10 Things that "Absolutely suck" about the iPhone. (Yes I have one)

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I'm not saying Apple won't be huge - I'm just saying you have to be on the same page. (arguing different models and stuff is a red herring).

The mile analogy is a good one. Apple completed the mile run by the time Surur's example ran 33 feet. There is nothing in the history of the marketplace to compare with this.

-Palm does not break out sales by country.....so the claimed 2.5 million sales is not US only.....so the numbers can not be compared unless out of US sales are stripped.

-Palm makes several models on different OS's. Many people choose a WM Palm because it fits some standard issued bu Sargeant IT ..... the iPhone doesn't work with Exchange server, it is not intended for this market, so Palm's sales in this market must be culled in order for it to be compared.

-Palm makes units in several price ranges in order to address different markets . Apple intends to do the same thing. Next quarter when the iPhone-Nano comes out, they will have a low end device to compete with. Until then Palm's low end sales must be culled in order to be compared.

The model argument certainly is no red herring, it is simply reality. I mean it's easy to scream whoop whoop Apple got pwned but only when ya close ya eyes and see what ya wish happened instead of what is actually happened. It's like the refree at a WWF match declaring one guy won fair and square while he ignored the guy's manager hitting the loser over the head with a chair.

Apple has fired the first salvo.....they have placed one product in one market niche. To analyze their success, one can only look at their success in the targeted market area. Here's how I see your argument going when say BMW puts a car are the market to compete with the Dodge Viper.

"Well BMW sure had some success with their new "California Racer" vehicle, released only in the state which carries it's name, it sold 1,000,000 plus vehicles in the 1st week....that's more than any other dodge model."

"whaddya talking about....BMW got pwned. Dodge sold 50,000,000 vehicles last year.

"But 25,000,000 of those vehicles dodge sold were trucks"

"yeah so"

"Well BMW doesn't sell trucks, they sell cars. How does one judge the impact of BMW's new model on the Viper market by comparing their sales with car + truck sales.

"Ah that's a red herring"

"Well what about the fact that the car is only currently being sold in California, the numbers you qu0te for dodge are all 50 states ?"

"Ah that's a red herring"

The point about Treo sales was made not to compare the two but to simply point out that the number of people who want a device that does what the Treo does is very small. Even if all Treo sales were in the US, 2.5 million is less than 1% of the US population. I don't see Apple getting hot and bothered by 1 % of the population. I think they have bigger things in mind.
 

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The mile analogy is a good one. Apple completed the mile run by the time Surur's example ran 33 feet. There is nothing in the history of the marketplace to compare with this.

-Palm does not break out sales by country.....so the claimed 2.5 million sales is not US only.....so the numbers can not be compared unless out of US sales are stripped.

-Palm makes several models on different OS's. Many people choose a WM Palm because it fits some standard issued bu Sargeant IT ..... the iPhone doesn't work with Exchange server, it is not intended for this market, so Palm's sales in this market must be culled in order for it to be compared.

-Palm makes units in several price ranges in order to address different markets . Apple intends to do the same thing. Next quarter when the iPhone-Nano comes out, they will have a low end device to compete with. Until then Palm's low end sales must be culled in order to be compared.

The model argument certainly is no red herring, it is simply reality. I mean it's easy to scream whoop whoop Apple got pwned but only when ya close ya eyes and see what ya wish happened instead of what is actually happened. It's like the refree at a WWF match declaring one guy won fair and square while he ignored the guy's manager hitting the loser over the head with a chair.

Apple has fired the first salvo.....they have placed one product in one market niche. To analyze their success, one can only look at their success in the targeted market area. Here's how I see your argument going when say BMW puts a car are the market to compete with the Dodge Viper.

"Well BMW sure had some success with their new "California Racer" vehicle, released only in the state which carries it's name, it sold 1,000,000 plus vehicles in the 1st week....that's more than any other dodge model."

"whaddya talking about....BMW got pwned. Dodge sold 50,000,000 vehicles last year.

"But 25,000,000 of those vehicles dodge sold were trucks"

"yeah so"

"Well BMW doesn't sell trucks, they sell cars. How does one judge the impact of BMW's new model on the Viper market by comparing their sales with car + truck sales.

"Ah that's a red herring"

"Well what about the fact that the car is only currently being sold in California, the numbers you qu0te for dodge are all 50 states ?"

"Ah that's a red herring"

The point about Treo sales was made not to compare the two but to simply point out that the number of people who want a device that does what the Treo does is very small. Even if all Treo sales were in the US, 2.5 million is less than 1% of the US population. I don't see Apple getting hot and bothered by 1 % of the population. I think they have bigger things in mind.

All that can be summarized into:

Palm does not sell the iPhone.

Colour me surprised.

Surur
 

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The mile analogy is a good one. Apple completed the mile run by the time Surur's example ran 33 feet. There is nothing in the history of the marketplace to compare with this.

-Palm does not break out sales by country.....so the claimed 2.5 million sales is not US only.....so the numbers can not be compared unless out of US sales are stripped.

-Palm makes several models on different OS's. Many people choose a WM Palm because it fits some standard issued bu Sargeant IT ..... the iPhone doesn't work with Exchange server, it is not intended for this market, so Palm's sales in this market must be culled in order for it to be compared.

-Palm makes units in several price ranges in order to address different markets . Apple intends to do the same thing. Next quarter when the iPhone-Nano comes out, they will have a low end device to compete with. Until then Palm's low end sales must be culled in order to be compared.

The model argument certainly is no red herring, it is simply reality. I mean it's easy to scream whoop whoop Apple got pwned but only when ya close ya eyes and see what ya wish happened instead of what is actually happened. It's like the refree at a WWF match declaring one guy won fair and square while he ignored the guy's manager hitting the loser over the head with a chair.

Apple has fired the first salvo.....they have placed one product in one market niche. To analyze their success, one can only look at their success in the targeted market area. Here's how I see your argument going when say BMW puts a car are the market to compete with the Dodge Viper.

"Well BMW sure had some success with their new "California Racer" vehicle, released only in the state which carries it's name, it sold 1,000,000 plus vehicles in the 1st week....that's more than any other dodge model."

"whaddya talking about....BMW got pwned. Dodge sold 50,000,000 vehicles last year.

"But 25,000,000 of those vehicles dodge sold were trucks"

"yeah so"

"Well BMW doesn't sell trucks, they sell cars. How does one judge the impact of BMW's new model on the Viper market by comparing their sales with car + truck sales.

"Ah that's a red herring"

"Well what about the fact that the car is only currently being sold in California, the numbers you qu0te for dodge are all 50 states ?"

"Ah that's a red herring"

The point about Treo sales was made not to compare the two but to simply point out that the number of people who want a device that does what the Treo does is very small. Even if all Treo sales were in the US, 2.5 million is less than 1% of the US population. I don't see Apple getting hot and bothered by 1 % of the population. I think they have bigger things in mind.

Jack, you are missing the point and the herring.

Autos/trucks etc. are transportation. Dividing up models is irrelvant at this time. Same with the samrtphones.

You say the iPhone Nano will be released next quarter (Q4; a story, by the way, that was retracted), and if those come out, I would lump those into iPhone sales as well.

Again, I'm not saying Apple will not do awesome in the market, I'm just saying you made an (wrong) assertion about the market for Treo's being only 500K, only to be clowned (or pwned) with the fact of 2.5M.

Most people would says "my bad" and move on, but you are argue irrelevant details and try to move the discussion away from your mistake.
 

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Now this is a bizarre idea, and one I never really expected.

BeyondTheTech 07-18-2007 16:20

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Is the iPhone really multitasking?

Perhaps it's just the comparatively slow EDGE connection, but here are some scenarios I've noticed where the iPhone doesn't seem like it's multitasking...

1. I compose an email, then press Send. I see the "Sending..." progress bar trot along, and while that happens, I click Home, then iPod or Safari and watch a video or surf a website. When I click Home, then go back to my email, the progress bar seems to be nearly at the same position when I left it.

2. I launch Safari and it begins to load a web page. I click Home, then iPod and watch a video, or I simply press the Sleep button on the device. I go back into Safari and the progress bar across the URL also is nearly at the same position when I left it.

3. I launch Mail and it says, "Connecting..." and begins to download a slew of messages. I click Home and do other things for some time, then come back and, surprise, the Mail application is still churning away at downloading the new emails.


So, my obvious question is, is the iPhone truly multitasking when it comes to data services and networking, or does everything get suspended when I leave Mail and/or Safari?


Also, does anyone notice that Safari sometimes keeps the page it has previously loaded from the last time you were in there, and sometimes, it has to download the page from scratch again? I can't seem to get a consistent behavior, and would like Safari to just keep whatever I surfed for as long as I've been on that site.

JIver 07-18-2007 16:40

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Yes I noticed this, I really hate it. I noticed this even when Im on a wifi connection. Hopefully its something that can be fixed with an update. Or if its intentional, why?

harlenm 07-18-2007 17:40

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If I hit send on an email then go back to the home screen it sends the message.

Eric5273 07-18-2007 19:25

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I've seent he same behavior with regard to the web browser. If I am using multiple tabs and I open a new tab and start loading a page, then switch back to the other tab, if I return to the newer tab 10 minutes later, the page still hasn't loaded and is exactly at the same spot where it was when I left the page. It would seem that the iPhone does not really multi-task and only does one item at a time. That's not really any different than my Treo 680 was, so it doesn't bother me that much.

Diversion 07-18-2007 21:11

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Yeah, I honestly think the iPhone puts whatever application that's not on-screen on "Pause".. To use full CPU power on the application that you are in. This is bad and good in a lot of ways. I hope they atleast give certain applications the ability to resume their activity in the background.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204095

I dont doubt the iPhone can multi-task, but it appears Apple choses not to use this feature. Now that I think of it this is quite consistent with their whole approach of style over substance. They appear to have a powerful device, when they are faking it all along.

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Now this is a bizarre idea, and one I never really expected.


http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204095

I dont doubt the iPhone can multi-task, but it appears Apple choses not to use this feature. Now that I think of it this is quite consistent with their whole approach of style over substance. They appear to have a powerful device, when they are faking it all along.

Surur

Ouch! If they aren't doing multi-tasking, that sucks.

Even the "lame" WM5 Treo can sync via BT with your laptop while you are surfing the net, sending email, or on a phone call. (a very nice feature). No issue on multitasking there.
 

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Jack, you are missing the point and the herring.
Again, I'm not saying Apple will not do awesome in the market, I'm just saying you made an (wrong) assertion about the market for Treo's being only 500K, only to be clowned (or pwned) with the fact of 2.5M.

My assertion stands.

Carriers outside the US are not yet allowed to sell iPhones. Treos were sold outside the United States for the entire year. Not apples and apples.

The other major carriers are not selling iPhones. Inlcuding Sprint, Verizon and all over seas carriers in Treo sales and then comparing them to iPhone sales is not apples and apples.

Six models of Treo totaled 2.5 million sales. I break that down to an average of 400k each. 500k is bigger than 400k.

You want to compare apples and apples, you have to compare the iPhone with say Treo 650's sold in the last year on AT&T network. Anything else is a false and unfair comparison. So no I wouldn't used the "pwned", but then that's l33t talk and generally not used by people who engage in intelligent discourse and who accept from the getgo that apples versus fruit basket comparison are untenable.

But, yet gain, the point is still being ignored. I was not quoting the figures to discuss the relative sales figures between the two. I was quoting the numbers because I wanted to address the market size with regard to two points:

1. No "Treo like" device that I am aware of has significantly shattered the 500k barrier. The market for a new device is not that big. For Apple to come in with its very first model and break that barrier in a weekend is strikingly significant. I think that bodes well for all vendors as it pulled a lot of people who would otherwise not be using a smartphone into this category.

2. Listing the stuff that the iPhone doesn't do simply doesn't matter to most people, including Apple. Why ? Let's look at that market share again....yes that is "the point". How many Treos sold last year compared to the size of the markets they are sold in ? What is it 0.5 % ? I don't think Apple is getting as excited about the 0.5% as they are about various segments of the 99.5%.

Everything I do computing wise (hardware selection, software, protocols, etc) is based upon how it effects how I run AutoCAD. I will never own a Mac because Macs don't run AutoCAD. In its pursuit of additional market share in the PC world, I don't think Apple is worrying much about the 0.1 % of the population that runs AutoCAD.

What I buy is based upon that criteria. I don't judge other people's selections of their hardware because "that piece of crap won't run AutoCAD". Judging the iPhone because it won't do something that someone in this forum's audience wants is foolhardy.....our little group here is just too small for Apple to spend that much time on. Fine for a niche player like Palm....but Apple lives in a bigger world with large goals and farther horizons.

Here's a Treo user's response to the IPhone (read "actual user" not spec list reader):

http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2007/07/the_iphone.html

Background: I have been using a Treo for over a year. I like the treo, though I don?t love it. The browser is only barely usable, the keyboard is barely usable (one feature they desperately need is a switch to turn of key-repeat) but much of it is great. For some reason, however, my Treo likes to go back to ?Time Set? after every call, which I?m sure I could fix if I took the time to figure it out.

Common Treo user's complaint "bothering to get things to work"

The iPhone is, however: the best PDA I?ve ever had, the best iPod I?ve ever had and (nearly) the best phone I?ve ever had. The more I use it the more I love it. Setting it all up, registering it and getting my new cell number; soup to nuts took under 10 minutes.

I spent almost 2 days getting my Treo ready

I won?t run through all the features (Apple does a good job on their site) but I will say that the on-board keyboard is far better than the physical keyboard offered on the Treo; and the self-correcting software is fantastic. If I mistype the word evetytjing (two typos) it offers the word everything - pressing space puts the right spelling in. Once you trust that it will get it right (which it does about 98% of the time in my experience, you can type very fast. The question of whether it is a problem not having a physical keyboard is more than answered: no problem.

The iPod features are better than on my 8Gig Nano and the sound is considerably better. Navigation is better, faster, easier. The camera is the best phone camera I?ve ever seen, as is the integration of camera and email.

Email is by far the best I?ve seen on a phone, with full graphics, links, etc. Truly impressive. I do wish they had more organization (storage folders, etc.) but I assume that will be in the next version, and it isn?t a problem as I do all that on the desktop; on the iPhone I read and toss.

Whether or not you agree with this peep's assessment is not the point. I think people do too much on their Treos and they would be more efficient saving many of those tasks for the desktop. The fact that there's limited availability with regard to storage folders on one handheld versus the other is immaterial when one is doing that data on a desktop.

The only thing unarguable is the web experience on the iPhone is simply unequaled .... like comparing free reign / access at the Playboy Mansion to a 976 number. Yeah lemme see ...seeing things exactly as I see on my desktop, no crippled "mobile versions", never having to actually scroll ....or .... no flash. I'll go with no flash since the only significance of having it is I have to find the "skip intro" button.

The point is that, like it or not, the things that are important to me and you are not important to everyone. As jealous as I might be of the screen, the web, etc....music on a handheld to me is "unlistenable" and even though I use them rarely, the ability to use those programs I have is important to me. No iPhone for me.....but I don't expect everyone to have the same likes and dislikes as me.
 

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1. No "Treo like" device that I am aware of has significantly shattered the 500k barrier. The market for a new device is not that big. For Apple to come in with its very first model and break that barrier in a weekend is strikingly significant. I think that bodes well for all vendors as it pulled a lot of people who would otherwise not be using a smartphone into this category.

2. Listing the stuff that the iPhone doesn't do simply doesn't matter to most people, including Apple. Why ? Let's look at that market share again....yes that is "the point". How many Treos sold last year compared to the size of the markets they are sold in ? What is it 0.5 % ? I don't think Apple is getting as excited about the 0.5% as they are about various segments of the 99.5%..

See, there's your mistake. Because of point 2., the IPhone is not Treo-like. Its more Razr-like.

The iPhone is aiming for 1% of the consumer market, while the Treo has 2.5% of the smartphone market. Different market, but you dont get that.

BTW, are you really claiming that no one smartphone model has sold more than 500 000 in one year? Is that with some unspoken proviso, or is that the whole claim?

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My assertion stands.

Carriers outside the US are not yet allowed to sell iPhones. Treos were sold outside the United States for the entire year. Not apples and apples.

The other major carriers are not selling iPhones. Inlcuding Sprint, Verizon and all over seas carriers in Treo sales and then comparing them to iPhone sales is not apples and apples.

Six models of Treo totaled 2.5 million sales. I break that down to an average of 400k each. 500k is bigger than 400k.

You want to compare apples and apples, you have to compare the iPhone with say Treo 650's sold in the last year on AT&T network. Anything else is a false and unfair comparison. So no I wouldn't used the "pwned", but then that's l33t talk and generally not used by people who engage in intelligent discourse and who accept from the getgo that apples versus fruit basket comparison are untenable.

But, yet gain, the point is still being ignored. I was not quoting the figures to discuss the relative sales figures between the two. I was quoting the numbers because I wanted to address the market size with regard to two points:

1. No "Treo like" device that I am aware of has significantly shattered the 500k barrier. The market for a new device is not that big. For Apple to come in with its very first model and break that barrier in a weekend is strikingly significant. I think that bodes well for all vendors as it pulled a lot of people who would otherwise not be using a smartphone into this category.

2. Listing the stuff that the iPhone doesn't do simply doesn't matter to most people, including Apple. Why ? Let's look at that market share again....yes that is "the point". How many Treos sold last year compared to the size of the markets they are sold in ? What is it 0.5 % ? I don't think Apple is getting as excited about the 0.5% as they are about various segments of the 99.5%.

Everything I do computing wise (hardware selection, software, protocols, etc) is based upon how it effects how I run AutoCAD. I will never own a Mac because Macs don't run AutoCAD. In its pursuit of additional market share in the PC world, I don't think Apple is worrying much about the 0.1 % of the population that runs AutoCAD.

What I buy is based upon that criteria. I don't judge other people's selections of their hardware because "that piece of crap won't run AutoCAD". Judging the iPhone because it won't do something that someone in this forum's audience wants is foolhardy.....our little group here is just too small for Apple to spend that much time on. Fine for a niche player like Palm....but Apple lives in a bigger world with large goals and farther horizons.

Here's a Treo user's response to the IPhone (read "actual user" not spec list reader):

http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2007/07/the_iphone.html



Common Treo user's complaint "bothering to get things to work"



I spent almost 2 days getting my Treo ready



Whether or not you agree with this peep's assessment is not the point. I think people do too much on their Treos and they would be more efficient saving many of those tasks for the desktop. The fact that there's limited availability with regard to storage folders on one handheld versus the other is immaterial when one is doing that data on a desktop.

The only thing unarguable is the web experience on the iPhone is simply unequaled .... like comparing free reign / access at the Playboy Mansion to a 976 number. Yeah lemme see ...seeing things exactly as I see on my desktop, no crippled "mobile versions", never having to actually scroll ....or .... no flash. I'll go with no flash since the only significance of having it is I have to find the "skip intro" button.

The point is that, like it or not, the things that are important to me and you are not important to everyone. As jealous as I might be of the screen, the web, etc....music on a handheld to me is "unlistenable" and even though I use them rarely, the ability to use those programs I have is important to me. No iPhone for me.....but I don't expect everyone to have the same likes and dislikes as me.

Jack,

You asserted the "market for Treos" with no qualifiers. A person of "intelligent discourse" would acknowledge their mistake, not spin like a gyroscope.

Framing the argument, I could claim that on the June 29th, the Treo outsold the iPhone. Oh, did I forget to mention that I meant up to 5:59PM that day?

I don't think anyone doubt the iPhone will sell like crazy. That is not the point. If you approach something from the perspective of the "universe of one", then you skew the overall debate. Archie was a master of this.

From the macro-level, more time must pass to see the overall numbers in order to do fair comparison.

Your point #1 and #2 are your views, and that is fine. I'm really not debating those.

I'm sure the iPhone is wonderful, and I think it's cool. I'm sure lots of people are happy.

Will they make thier forecasts? We will see. I am really curious. I think this holiday season will be very telling.
 

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All that can be summarized into:

Palm does not sell the iPhone.

Colour me surprised.

Surur

-Still no answer to any of the points
-More attempts to divert attention from the point with unrelated sarcastic comment
-Color me surprised

Answer the question.

How is:

a) Sales in one country versus worldwide sales
b) Sales on one carrier sales versus sales on all carriers
c) Sales of one model versus sales of all models

anything but an irrelevant comparison ?

How does such a comparison in anyway approach a fair and balanced, apples and apples look at the impact ? Or are we using the Fox News Network's interpretation of "fair and balanced".

You want to make an "apples and apples" Treo vs iPhone comparison, then tell me how many Treos were activated on AT &T this year in the United States.

But, if habit holds, you won't answer the question. We will get yet another sarcastic comment that has nothing to do with the question or we'll get another apples versus fruit basket comparison. "Color me surprised".
 

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-Still no answer to any of the points
-More attempts to divert attention from the point with unrelated sarcastic comment
-Color me surprised

Answer the question.

How is:

a) Sales in one country versus worldwide sales
b) Sales on one carrier sales versus sales on all carriers
c) Sales of one model versus sales of all models

anything but an irrelevant comparison ?

How does such a comparison in anyway approach a fair and balanced, apples and apples look at the impact ? Or are we using the Fox News Network's interpretation of "fair and balanced".

You want to make an "apples and apples" Treo vs iPhone comparison, then tell me how many Treos were activated on AT &T this year in the United States.

But, if habit holds, you won't answer the question. We will get yet another sarcastic comment that has nothing to do with the question or we'll get another apples versus fruit basket comparison. "Color me surprised".

Jack, how about actually coming to your point, instead of dancing around it. And if your want all your points answered, how about making your posts a bit shorter.

Surur
 

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Answer the question.

How is:

a) Sales in one country versus worldwide sales
b) Sales on one carrier sales versus sales on all carriers
c) Sales of one model versus sales of all models

Comeon your argument truly doesnt make sense. You are trying to compartmentalize the Treo down to the Iphone simply because the iPhone isnt on anyother carriers or sold worldwide. Thats Apple's choice. You are trying to penalize palm for branching out with multiple carriers. if someone wants to phrase the questions below they are perfectly valid.

a) sales of iPhones worldwide vs sale of treo's worldwide
b) sales of iPhones on all the US carriers vs sales of Treos on all the US carriers
c) sales of all iPhone models vs sales of all Treo models

bottom line is number of units sold and amount of revenue generated, and I will grant you iPhone/Apple wins with revenue/unit

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