Ches’s blog
Ches’s blog
That’s quite a statement, especially from someone who has repeated said that the iPhone has exceeded my expectations. In fact, someone in the press last year (http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19378) wondered out loud whether my enthusiastic mention of the iPhone in my voice mail was a marketing ploy. It wasn’t.
Lorette and I purchased our iPhones on the second day they were available, and the devices exceeded our expectations. They are a masterpiece. And I have continued to be delighted with it ever since, except when traveling overseas, where the connectivity is way too expensive. An iPhone without connectivity has 20% of its usual glory.
I have used the iPhone the way Steve Jobs intended, no jailbreaks, just an Apple fanboy going along for the rise. So I upgraded to 2.0 when it came out.
I upgraded my original iPhone (I don’t need the 3G) to 2.0. 2.0 is badly broken, in subtle ways that make it feel like a five-year old Palm.
It is slow at times. It used to be slow occasionally, but rarely enough, and for just long enough to be slightly annoying. Now it simply freezes. No zooms, no taps. No runs.
It’s the loss of taps that bothers me. In a superb UI, every click, every tap, every keystroke is sacred, and deserves at least instant confirmation, if not action. Slow responses are rookie errors. Lost taps are mainstream software crap, not what one is expecting from Apple these days.
A number of aps crash from time to time. Today, I simply could not get a map of San Jose. I even rebooted the iPhone, a bush-league maneuver that I tolerate if it is rare. I can only use the satellite view of San Jose, not the map. This is not good, but I am willing to live with it, here on the edge. But not the lost taps.
Someone here said that the underlying “radius” (?) implementation is 4.6. He unlocked and went back to 3.6 (?) and life is good for him. This is the first time I have seriously considered jailbreaking this sucker.
I check frequently for the update. While I haven’t researched the details, I assume that Apple knows about the slowness, and can and will fix it.
But this fanboy is concerned. Should I lighten up on my shares of AAPL?
Monday, August 4, 2008
My iPhone sucks