Bwana.org » features http://www.bwana.org Gaming, Technology, Social Media, and Fun Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:48:38 +0000 en hourly 1 iPhone 3.0: Let’s Get Real http://www.bwana.org/2009/03/16/iphone-30-lets-get-real/ http://www.bwana.org/2009/03/16/iphone-30-lets-get-real/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:56:27 +0000 Bwana http://www.bwana.org/?p=1092
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    Apple is hosting an event tomorrow, March 17th, to discuss the new features in the upcoming iPhone OS revision, 3.0. A whole lot of people have speculated that features such as copy/paste, internet tethering, and MMS messaging will be included. At this point, that’s all it is: speculation.

    Let’s get real.

    Let’s look at iPhone 2.x and what absolutely needs to be improved. My first thought was Mobile Safari which is clearly the weakest part of the experience, and I posted it on Twitter:

    Bwana: I can't figure out why people want copy/paste so bad on iPhone 3.0 when Mobile Safari crashes every session.
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:20:30 +0000 2009
    davepearson: Can't say it's ever crashed for me.
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:22:04 +0000 2009
    jrblaze: I want Flash, stable Safari, and easier app organization.
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:22:05 +0000 2009
    JordanPatterson: All I would like is background applications, and lockscren and task bar notifications.
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:24:34 +0000 2009
    delmauriow: I want copy paste as a way to forward parts of text messages and the like or copying links from websites and posting them on Twitter
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:25:32 +0000 2009
    miclothing: I turn off JavaScript and Mobile Safari behaves. Granted a lot of web sites dont work but for the ones I need it on I turn it back on
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:25:36 +0000 2009
    virustricks: do you no if iphone 3.0 will be for ipod touch?
    about an hour ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:26:13 +0000 2009
    brandenwill: Agreed. All I want is MMS. I hate that my friends phones that cost a piece of gum and a shoelace can send MMS but my $200 phone cant.
    about 58 minutes ago
    Mon Mar 16 18:35:11 +0000 2009

    Here’s my list of “must-haves” for iPhone 3.0:

  • Mobile Safari stability - For me, my wife, and many, many others that actively use Mobile Safari on their iPhone, we find that it crashes pretty much every single session. Now if you stay inside of iPhone optimized websites, the probability of a crash decreases, but if that were the case, it’d be just like any other mobile browser. Apple should absolutely address this in 3.0.
  • SMS improvements – Basic features in SMS are missing which is kind of embarrassing. SMS forwarding should be included in iPhone 3.0 at a minimum and maybe even MMS. I’m hoping they merge SMS with Mail.app and give us a Pinger like application which includes social apps like Facebook and Twitter. But that’s really REALLY reaching for the stars and we’re keeping it real in this post :)
  • Better organization of applications – The longer you own an iPhone, the more applications you’ll obtain. Given the incredible amount of applications available, the current pagination system is reaching a wall. Usability becomes a bit clumsy as you have to scroll through 10 pages of applications and there needs to be some sort of organization/categorization/folder system in iPhone 3.0
  • Background notifications/processes – As I stated on TWiT 186, Apple absolutely has to make a statement regarding the status of their promised background notification system shown in 2008. Tomorrow, Apple either has to announce plans to keep it, scrap it, or discuss other alternatives. Right now, it’s embarrassing for them since it stands as vaporware at the moment

    • I believe these four absolutely have to be addressed in some form or fashion before any new bells and whistles are added. As for the copy/paste ninjas, I’ve never used copy/paste on a mobile device and don’t foresee myself using it if it’s implemented. I wish the noise was around the instability of what’s there instead of the missing features.

    We’ll see tomorrow after Apple lets us know what they’re going to do.

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    TweetDeck launched a new minor revision today and given all the hype it had yesterday, I was little skeptical. After watching the detailed video on what the new features are, I was most impressed by the little changes than I was the major ones. Here is a video showing my 3 favorite new features:

    1. Translate feature – I never thought I’d like this feature but the speed and convenience of it makes me want to use it more. One can easily (and I do stress easily) convert your tweets to another language OR translate an existing tweet to your language.
    2. Shorten URL tweak – Often in TweetDeck, I’d forget to click the “Shorten” button after putting a URL in the “Shorten URL” box. TweetDeck added a little fix that will automatically shorten a URL in the box when you post the tweet. Little things :)
    3. #Hashtag tweak – Finally, when you reply to someone who has a hashtag in their tweet, the same hashtag is automatically appended to your reply.

    It all boils down to the little things. If only Adobe Air would solve their memory issues, TweetDeck would be a must have for everyone. I like the client so much that I restart it every other hour to compensate. At any rate, good job @TweetDeck on a finely tuned minor release!

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