Comments on: The iPhone 4

By: MomentEye

MomentEye — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:54:16 +0000

I particularly agree with you about the closed store ‘issue’.

As a programming novice I feel like the approval process is actually a really valuable quality control service that I just couldn’t get anywhere else. At the very least anything I managed to get into the wild isn’t going to brick someone’s phone.

I think the people who complain about this (mostly experienced coders) discount the barrier to entry that is learning how to build all this stuff. Apple basically provides and enforces a house style.
Maybe that is restrictive if you’re used to being a free agent but it’s a massive enabler to hobbyists, learners and, critically, people who don’t want to get into programming full time just to make (and share) a custom widget to assist their day job.

By: Byaghro

Byaghro — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:24:05 +0000

I use Camera+ as my camera application, and then use it or Best Camera pretty regularly when I feel like adding filters. I absolutely adore Camera+ though, to the point of considering it practically the only camera app that is needed, and I’ve played with a lot of photography applications.

I agree on that point. The feeling of “don’t hold it that way” as an answer was just a bad move in general.

There was one article (I wish I had bookmarked it now) that I love with regards to the uninformed dribble a lot of message boards (and articles) seem to contain. It was basically a “This is why your logic hasn’t worked since 2000″ type of approach to the Mac versus Windows debate. I’ll have to see if I can figure out where I read it and post the link.

By: Steve – Kestrel's Aerie

Steve – Kestrel's Aerie — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:50:46 +0000

Good, well-reasoned article. As a a Mac owner, I certainly would have liked to have the opportunity to get an iPhone, but we have no AT&T coverage here. (And I truly question their “93 percent” figure, but that’s a different issue.)

The iP4 camera is undoubtedly the best smartphone camera there is; have you tried the Camera+ app for it? You can do some incredible things with that app!

I don’t doubt you’ve had no antenna problems; my issue with that whole fiasco (despite what Steve Jobs is willing to admit) was the way Apple handled it (especially Jobs). While I can be, at times, an Apple fanboy, I’m afraid that’s not the case with Mr. Jobs.

It just amazes me the stuff I read on message boards where I would expect more intelligent comments (e.g., Ars Technica, and to some extent, Lifehacker/Gizmodo/Engaget) that remind me of the old Windows PC vs. Mac wars. But then, those wars started back in the GM vs. Ford vs. Chrysler days…
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