Potential iPhone Owners

Wednesday, November 19, 2008


  1. "Terrible Battery LifeThe iPhone 3G's life is pretty meager, lasting only about 200 minutes when web browsing with 3-G, according to testing by AnandTech. To save battery life, turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when they're not in use, calibrate the battery in its first week, carry around extra chargers and be conservative with surfing on 3-G.
  2. No Bluetooth Data TransferYou can't transfer files over Bluetooth with iPhone. Lame.
  3. No Full Outlook Sync SupportThough iPhone 3G syncs with your Outlook contacts and calendar events, it doesn't sync notes or to-do lists.
  4. No Cut-and-paste No explanation necessary. (However, this may be implemented soon).
  5. Camera Needs Pimping. The iPhone sports a crappy 2-megapixel camera. The least it could include is a flash.
  6. No Packaged Data Download ManagerThis isn't applicable to U.S. iPhone owners, but in Australia, Aranez was required to purchase an additional, limited data package. He wishes there were a download manager to tell him how much he was downloading.
  7. No Voice DialingNope -- as high-tech as iPhone is, there's still no voice dialing (although it could be coming soon).
  8. No Front-face CameraThis would be useful for video conferencing (although this would probably make the battery life even worse.)
  9. Lack of Handwriting RecognitionIf the iPhone is controlled with a touch screen, why not include handwriting recognition? (It's available for Chinese, so maybe an English version will come eventually? )
  10. No Turn-by-turn GPS SoftwareIPhone 3G's GPS is a 2D map that spits out textual directions; it isn't true turn-to-turn navigation like most GPS devices today. (Although this may be changed soon )."

Do you agree? Would any of these "flaws" keep you from buying/owning an iPhone? Post comments below.

From: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/cheat-sheet-mr.html

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