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iPhone Features I’d Like to See – Part 3

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:53:53 +0000

Flash!

Well, Adobe (Macromedia) Flash to be exact.

Flash is ubiquitous on the web, and if Apple REALLY wants to surf the REAL web, then Flash needs to be available.

Adobe certainly supports it’s use on the iPhone.

What about you, Apple?

iPhone Features I’d Like to See – Part 2

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:07:35 +0000

Continuing on with the features I’d like to see on the iPhone.

3G network.

Let’s face it, using AT&T’s Edge network to surf the web just sucks. Not unlike going to the bad old days of the modem (vs. today’s broadband). AT&T already offers 3G access, so availability is not an issue.

This gets a little tricky, though. Current 3G chips suck a lot of power – the iPhone’s battery life is already a weak point. Burdening it with 3G would make battery life completely unacceptable.

The good news is that new 3G chips are much less power hungry – in addition, one can assume that battery technology and battery life will improve over time.

Rumors also seem to indicate that a 3G-ready iPhone will come sometime this year.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

iPhone Edge and 3G

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:09:30 +0000

Well, I’ve been a happy owner of the iPhone for about 6 months now.

When I first got the phone, I was worried that web surfing under the Edge Network would be horrible. Well, yes. The Edge is slow, and if I were using the iPhone as a web-surfing appliance then I’d be very disappointed. I mainly use web-surfing as a last resort – for example, when I’m in a store and trying to comparison shop prices of a certain product.

Then again, if I’m in an office environment, or a multitude of Coffee Shops, then odds are high that I can get speedy Wi-Fi reception, and web surfing speed wouldn’t be an issue.

Would I like to surf with the speedier 3G network when I can’t get wi-fi? Sure.

But I’d much rather have other features FIRST, over 3G………and we’ll talk about those in another post.