
What the iPhone’s Mail Limitations Tells Me About Myself
It’s been over a week now with my iPhone and I still partially love it. I say partially because, for me, the email tasks I have to perform on my iPhone is driving me crazy!
We have already talked about all the things we wish Apple will change about the Mail program in the next software update so I won’t dwell on that. What I have noticed, is the limitations of Mail on the iPhone has opened up my eyes on a bunch of things.
1. I have a tough time lightly touching the screen to delete emails in list mode. Instead, my stubby fingers press to hard and my emails open up. Not a big deal when you have 3-5 emails in your inbox: a huge deal when you need to delete 50 or so emails an hour.
2. I get a ton of emails. As Editor-in-Chief of iPhoneMatters.com, I receive an email every time someone leaves a comment on this site. This can add up to hundreds of emails a day. Imagine my happiness that there are no batch email functions like, i don’t know…select all mark for deletion?
3. I never realized how many times I attach multiple images to emails until I got my iPhone and I couldn’t attach more than one picture per email.
4. Predictive typing is really good, unless you have a last name like “Ng”. I have sent multiple emails signed, Greg No.
5. Even SPAM looks good with the iPhone’s brilliant display and awesome text and graphic rendering. Too bad I don’t need Cialis.
Comments
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You can set your email signature: Settings: Mail > Signature.
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why don’t you turn off the email comments feature. is it really necessary if you are constantly checking up on the site itself?
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My biggest beef with my iPhone is the mail app, as well.
It’s got fewer options than the 3+ year old mail app on my old Treo 600, especially with regard to handling multiple accounts. I’m hoping Apple does some revisions with an update soon.
As far as Gregory’s issues: I’d recommend setting up a comment-only email account. Have your system dump all your comment-generated emails there, and keep your main email account for normal traffic.
That’s what I’ve been doing for work email for some years now (esp. when I was checking with the Treo) - I’d have my main account (which would be used by co-workers and SERIOUS automated alert messages from my app) and then a “status” address for non-serious automated messages - the latter getting dozens of times more traffic. I only set up the main account on my Treo so it wouldn’t get pounded.






