Re: More And More Switching To IOS From BlackBerry & Android
I don't get any of your post at all especially the part about that your iPhone was forced upon you but you do not explain why or what you don't like about IOS?
If you don't find the joy and pleasure of not having to reboot all the time to recover memory as we all who have had BlackBerries are use to doing on a regular basis and many more things but mainly the direction of RIM as oppsed to Apple, Please enlighten us in a bit more detail so we can better understand what you mean.
Thank you for sharing your opinions with us...
My iPhone was work issued, when I first started I was given an iPhone because "That's what people want isn't it?" everyone else with the exception of the other new hire were BlackBerry users, I had said I'd prefer a BlackBerry, and management said they'd try and get me one before flying home, that didn't happen, and I said no real rush, because being an objective person I figured I'd give iOS a fair shot, I was deliberate in not sharing my experience with iOS for at least the first 2 weeks with the device because people would have just read posts full of explicit words.
My iPhones reboots are far more an inconvience than my BlackBerry's reboots, I reboot my BlackBerry every morning when I get in the car, I change the battery with one that was charging in the car, and that is the only time I really need to reboot my BlackBerry, my iPhone freezes and requires reboots during the login sequence of conference calls, since updating to iOS6 I'd say 1 in 3 calls requires a hard reboot either from a frozen keypad, or not being able to enter the login code, a reboot occasionally lets me enter the login code
I didn't want to turn your thread into my iOS complaining thread, I really only commented because of the part you bolded, iPhones are not ALWAYS a choice, just like BlackBerry's have been forced on users, iPhones are the same.
As for the direction RIM is going
BlackBerry 10 addresses the lock up and reboot requirements by forcing app closures when they fail, not requiring the device to reboot, on my PlayBook, and my devAlpha I've yet to see a BlackClock, RIM started addressing their underpowered devices with BlackBerry OS7 devices, having them specc'd similarly to iPhone, and I'm in agreement with both Apple and RIM on the hardware front that they don't need to have the fastest spec wise devices as long as the hardware doesn't bottleneck, and for OS7 it isn't the hardware it was the dated JVM based BBOS,
RIM's direction is very much one that will being the stability / fluid nature of iOS into the BlackBerry Platform, but in their own manner, and hopefully not copying some of the STUPID things that Android copied from iOS like the inconsistent method of app setting control, sometimes being in the app, sometimes being in a central settings area, sometimes in both...
I travel extensively and my phones are my lifeline for communication both work and personal, I carry a 3rd device for play which bounces through various devices always looking for the next device that can make me more productive.
If you're truly interested in all the things I hate about iOS and not just the things I'm looking for solutions too which my posts generally are, I'd gladly take this to PM so as to not pollute this thread further.