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A look Back at the iPhone

Posted January 19, 2009 8:37 AM by Chris Seibold
Categories: Opinions 

imageDavid Chartier over at Ars Technica has a nice overview of where the iPhone is right now and where it has come from since being introduced. Let David take you down that memory filled trail of $600 EDGE iPhones. Let David remind you of the upgrades along the way. It really is great stuff, if you’re using a 3 G iPhone you’ve likely forgotten just how craptastic the first iPhone software was by comparison. Yeah, it looked the same but if you had to go back to iPhone software 1.0 you’d probably head out and get yourself a G-1 or something. (One thing you shouldn’t get is a Blackberry Storm. Those things are horrible).

Good thing today’s incarnation of the iPhone is much better than the old one! Not so fast my friend, there are still glaring omissions on the iPhone according to David. David doesn’t go for the cheese and complain bout no cut and paste but he does get straight to heart of the matter and kick the iPhone where it hurts: No video, bluetooth for headset only, no mail search, no tethering and so forth. David ends up being pretty brutal on the iPhone but he does it in a nice even handed way.

Get your iPhone hate on with David’s article.

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  1. what an idiot. i had an iphone 3g and couldn’t stand all the restrictions it had (no flash, video, even copy/paste and crashes…wow apple) so i switched to verizona and got the storm. it wasn’t amazing until i downloaded all the new firmware updates and now it blows the iphone away. im glad i switched.

    Posted by Rob on January 19, 2009 9:03 AM

  2. What an imbecile. He obviously drank the Apple Kool-Ade, and is incapable of make a fair and impartial judgement. It’s too bad that the internet is available to anyone, and everyone who lacks any cerdibilty.

    Posted by Mark on January 19, 2009 10:30 AM

  3. Does this guy even know his ass from his elbow? Somehow I doubt it.

    Posted by Tammy on January 19, 2009 10:32 AM

  4. you’d think that except I have a storm and an iPhone. The storm sucks. If you’re talking blackberry bold (awesome) you’d be on to something but the storm is the worst thing RIM has done.

    Posted by Chris Seibold on January 19, 2009 10:33 AM

  5. I’ve owned both phones as well, and found the Blackberry to be the superior device. My job requires that I record and send video. It doesn’t have to be high quality, it’s just for documentation. The iPhone can’t record or send video. I mean, c’mon, even the free phones that cell companies give you for signing up can do that. Imo, the iPhone is really starting to show it’s age.

    Posted by Bill on January 19, 2009 11:12 AM

  6. Bill said “the iPhone is really starting to show its age.”

    That is so true and yet, in its current version is only six months old!  In the same time frame how many new models have the other makers released? Blackberry alone have released two major phones (the Storm and Bold), let alone any lesser models.

    This is why it’s imperative Apple has more horses in its stable. The iPhone nano is a must. This would then allow Apple to remain dynamic in the market, releasing updates every six months.

    If there was an iPhone nano now - and with things like video, mms, full Bluetooth - then folks would be somewhat happier.

    Posted by chris Howard on January 19, 2009 4:23 PM

  7. the lack of video recording on an iPhone is an outrage. The iPhone has to be able to do all the things cheap ass phones do easily or else what is the point?

    Posted by Chris Seibold on January 19, 2009 9:29 PM

  8. Unfortunately, the source article by Mr Chartier was a disappointment. It wasn’t really a history of the iPhone, per se,  or its evolution (which would have been interesting) more just a rant about what features each version has lacked.

    That said, I do agree about the missing features - and get rather frustrated with people who make ludicrous statements about them not needing “feature X” so therefore the iPhone doesn’t - or it being “feature bloat” as one reader there said.

    Or the interminable justification of missing features because “Apple doesn’t think it’s needed, therefore it isn’t” or more simply “Apple knows best”. These are not valid justifications.

    There are things missing from the iPhone that should be there. e.g. After 18 months (plus however many before that of development) Apple still hasn’t found the time to include copy and paste - despite many, many people asking for it.

    Sometimes you’ve really got to wonder if Apple deliberately leaves off features just to gauge customer loyalty

    Posted by Chris Howard on January 20, 2009 5:03 AM

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