The official iPhone thread

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

learn your lessons gx_saurav k750i is a legned not to be compared to some phone out in the crowd like examples : iphone etc etc

 

[gxsaurav]

i mean it just makes no sense what so ever if the hardware can handle it then why cnt make a software that can the iphone would have been better if they had out sourced the software part to MS

To be very frank, Apple should outsource all the software back end developement to the Microsoft Mac business unit while making the front end only.

 

[iMav]

learn your lessons gx_saurav k750i is a legned not to be compared to some phone out in the crowd like examples : iphone etc etc

10/10 for that statement

To be very frank, Apple should outsource all the software back end developement to the Microsoft Mac business unit while making the front end only.

+1

 

[gxsaurav]

K750i is a legend indeed but old. W960i rox . It is teh sh!t

 

[RCuber]

Yep I am with GX, iMav and Akshay . I phone hardware is indeed a very capable of any task which most of the other high end mobiles offer. I guess we have never complained iPhones Hardware or the UI, UI is something we have never seen before. Only Apple messed up with the iPhones OS leaving out many of the features unused.

@Arya & gobbi : I want to know if Apple took any consumer input before designing the iPhone? Like what features they wanted to see/expect in the iPhone.

 

[iMav]

^^ no ... steve jobs has a policy by which he will even fire any employee who leaks out any details of an upcoming product, jobs' does not tell any 1 of what is coming ....

 

[gxsaurav]

^^ no ... steve jobs has a policy by which he will even fire any employee who leaks out any details of an upcoming product, jobs' does not tell any 1 of what is coming ....

He has nothing to worry nothing came out of iPhone except for broken hearts & pissed off macboys

 

[aryayush]

iFuntastic 2.5 for iPhone brings full file browser, even more customisability

*www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2007/08/ifuntastic2.5-1.jpg​

The iPhone Alley crew are on fire with iFuntastic, their iPhone hacking and modification tool. Just over a week ago they released v2 that brought custom ringtones and reordering apps, and now v2.5 ushers in another major milestone of iPhone hackery: a full file browser and manager. If you've been waiting to dig into your iPhone, edit images and logos or get to even more serious tinkering, this is likely the tool you've been waiting for.

Other new features in this version include replacing any system sounds and coloring iChat SMS balloons. Unfortunately, iFuntastic 2.5 doesn't support PowerPC Macs just yet, but iPhone Alley has promised that the next version - which is set to arrive "any day now" - will.

More details on the changes in this new version and a download link are over at iPhone Alley.

[Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)]

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ had predicted this long before. such powerful hardware will not be left underutilised. if apple doesn't do it by default then there are others good for iphone users....

 

[aryayush]

It only runs on Mac OS X though.

 

[gxsaurav]

It only runs on Mac OS X though.

It also runs on hackintosh ....ah! the benefit of running OS X on Real PCs

 

[infra_red_dude]

It also runs on hackintosh ....ah! the benefit of running OS X on Real PCs

benifit???!! gx, looking by ur posts i think the correct word for you should be opportunity! i'm sure you'll never say that there is any benifit of using mac os x!!!! hehe....

 

[chinmay]

Facebook has launched a version of its site for iPhone and its stunning - *mashable.com/2007/08/14/facebook-iphone/

source - Digg.com

 

[gxsaurav]

Facebook also has a Mobile version of there site for any Mobile Phone browser. *m.facebook.com. Works fine with Opera Mini

 

[aryayush]

The interface is now officially available at *iphone.facebook.com/.

I used it with Safari. Seems better than the official interface to me. LOL!


(For a "crap" phone, it sure is getting a lot of support and attention. )

 

[goobimama]

That's it! I'm using iphone.facebook.com from now on. The interface is so slick with absolutely no clutter. And if the browser window is resized, it feels like I'm using the iPhone . (Maybe if I simulate a touch while slyly clicking with the mouse it might be more real.....)

 

[aryayush]

LOL!

 

[gxsaurav]

For a "crap" phone, it sure is getting a lot of support and attention.

Actually, all browser based application work with iPhone. There is no novelty of iPhone/

 

[gxsaurav]

This just in.....iPhone keyboard is hard to use compared to Qwerty.

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iPhone Chart (Source: Image Via User Centric)
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iPhone Time Chart (Source: Image Via User Centric)

Study shows iPhone on-screen keypad is twice as slow for texting as QWERTY keypad phones

One of the largest complaints posed by new iPhone users is the efficiency of the onscreen keyboard. According to a new study potential iPhone users can now at least quantify that complaint.


User Centric, a usability study group, unveiled the results of its iPhone study today conducted with 20 participants aimed at determining if the iPhone’s touch sensitive onscreen keyboard was as effective as traditional QWERTY keyboard or multitap messaging phones.


The study participants had never used an iPhone and were considered to be heavy text message senders defined as sending at least 15 text messages per week. Out of the twenty participants, ten owned phones with QWERTY keypads and ten owned phones with numeric keypads that used multitap to get the correct characters.


User Centric brought participants in for one-on-one time with a moderator for each of the tests. The test consisted of sending 12 standard text messages created for use in the study with each of the messages being between 104 and 106 characters long. Six of the messages contained instances of proper capitalization, while six had no capitalization and used some abbreviations.


Since none of the participants were iPhone owners, they were each given one minute to get familiar with the touch keypad. This study intended to show the decrease in productivity a new iPhone owner would see if they went from their current phone to the iPhone.


The study concluded that participants that normally used a phone with a QWERTY keypad took almost twice as long to enter the same text messages with the iPhone as they did with their normal phone. Participants who normally used a numeric multitap phone took nearly the same length of time to enter text messages on the iPhone.


“For QWERTY users, texting was fast and accurate. But when they switched to the iPhone, they were frustrated with the touch sensitive keyboard," said Jen Allen, Usability Specialist, User Centric.


Also noted in the study is the fact that many participants hit the wrong keys on the iPhone’s onscreen keyboard and the errors were typically corrected by using the backspace key to delete characters one at a time because of difficulty getting the cursor inserted correctly in the middle of text. Only seven study participants figured out how to use the iPhone’s corrective text feature on their own. Improvement with accuracy while using the iPhone after 30 minutes was noted, but the difference in speed between QWERTY phones and the iPhone persisted.

I have used the iPhone for about as long as the study participants while fiddling with a friends iPhone and using it at the Apple store. I fully agree with the inaccuracy of the keyboard. My fingers were too large and the keys were to close together for me to hit them accurately at any speed. I wished more than once for a stylus to hit the keys with.


"It's important to consider the changes a person has to make when they switch to the iPhone," said Gavin Lew, Managing Director at User Centric. "It should be easy for people to do common tasks, such as text messaging, using the iPhone's less traditional touch interface."

Lolz....even the UI is not so cool now. Thats it, there is nothing left worth buying in iPhone

 

[goobimama]

they were each given one minute to get familiar with the touch keypad

Though I agree that the keyboard should rotate into landscape mode during text messaging and email like it does in the safari browser (of the iPhone).