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DHH on iPhone 2.0's Glitches
Merlin Mann | Jul 23 2008
iPhone 2.0: The glory wore off in wash - (37signals) [via DF] While acknowledging the complexity of Apple's ambitious launch, David Heinemeier Hansson says iPhone 2.0 wasn't ready for prime time on a number of levels.
David also has a laundry list of complaints on stability and performance. I went through his items and ticked off each of the ones I've also noticed (with a 01-10 for how big a problem it's been for me):
I'll also add a few of my own:
Hm. I hadn't really thought about all these at once, but, yeah. That's a big bunch of broken. Let's hope an update is out soon that addresses some of these. 25 Comments
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Wouldn't go that farSubmitted by jeffwhitfield on July 24, 2008 - 8:10am.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that the iPhone/iTouch 2.0 software is like Windows ME. Reason is that, unlike Windows ME, Apple will fix it. They're banking on the success of this phone and are very serious about making sure that the users of these phones are happy. If you're not happy about the performance then be patient. I honestly believe that future firmware updates will offer a dramatic improvement. In the meantime, yeah, it can crash here and there, plus some of the apps from the app store can make it hang up pretty good. I did have to do a full blown restore after my phone wouldn't start after a crash. Your mileage may vary but, for me, most of the time it works and it works well. Yes, I've had problems but I'm patient, plus the alternative is worse in my opinion. I've used Treos before and, believe me, I'll gladly take a iPhone running the semi-buggy 2.0 software than to have to put up with a Treo running Windows Mobile. You'll have to pull my iPhone away from my cold, dead fingers before you can convince me to use one of those crap phones again. So, no, this isn't Windows ME in the form of an iPhone. It's just a sign that not everything went as smoothly as Apple would have liked. Besides, why does every buggy software release always have to be compared to Windows ME? Man...Microsoft sure laid down a gauntlet with that one! LOL! » POSTED IN:
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