Wednesday, 13 August 2008

The iPhone 3G - you know the swings, here are some roundabouts

I've had the new iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks now, and rather than boring everyone with how great it is (it is) and how easy it is to set up (it was), I thought that as a user who had just made the leap from a fully featured Sony Ericsson, I would list some of the disappointing things I've found.

So here goes (in no particular order):
  • It doesn't seem to show whether recent calls were inbond or outbound, which seems ridiculous
  • Once you've dialled a number, there doesn't seem to be a way of getting that number back and editing it before redialling. This is pretty annoying if you've misdialled and you want to change a digit in your number before trying again.
  • I can't find a way to 'scrub' through podcasts to find a particular spot, or even to see how far through I am. This isn't the case for normal tracks, so I don't understand the reasoning for this.
  • It runs SLOWLY - especially when accessing the contacts (I've got them all in there and there are a couple of hundred, but still...)
  • I can't send MMS messages, which is sometimes useful
  • I can't make a video call, which is occasonally useful (I mainly use it while shopping for things I want my girlfriend to see before I buy. Not the end of the world, but next time I end up with ill-fitting trousers I'll be angry!)
  • Bluetooth doesn't do half the cool things it did on my old phone, including some amazing integration with my Macbook
  • I couldn't find a way to set a text to send when I next got reception (like an outbox) - I wrote it on the tube but then had to keep the phone on that screen to keep the message, and send it once I got above ground. This seems simple so why can't I have it?
  • I couldn't find a way to text someone a number from one of my contacts. I do this a fair bit so it's a bit of a pain that I have to go into the contact, write the number on a piece of paper, then go into texts and send it.
Maybe I've been missing things, and if I have please comment and tell me how to do these! I might add to this list as time goes on and I find more annoying features that are missing...

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