iPhone Sucks and Apple are Bastards

[King James]

Originally Posted by Tazziedevil

I'm not an apple guy.

I have a blackberry and love it- I can't imagine a less useful phone than the iphone- you HAVE to sync it with iTunes, no multitasking, no tactile feedback with typing, no user replaceable battery or memory card support.
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You don't have to sync it with itunes, and it has multitasking soon (really awesome if you saw the vid)

Tactile feedback is sort of a personal choice so cannot comment on that.

The non-user replaceable battery is a *****, tho.

I can think of something less useful though, its called a WiMo phone! lol. I don't care who you are thats funny right there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3XdOl5YtLg

[Mugen910]

Originally Posted by King James

I can think of something less useful though, its called a WiMo phone! lol. I don't care who you are thats funny right there.

[VirtualSmitty]

Saw this post on gizmodo and went damn:

http://gizmodo.com/5513619/all-amazo...ale-for-1-cent

Then saw Droid phone for 20 and went double damn!

http://wireless.amazon.com/Motorola-...ref=sh_br_ph_1

I might have traded in my first gen iphone for the droid if I didn't have to use verizon.

[spectrrr]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

I might have traded in my first gen iphone for the droid if I didn't have to use verizon.

I'd go back to my old winmo phone *shudder* before giving up Verizon....

[Tazziedevil]

Originally Posted by King James

You don't have to sync it with itunes, and it has multitasking soon (really awesome if you saw the vid)

Tactile feedback is sort of a personal choice so cannot comment on that.

The non-user replaceable battery is a *****, tho.

I can think of something less useful though, its called a WiMo phone! lol. I don't care who you are thats funny right there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3XdOl5YtLg

I don't find iTunes a useful program. It's buggy and bloated, slow, and I like to drag and drop files to my phone/mp3 player- which I couldn't do with my iPod.

I don't blindly hate apple, I have used several apple products, and I find them to be overhyped and underwhelming. i.e.:It's taken apple 3 years to figure out that people like to do more than one thing at a time?

The BIGGEST problem is the lack of memory card support. For professionals who do lots of work on their phone, not being able to back up presentations, quotes, invoices and receipts to a removable card is ridiculous. Imagine doing hours of work, then losing it all due to theft, misplacing your phone, or breaking.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Tazziedevil

I don't find iTunes a useful program. It's buggy and bloated, slow, and I like to drag and drop files to my phone/mp3 player- which I couldn't do with my iPod.

I don't blindly hate apple, I have used several apple products, and I find them to be overhyped and underwhelming. i.e.:It's taken apple 3 years to figure out that people like to do more than one thing at a time?

The BIGGEST problem is the lack of memory card support. For professionals who do lots of work on their phone, not being able to back up presentations, quotes, invoices and receipts to a removable card is ridiculous. Imagine doing hours of work, then losing it all due to theft, misplacing your phone, or breaking.

How exactly would a memory card (that is in your phone) benefit you in those two situations?

[Tazziedevil]

Originally Posted by AD720

How exactly would a memory card (that is in your phone) benefit you in those two situations?

If it was in your phone it wouldn't. But if you back up your work to a removable card, then put the card in a seperate location you would have a backup. But Apple doesn't think this is a good idea somehow.
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[shilala]

Originally Posted by Tazziedevil

I don't find iTunes a useful program. It's buggy and bloated, slow, and I like to drag and drop files to my phone/mp3 player- which I couldn't do with my iPod.

I don't blindly hate apple, I have used several apple products, and I find them to be overhyped and underwhelming. i.e.:It's taken apple 3 years to figure out that people like to do more than one thing at a time?

The BIGGEST problem is the lack of memory card support. For professionals who do lots of work on their phone, not being able to back up presentations, quotes, invoices and receipts to a removable card is ridiculous. Imagine doing hours of work, then losing it all due to theft, misplacing your phone, or breaking.

I'm not an itunes fan either, but aside from jailbreaking my iphone, I'm stuck with it.
At times I've had as many as a dozen ipods, I used to sell them at ebay. I've never used itunes with them. I always used Ephpod for file transfer and tagrunner for automatically fixing my tags and adding lyrics.
I'm sincerely hoping that someday itunes wont suck, and it is getting better slowly.
As soon as I find something that'll work with my iphone (and I haven't looked recently), I'm sure I'll move away from itunes again.

[King James]

Originally Posted by Tazziedevil

I don't find iTunes a useful program. It's buggy and bloated, slow, and I like to drag and drop files to my phone/mp3 player- which I couldn't do with my iPod.

I don't blindly hate apple, I have used several apple products, and I find them to be overhyped and underwhelming. i.e.:It's taken apple 3 years to figure out that people like to do more than one thing at a time?

The BIGGEST problem is the lack of memory card support. For professionals who do lots of work on their phone, not being able to back up presentations, quotes, invoices and receipts to a removable card is ridiculous. Imagine doing hours of work, then losing it all due to theft, misplacing your phone, or breaking.

I could understand how people used to having a removable drive would not like the idea of not having one. I have a card in my Droid and have never taken it out. And for apple, the ability to sync with your idisk (if you have one) sort of would settle that problem for me..... but not everyone would be satisfied.

I don't think apple is for everyone, its just people that can't say "I just prefer having these options that apple doesn't offer" instead of "apple blows! they can't do this or this or this and PC has since 1988!"

The bashing without citing facts (or citing facts that are ridiculously inaccurate lol) just irks me

I too am anti-apple. Over rated. Had an I-touch and it was a PIECE so why would i spend that much on a phone that i CAN'T insure. I went with the new DROID and friggin love it. Has tons of apps and is insurable.

[King James]

and the flaming continues! This time with not even half truths but complete lies

this just in: apple has even more apps and is also insurable


edit: I'd also like if you could elaborate just slightly on with the iTouch is a "piece"

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by King James

and the flaming continues! This time with not even half truths but complete lies

this just in: apple has even more apps and is also insurable


edit: I'd also like if you could elaborate just slightly on with the iTouch is a "piece"

Jim,
I would join in and help you out BUT why bother?
Seriously, why bother? We can't change minds and won't.

The other day, while in Ft. Worth, I went to James' house (Croatan).
I could swear there were 8 to 10 of us there, at least.
I think all but one had an iPhone on the the table.

What does that mean?
Heck if I know other than if it sucked that badly, why would 9 out of 10 be so happy with them?

Hmmmm...................

I travel a whole lot.
I swear I am seeing twice as many iPhones now than Crackberries.
There was a time that was the opposite but not anymore.
What does that mean?
Heck if I know other than if it sucked that badly, why would so many more of them be out there now visibly to me than Crackberries or Droids or whatever?

Hmmmm....................

Me? I love mine.
Can't wait for the new one in the summer and the 4.0 system that will allow multitasking (more advanced that leaves files open unlike the one available now), folders for apps, and on and on.

[King James]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Jim,
I would join in and help you out BUT why bother?
Seriously, why bother? We can't change minds and won't.

The other day, while in Ft. Worth, I went to James' house (Croatan).
I could swear there were 8 to 10 of us there, at least.
I think all but one had an iPhone on the the table.

What does that mean?
Heck if I know other than if it sucked that badly, why would 9 out of 10 be so happy with them?

Hmmmm...................

I travel a whole lot.
I swear I am seeing twice as many iPhones now than Crackberries.
There was a time that was the opposite but not anymore.
What does that mean?
Heck if I know other than if it sucked that badly, why would so many more of them be out there now visibly to me than Crackberries or Droids or whatever?

Hmmmm....................

Me? I love mine.
Can't wait for the new one in the summer and the 4.0 system that will allow multitasking (more advanced that leaves files open unlike the one available now), folders for apps, and on and on.

It is just the blind apple faithful Carlos that will buy any and every piece of sh*t the company puts out!


Hell Moses, you should see how many Apple products Carlos destroys, and he is still hanging with them! lol.

And you really couldn't buy apple care for your phone even though it was purchased at full price? I would understand if they replaced the phone because you had apple care that the warranty wouldn't start over, but you paid $199 for another phone... it doesn't make sense that if you purchased a new device that you couldn't get apple care for it.

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by King James

and the flaming continues! This time with not even half truths but complete lies

this just in: apple has even more apps and is also insurable

You mean Apple Care? That only works from the original purchase date, so it would have been useless to me. Replacements don't work under Apple Care.

It does not matter how many apps are out there. Apps that I need are the only ones that are relevent. I'd rather have a phone that is durable like Motorola makes than play Pac Man.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

You mean Apple Care? That only works from the original purchase date, so it would have been useless to me. Replacements don't work under Apple Care.

It does not matter how many apps are out there. Apps that I need are the only ones that relevent. I'd rather have a phone that is durable like Motorola makes than play Pac Man.

Moses,
Luck varies of course but mine, my son's, and everyone else I know that has one has not had any issues with them.
I know that doesn't console you any but other than you, I really don't know anyone that has a negative to say about an iPhone.
They are neat, useful toys.
I would be lost without mine.

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

You mean Apple Care? That only works from the original purchase date, so it would have been useless to me. Replacements don't work under Apple Care.

It does not matter how many apps are out there. Apps that I need are the only ones that are relevent. I'd rather have a phone that is durable like Motorola makes than play Pac Man.

No not apple care. There are third party providers who offer insurance for
the iPhone at reasonable rates, and the policies cover
accidental physical damage as well, eg a shattered screen from dropping it

I've had winmo phones bb's and now the iPhone IMO the
iPhone is better than any of the
other options out there but that's just me. For
those who can't get used to the idea of no having a physical keyboard you'd better get used to it. Today, tomorrow, or 3 years from now they ARE goi g away eventually. Haven you ever seen star trek, LOL

I've gotten to
the
point where I can type far faster on
my
iPhone then I ever could on a blackberry

[spectrrr]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

I'd rather have a phone that is durable like Motorola makes than play Pac Man.

Nameco makes pacman for the Droid

Originally Posted by King James

and the flaming continues! This time with not even half truths but complete lies

this just in: apple has even more apps and is also insurable


edit: I'd also like if you could elaborate just slightly on with the iTouch is a "piece"

My I-touch is a piece because it will not recognize wireless networks and when i call apple they say i will have to pay for a new one b/c the warranty is out even though it was bought from apple less than a year before i called them. No. 2 most of the apps on it forceclose and when i try to do anything except play music it forcecloses and shuts off. When it comes to playing music it does a heck of a job but thats not why i got it. Reference the I-phone being insurable now this is news to me as my father just got one less than a month ago and at that point it was still un-insurable. By un-insurable i mnean against physical damage. I am aware that you can insure against product malfunctions but thats what a warranty should cover. Please let me know if you can now insure for accidental physical damage as it is news to me so i can stop telling "Lies". And i dont mean by putting it under your homeowners umbrella coverage which is exactly what AT&T told me i would have to do. By all means i am not being a smartass just stating what i have been told directly from apple and AT&T. Again please let me know if this has changed. BTW i do know that apple has WAY more apps, but droid also has more than anyone will ever need.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by nitropyro3

My I-touch is a piece because it will not recognize wireless networks and when i call apple they say i will have to pay for a new one b/c the warranty is out even though it was bought from apple less than a year before i called them. No. 2 most of the apps on it forceclose and when i try to do anything except play music it forcecloses and shuts off. When it comes to playing music it does a heck of a job but thats not why i got it. Reference the I-phone being insurable now this is news to me as my father just got one less than a month ago and at that point it was still un-insurable. By un-insurable i mnean against physical damage. I am aware that you can insure against product malfunctions but thats what a warranty should cover. Please let me know if you can now insure for accidental physical damage as it is news to me so i can stop telling "Lies". And i dont mean by putting it under your homeowners umbrella coverage which is exactly what AT&T told me i would have to do. By all means i am not being a smartass just stating what i have been told directly from apple and AT&T. Again please let me know if this has changed. BTW i do know that apple has WAY more apps, but droid also has more than anyone will ever need.

Did you provide it to them before the warranty expired?
If you did, doubt they would not honor it.
If they didn't, sounds like you have a small claims filing that would get you to recover your costs for court and invoke your warranty for you.
If you didn't provide it to them before the year for repairs, well, a warranty is just that and if the year expired, there is no coverage. Not different than with a much, much more expensive purchase of a car.

The ipod was recieved with the purchase of a macbook, an incentive type thing. When i called them they said that the ipod was an old model and warranty had expired. My thoughts are that they had a ton of old stock and shipped those out, could be wrong who knows. Not that worried about it but it was just the fact of the matter that put a bad taste in my mouth about the touch's. Mind you this was a Gen 1. I have never ever had any problems with my new Nano.