Comments on: The iPhone's midnight update

By: CSW, Singapore

CSW, Singapore — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:59:55 +0000

To Jamie re "All this about “hard drive mode” is a bit silly, since you can synchronize the iPhone with your Mac or PC with the included USB cable."

Really? OK, so I have an Excel spreadsheet on my work PC which has iTunes on it. I want to take it home. I can do it easily on a) a 5 year-old USB thumb drive b) a 5 year-old Windows Mobile phone with an SD card in it. But I can't do it on my 2008 iPhone.

By: Matt St. Joe MO

Matt St. Joe MO — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:26:27 +0000

It sounds like everyone needs to get over the fact that it is a phone and not a personal computer. The phone is amazing and easy to use and to be honest with you its easier to use then just a regular cell phone. I got my moneys worth and i paid the original price. Now thats something to gripe about.

By: Mike, Des Moines, IA

Mike, Des Moines, IA — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:14:19 +0000

I think Apple has some loose screws, why in the world have they not developed cut and paste? Idiots.

By: Jamie, CHicago, IL

Jamie, CHicago, IL — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:07:12 +0000

I was at a weekend-long swim meet this weekend in Indianapolis, and every other person in the bleachers had an iPhone. iPhones were gaming, shopping, direction finding, voice recording, and picture taking. A very popular little device.

All this about "hard drive mode" is a bit silly, since you can synchronize the iPhone with your Mac or PC with the included USB cable. That is a one-link transfer. Having any sort of removable media is just an extra interim step that is already handled elegantly over USB.

I do agree that copy and paste would be nice. I found a restaurant address in online, and wanted to cut/paste it into the map app, but could not. Also a higher resolution camera & flash, video camera would have been handy at the meet.

Still, no one at the meet had anything but praise for their iPhones. Apple's easy interface worked as well for the geeks as for the technophobic. Well done, Apple.

I saw two cool apps at the meet. The new Google voice search is a cool app, and someone at the meet introduced me to "aroundme" a free app that finds nearby restaurants and points of interest.

By: BDM Philly, PA

BDM Philly, PA — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:56:34 +0000

With people standing in lines and the Verizon stores selling out of the Storm. Which story does CNN run? A story about a useless patch rollout for the iPhone. Sounds like CNN is a little biased.

By: Matt, Kendallville, IN

Matt, Kendallville, IN — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:58:51 +0000

copy and paste would be nice, but where is the mms. Whenever I get a MMS from a friend I have to find a computer to look at it. Give me a break.

By: CSW, Singapore

CSW, Singapore — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:05:43 +0000

To Jay above, there is no "hard drive mode" for the iPhone. You'd think there would be, but no. Yes, I have an iPhone. It's a slick but irritating toy.

While it might be selling nicely in the USA, please bear in mind that elsewhere in the world there are MANY more phone choices, because you're not forced to buy your phones via a carrier. I'm going back to Windows Mobile as soon as the HTC Touch HD gets released in my neck of the woods.

By: Luisito, Des Moines, IA

Luisito, Des Moines, IA — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:06:02 +0000

All I want for Xmas on my iPhone3G:

1. text forwarding

2. contact info forwarding

3. cut and paste

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By: Leland, Washington, DC

Leland, Washington, DC — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:08:57 +0000

Sheesh, all this whining about copy & paste… Don't worry, I'm sure it's on its way once they decide how to control the data "sandboxes" that each app resides in. That would be the biggest target for hackers, so Apple's not taking it lightly.

The keyboard still rocks (having it change for each use and its ability to change layouts on the fly trumps a physical keyboard, IMO), MMS has always sucked anyway, no need for removable media (how many little memory cards can I lose?), the lack of an internal compass is moot since I'm not going to be sitting in my chair waving the phone around.

The only real-world bummer for me so far has been the lack of voice dialing. Considering that OS X has pretty slick voice recognition built in already, I would expect it to be implemented on the iPhone fairly well. Maybe there's a bigger picture issue behind keeping it off for now.

By: seattle washington

seattle washington — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:52:37 +0000

There are lots of other phones out there, if you don't like the iPhone – move on.

Don't forget Microsoft does not make hardware (phones) – it supplies the software(if that is what you want to call it). So it is not the same as Apple , there is nothing to compare. ……Look at the hardware product Zune…..what a success…………