- In my mind anyhow, that is the biggest problem with the phone. I see no way to disable the stupid text message pop up. I can see so many ways that could be a bad thing. It is a HUGE oversight IMO that Apple hasn't addressed this and allowed you to turn it off. The possibilities for problems with it are endless:
Lets say I'm letting my 6 year old son play Angry Birds. And one of my buddies sends me a dirty joke. Boom, it's right in his face.
Lets say I have my phone sitting on my desk at work that guy in the next office wants to screw with me so while my boss is standing there he sends me a message that says "We've received your resume." Or something like that.
Lets say I'm showing my buddies at the bar a picture or something on my phone and all of the sudden I get a text from my wife in which she calls me by an embarrassing pet name. Now all my buddies are calling me snooky-wookums for the rest of my life.
Lets say my dad is looking over my phone and I get a text from grandma saying "The test results came back, I'm carrying your baby."
Ok, the above scenarios are all fake. I don't have a son, I work from home, my wife is more likely o call me a**hole than snookums and my grandparents are all dead. But you get my point. It s a HUGE privacy issue to just have the contents of your text messages pop open on your phone at anytime for all to see.
And so far, that is my number 1 problem with switching to the iPhone.02-11-2011 01:57 PMLike 0 -
- In my mind anyhow, that is the biggest problem with the phone. I see no way to disable the stupid text message pop up. I can see so many ways that could be a bad thing. It is a HUGE oversight IMO that Apple hasn't addressed this and allowed you to turn it off. The possibilities for problems with it are endless:
Lets say I'm letting my 6 year old son play Angry Birds. And one of my buddies sends me a dirty joke. Boom, it's right in his face.
Lets say I have my phone sitting on my desk at work that guy in the next office wants to screw with me so while my boss is standing there he sends me a message that says "We've received your resume." Or something like that.
Lets say I'm showing my buddies at the bar a picture or something on my phone and all of the sudden I get a text from my wife in which she calls me by an embarrassing pet name. Now all my buddies are calling me snooky-wookums for the rest of my life.
Lets say my dad is looking over my phone and I get a text from grandma saying "The test results came back, I'm carrying your baby."
Ok, the above scenarios are all fake. I don't have a son, I work from home, my wife is more likely o call me a**hole than snookums and my grandparents are all dead. But you get my point. It s a HUGE privacy issue to just have the contents of your text messages pop open on your phone at anytime for all to see.
And so far, that is my number 1 problem with switching to the iPhone.
and actually you can turn it off go into settings> messages> and turn show preview off and all it does is show the persons name who sent the message and that you have a text message.02-11-2011 02:11 PMLike 3 - Not in my job. No. I can play on my phone as much as I please. But as I said before, that was just an example. And in my example, I wasn't "playing with my phone" It was sitting on my desk. Which is pretty legal in even the strictest office environments, I'm sure.02-11-2011 02:18 PMLike 0
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- I'm sorry, but those things you listed are a bit absurd. I can come up with a bunch of far fetched scenarios too about any phone. Say I place a Droid X next to a vial of Nitroglycerin that reacts to light and the mail notification LED comes on! Boom! We all die! I honestly think people are trying to find reasons to dislike this phone, and nitpicking.02-11-2011 02:19 PMLike 0
- Yeah well what if you keep coming up with stupid names and scenarios that arent going to happen. It doesnt show your message which is what you were complaining about I mean if you hate the iphone so much take it back get something else then you can label your contacts with all the stupid *** names you want and dont have to worry about your nerd group seeing the one person who texts you. smh02-11-2011 02:19 PMLike 4
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- Then change their name in your contacts...
Names only come up if you have them in your contacts, just like any other phone.
If you're that concerned, buy a belt holster and keep your phone there.shipwrestler125 likes this.02-11-2011 02:25 PMLike 1 - I'm sorry, but those things you listed are a bit absurd. I can come up with a bunch of far fetched scenarios too about any phone. Say I place a Droid X next to a vial of Nitroglycerin that reacts to light and the mail notification LED comes on! Boom! We all die! I honestly think people are trying to find reasons to dislike this phone, and nitpicking.
It seems to me that if you say ANYTHING negative about the iPhone, some folks are just going to resist it. Yes, my scenarios are far fetched. I think at the end of my post, I even said they were far fetched. The point isn't that I thought the scenarios could or would happen. The point was, that was something *I* don't like about the iPhone. Not that I hate the iPhone or want to return it. We're on a forum about the iPhone where people come to share ideas and input. I'm not trying to find reasons to dislike the phone. I like the phone, look at some of my other posts. I think I actually say the words "I like the phone" in several of them.
Nitpicking? Maybe. But no more so than the rest of the forum nitpicks over what case is the best, or to jailbreak or not to, or which wallpaper looks coolest. I thought this community was about discussing the iPhone and exchanging ideas in hope of constantly improving the experience. Turns out I was wrong. I guess I should only post to say "OMG!!!1 The iPhone is is best thing to ever happen in my life. Evar!!1
I posted one minor thing I dislike about the phone. Not that the phone sucks and I'll be returning it. I guess I shouldn't have posted something so negative and meaningless. I'll stop now so everyone can get back to something important like the one millionth "uboxing" video.02-11-2011 02:35 PMLike 0 -
But question. How old are your friends
Lets say I have my phone sitting on my desk at work that guy in the next office wants to screw with me so while my boss is standing there he sends me a message that says "We've received your resume." Or something like that.
Lets say I'm showing my buddies at the bar a picture or something on my phone and all of the sudden I get a text from my wife in which she calls me by an embarrassing pet name. Now all my buddies are calling me snooky-wookums for the rest of my life.
Lets say my dad is looking over my phone and I get a text from grandma saying "The test results came back, I'm carrying your baby."
and your dad and his mom had a kid?shipwrestler125 and mikesa_tx like this.02-11-2011 02:44 PMLike 2 - I have the message preview turned off so that helps a lot to only show the name of the text.
One thing I don't like though is when I'm with a girl and I get the SMS popup. If the phone's
not in my pocket it's somewhere in her sight. I've had to resort to renaming other girl's in my
phone so I don't have this problem.tourstagefan likes this.02-11-2011 02:46 PMLike 1 -
All due respect, but you don't really know me, or what my job is. Not everyone works in the same way. I don't get paid hourly for what I do. Or even salary. My time is my own. When I'm not actually in the presence of a client, I'm not getting paid by anyone. I can be playing with my phone, or playing video games or posting to this forum like I am now or dancing for money at a truck stop. Point is, I don't have a job where between the hours of 9 and 5, someone is paying me and getting ripped off when I'm goofing off. I have the freedom to goof off at my discretion.
My point wasn't that I'd like to play with my phone at work. I clearly stated twice that I was speaking of my phone laying on my desk, not in my hands playing Cut the Rope instead of working.
then make sure the notifcations is turned off.
But question. How old are your friends
Yeah. Like that will happen WITH your bosss standing there.
and? They are just having fun. Thats what friendship is all about. You know they will be joking.
A grandma using a phone to text? HA.
and your dad and his mom had a kid?02-11-2011 03:02 PMLike 0 - LOL you're really asking someone on THESE boards about playing with their phone at work? All these guys have been doing is going on here speculating/discussing/reviewing the new iPhone, regardless of work, and some even took off of work to get it and play with it.02-11-2011 03:03 PMLike 0
- Yeah well what if you keep coming up with stupid names and scenarios that arent going to happen. It doesnt show your message which is what you were complaining about I mean if you hate the iphone so much take it back get something else then you can label your contacts with all the stupid *** names you want and dont have to worry about your nerd group seeing the one person who texts you. smh02-11-2011 03:04 PMLike 0
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- I have the message preview turned off so that helps a lot to only show the name of the text.
One thing I don't like though is when I'm with a girl and I get the SMS popup. If the phone's
not in my pocket it's somewhere in her sight. I've had to resort to renaming other girl's in my
phone so I don't have this problem.ChrisGonzales90 likes this.02-11-2011 03:19 PMLike 1 - Not sure if anyone has suggested this yet (and it's been so long that I don't remember it myself), but doesn't BiteSMS have the ability to not show notifications? I know you have the ability to choose between Bite and default notifications, but I can't remember if it has the ability to turn them off altogether.
Of course, you'd have to jailbreak and pay ($8, I think) for BiteSMS, but it's a nice program.02-11-2011 03:28 PMLike 0 -
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- [QUOTE=forever29;1674846]I don't want your sister to find out though, man.
Ha maybe if I had a sister that would be funny but seeing as how I only have a younger bro if you swing that way then more power to ya02-11-2011 03:44 PMLike 0 -
- It seems to me that if you say ANYTHING negative about the iPhone, some folks are just going to resist it. Yes, my scenarios are far fetched. I think at the end of my post, I even said they were far fetched. The point isn't that I thought the scenarios could or would happen. The point was, that was something *I* don't like about the iPhone. Not that I hate the iPhone or want to return it. We're on a forum about the iPhone where people come to share ideas and input. I'm not trying to find reasons to dislike the phone. I like the phone, look at some of my other posts. I think I actually say the words "I like the phone" in several of them.
Nitpicking? Maybe. But no more so than the rest of the forum nitpicks over what case is the best, or to jailbreak or not to, or which wallpaper looks coolest. I thought this community was about discussing the iPhone and exchanging ideas in hope of constantly improving the experience. Turns out I was wrong. I guess I should only post to say "OMG!!!1 The iPhone is is best thing to ever happen in my life. Evar!!1
I posted one minor thing I dislike about the phone. Not that the phone sucks and I'll be returning it. I guess I shouldn't have posted something so negative and meaningless. I'll stop now so everyone can get back to something important like the one millionth "uboxing" video.
If you'll notice, not everyone is posting just positive things about the phone, including myself, and that is great, BUT it seems that a lot of people are looking for things that are minor and calling them the #1 problems they have with the phone.
If you are having actual issues with fundamental features not working (i.e. you can't get e-mail because it won't sync or you can't facetime) then by all means we want to hear about it! However, if you want to make up scenarios about some possible way that one small feature might possibly be a bad thing then you are going to get these responses.mikesa_tx likes this.02-11-2011 06:03 PMLike 1
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