Comments on: iWant http://www.randomwire.com/iwant?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iwant Exploring asian culture, travel and technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:51:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-45303 David Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:27:58 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-45303 I think history pretty much speaks for itself - good design sells. Physical Buttons - I think these will make a comeback in 5-10 years time once display technology is advanced enough to physically alter its surface (I think Apple may already have patients for this). Communications - everything is going to go over IP and phone companies will become just ISP's. Very good for consumers since we wont have to worry about number of minutes or texts etc. This has already happened for SMS with iMessage and apps which provide similar functionality. Apps - the need for apps came out of the lack of rich interactions available in web apps currently. With things like HTML5 the gap is going to slowly narrow but for the next few years installable apps will rule. Radiation - no doubt it has some impact on health but probably negligible in the long run. Mobile phones have been around long now without any strong evidence that they cause any significant harm. I think history pretty much speaks for itself – good design sells.

Physical Buttons – I think these will make a comeback in 5-10 years time once display technology is advanced enough to physically alter its surface (I think Apple may already have patients for this).

Communications – everything is going to go over IP and phone companies will become just ISP’s. Very good for consumers since we wont have to worry about number of minutes or texts etc. This has already happened for SMS with iMessage and apps which provide similar functionality.

Apps – the need for apps came out of the lack of rich interactions available in web apps currently. With things like HTML5 the gap is going to slowly narrow but for the next few years installable apps will rule.

Radiation – no doubt it has some impact on health but probably negligible in the long run. Mobile phones have been around long now without any strong evidence that they cause any significant harm.

]]> By: Tom F http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-45302 Tom F Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:58:25 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-45302 So what are your latest thoughts? So what are your latest thoughts?

]]> By: David http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-45301 David Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:54:33 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-45301 Awesome follow up 5 years later! It's amazing to see how things have moved on since then, especially in the area of apps which even Apple didn't see coming. Thanks :) Awesome follow up 5 years later! It’s amazing to see how things have moved on since then, especially in the area of apps which even Apple didn’t see coming.

Thanks :)

]]> By: Tom F http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-45300 Tom F Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:09:36 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-45300 I must be a follower of fashion because I'm on my second iPhone now. In our house we have 3 iPhones, 1 iPad and 1 iPod Touch. Re: Buttons - I now think the number of buttons is about right, unless you want to play any kind of action game or are partially sighted. Texting is not as fast as it could be as you have to look down. In this respect it's inferior to T9, for instance at traffic lights. The on - screen "buttons" pretty much ruin any action game. Having a large touch screen is a real winner for giving app designers free rein when designing user friendly, intuitive and innovative interfaces. Re: Comms - 2G must have been a drag. Glad I bought after 3G was added. Re: Apps - the making of iOS. When apps weren't available it must have been dull. Now it's fantastic, although app discovery needs work and I don't like the CHORE of having to manual update apps. Haven't they heard of automatic updates? Plus the worst aspect of the app store - no demos. Demos would allow you to evaluate prior to purchase so you didn't end up with rubbish apps you don't want. It would really drive the overall quality up. Re: Radiation - well I still feel uneasy about this but confess to using headphones some of the time! I must be a follower of fashion because I’m on my second iPhone now. In our house we have 3 iPhones, 1 iPad and 1 iPod Touch.

Re: Buttons – I now think the number of buttons is about right, unless you want to play any kind of action game or are partially sighted. Texting is not as fast as it could be as you have to look down. In this respect it’s inferior to T9, for instance at traffic lights. The on – screen “buttons” pretty much ruin any action game. Having a large touch screen is a real winner for giving app designers free rein when designing user friendly, intuitive and innovative interfaces.

Re: Comms – 2G must have been a drag. Glad I bought after 3G was added.

Re: Apps – the making of iOS. When apps weren’t available it must have been dull. Now it’s fantastic, although app discovery needs work and I don’t like the CHORE of having to manual update apps. Haven’t they heard of automatic updates? Plus the worst aspect of the app store – no demos. Demos would allow you to evaluate prior to purchase so you didn’t end up with rubbish apps you don’t want. It would really drive the overall quality up.

Re: Radiation – well I still feel uneasy about this but confess to using headphones some of the time!

]]> By: Tom F http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-38756 Tom F Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:29:35 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-38756 Ah well weblog is on its way. Ah well weblog is on its way.

]]> By: David http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-38755 David Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:48:25 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-38755 It's not a phone, it's a work of art!!<br><br>P.s. Tom - the link section of the comments form is for your blog, not your bit-on-the-side business! I'll let it go this once but never again (unless a free holiday is forthcoming) ;) It's not a phone, it's a work of art!!

P.s. Tom – the link section of the comments form is for your blog, not your bit-on-the-side business! I'll let it go this once but never again (unless a free holiday is forthcoming) ;)

]]> By: Ushi http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-38754 Ushi Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:08:24 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-38754 Bah humbug. I refuse to spend a fortune on a phone. Even if it is a snazzy...gorgoeus...sexy....wonderful..*drools* er..<br><br>yes. What was I saying? Bah humbug. I refuse to spend a fortune on a phone. Even if it is a snazzy…gorgoeus…sexy….wonderful..*drools* er..

yes. What was I saying?

]]> By: Tom F http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-38753 Tom F Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:19:14 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-38753 Yes i have no doubt where the followers of fashion will put there money :) Yes i have no doubt where the followers of fashion will put there money :)

]]> By: David http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-38752 David Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:55:19 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-38752 Fair points but it still beats anything else currently available and only time will tell what the general consensus is! You know where my money is ;) Fair points but it still beats anything else currently available and only time will tell what the general consensus is! You know where my money is ;)

]]> By: Tom F http://www.randomwire.com/iwant/comment-page-1#comment-38751 Tom F Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:07:33 +0000 http://www.randomwire.com/2007/01/11/iwant/#comment-38751 Re: no buttons - it makes the phone completely inaccessible for partially sighted people, means you actually have to look at it to use it as opposed to more intuitive methods such as pressing a deliberately thumb-recognisable answer button for instance, jog dials and joysticks. Also the argument for screen space is a little weak as the extra screen space you get is absorbed my on-screen buttons :). At the least they should have stuck with the iPod touch sensitive dial.<br><br>Re: VOIP, best get one of the nice new Sony Ericcsons on Three flat rate broadband if you're in the UK. Only about £30 a month, free handset, and free international Skype phonecalls! They even throw in some free buttons with the handset!<br><br>Re: radiation, I'm sure they said that about smoking a while ago. If something is emitting the same radiation as a microwave oven - albeit at a lower power (but still enough to warm your ear) then surely plugging a headphone set (read antenna) straight into your earlobes from said device is nothing if not foolhardy. Microwaves must vibrate the water molecules in your brain and heat them up like they do with your instant noodles. Also with a phone under normal use it is kept away from your head most of the time, not plugged in for hours of listening. Lastly - remember! Dogs die in hot microwaves. Re: no buttons – it makes the phone completely inaccessible for partially sighted people, means you actually have to look at it to use it as opposed to more intuitive methods such as pressing a deliberately thumb-recognisable answer button for instance, jog dials and joysticks. Also the argument for screen space is a little weak as the extra screen space you get is absorbed my on-screen buttons :) . At the least they should have stuck with the iPod touch sensitive dial.

Re: VOIP, best get one of the nice new Sony Ericcsons on Three flat rate broadband if you're in the UK. Only about £30 a month, free handset, and free international Skype phonecalls! They even throw in some free buttons with the handset!

Re: radiation, I'm sure they said that about smoking a while ago. If something is emitting the same radiation as a microwave oven – albeit at a lower power (but still enough to warm your ear) then surely plugging a headphone set (read antenna) straight into your earlobes from said device is nothing if not foolhardy. Microwaves must vibrate the water molecules in your brain and heat them up like they do with your instant noodles. Also with a phone under normal use it is kept away from your head most of the time, not plugged in for hours of listening. Lastly – remember! Dogs die in hot microwaves.

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