankly I'm not really into the product. I found my way into Best Buy (I find Best Buy much less of a hassle than the Apple Store mainly because I'm not attacked by hungry sales reps *right away) with all of my preconceived opinions and to make things short and sweet they all ended up being true.
I like the iPad, I really do! Beautiful screen, great design, and all around simple to use but honestly it's just off. For starters the price is outlandish, $499 is the cheapest model and you aren't getting much storage at all (16 gigs). For $499 you could set yourself up with a fantastic netbook running a full version of Windows 7 or even Mac OSX if you are savvy enough! Chances are it will have a hard drive with close to if not more than 200gb. Things like this really set me back. Beyond that it lacks so many features! No USB, no card reader, no camera, no file system. Like so many people have said, this is really like an iPod Touch on steroids. I really can't justify spending a minimum of $500 to buy this thing, not to mention if you want wireless 3g you bump up to $629! Outlandish!
To be honest we all know why this thing will sell, it's the App Store. We all love our iPhones and iPod Touchs' because of the amazing third party applications and games that have been created by an amazing community of developers. This, the iPad is just another way to deliver that content. Bravo to Apple for seeing a market and exploiting it however those with common sense will see right through that and wait for the price to match the ability of the product. I love my iPhone, love it! However I don't own it because of the love for the hardware, I love what is available on it and for it. That's a fact.
Apple has once again done what it does best, take ideas that have been around for years and years and it makes them better, maybe even more refined and simple. Small laptops and netbooks are quite popular now so Apple gave birth to the iPad. A locked down version of a netbook at twice the cost and half the features. Imagine a world with no App Store similar to the early days of the iPhone… would you own an iPad under those conditions? No you wouldn't. I look forward to version two but more importantly I look forward to the new iPhone G4 coming this summer. The iPhone can do everything an iPad can… and more.
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