Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[Kid_Eternity]

They've been unable to do maths since jobbs died

Yeah more evidence of them being doomed.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Good video of iOS7 running on iPhone 4S. Must say mine isn't quite as slick as this but's pretty close:

 

[Sunray]

Curious that Apple announces 9 million units sold in just three days but doesn't give a breakdown.

The news about iOS 7 take up is incredible though. Never has there been such rapid and widespread updating of an OS...apparently produced a 116% rise in internet traffic too.

More in three days than Blackberry did in the last three months. How the mighty fall.

Today Apple was blamed for Blackberry's demise.

Love that sentence.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

More in three days than Blackberry did in the last three months. How the mighty fall.

Today Apple was blamed for Blackberry's demise.

Love that sentence.

Well it's partly true, Apple basically kicked off the smartphone market as it is today which killed off those companies who were successful in the earlier smartphone era (Palm, Microsoft and Blackberry)...

 

[Sunray]

Given an apple's size, it wasn't much of a competition unless blackberries ganged up on them en-mass.

Then it would be a blackberry crush. Ohh Mmmmm.

 

[RedDragon]

blackberry crumble @ apple squash(ed)

 

[editor]

It wasn't Apple that killed Palm. Palm did that all on their own.

 

[Callum91]

The death of Palm hurts me more than the death of Blackberry does. God I loved Palm devices.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The death of Palm hurts me more than the death of Blackberry does. God I loved Palm devices.

They couldn't compete in the new era that Apple kick started and didn't help themselves by making some stupid mistakes (Foleo being a waste of time and money).

 

[Callum91]

They couldn't compete in the new era that Apple kick started and didn't help themselves by making some stupid mistakes (Foleo being a waste of time and money).

And the Pre, although fantastic, was an utter marketing disaster. That finished them.

 

[Lazy Llama]

And the Pre, although fantastic, was an utter marketing disaster. That finished them.

It wasn't just marketing though, the build quality wasn't up to the standards of their competitors from what I've read.
Lots of returns, which in turn got them a bad reputation with retailers who then weren't keen to sell.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

And the Pre, although fantastic, was an utter marketing disaster. That finished them.

Yup, the Pre is the reason I have an iPhone. They dicked about so much with the launch that I couldn't wait (my Palm Centro had effectively died and I needed a solid reliable smartphone for work, Android had terrible hardware at the time and not much in the way of apps) and got the iPhone 3GS...ended up being a great decision given what happened to Palm next.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It wasn't just marketing though, the build quality wasn't up to the standards of their competitors from what I've read.
Lots of returns, which in turn got them a bad reputation with retailers who then weren't keen to sell.

It was cheap and plasticky but felt in ergonomics terms very very nice in the hand. The OS was superb and I've yet to see anyone pull off the Synergy feature as well as they did...

 

[RedDragon]

Samsung decide to do a gold Galaxy S4

 

[editor]

They announced another gold phone back in August.

 

[Lazy Llama]

Samsung decide to do a gold Galaxy S4

Probably cheaper than the previous version which was the same price as the gold iPhone 5, and entirely for those with more money than taste.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Samsung decide to do a gold Galaxy S4

Remarkable innovation.

 

[Kanda]

I like the way panoramic photo's work as lock screen and home screen photo's now...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I like the way panoramic photo's work as lock screen and home screen photo's now...

Neat little trick but iPhone 5 onward only by the look of it..

 

[Kanda]

Neat little trick but iPhone 5 onward only by the look of it..

Well yeah, iPhone's prior to 5 couldn't take panoramic.

 

[pinkychukkles]

Didn't work on my g/f's iphone5 - is it a 5s feature only or has anyone got it working on their 5?

Upgraded to iOS7 on my IP4 and doesn't seem too bad, a bit laggy (rendering web pages for example) but much the same as before from what I can discern; prefer the look of the new iOS to iOS6.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Well yeah, iPhone's prior to 5 couldn't take panoramic.

My iPhone 4S can but won't do the panoramic wallpaper thing...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Didn't work on my g/f's iphone5 - is it a 5s feature only or has anyone got it working on their 5?

Upgraded to iOS7 on my IP4 and doesn't seem too bad, a bit laggy (rendering web pages for example) but much the same as before from what I can discern; prefer the look of the new iOS to iOS6.

No idea...yeah it's running ok on my iPhone 4S so far. Not has any issue with Safari but Spotlight is a little jittery upon first open.

Got quite used to it now and it doesn't feel quite as bright but there's some very nice touches ad intuitive things I like about it.

 

[editor]

Looks like those gimmicky zoom animations aren't working out for some users. And they can't be turned off

Apple's new design style in iOS 7 has had plenty of detractors, but some may have genuine cause for complaint: the zooming and parallax animations across the new operating system have been giving some users bad cases of motion sickness. "The zoom animations ... are literally making me nauseous and giving me a headache," Apple forum user Ensorceled writes. "It's exactly how I used to get car sick if I tried to read in the car." Other forum users are reporting feelings of illness, eye pain, and dizziness as well.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4...ons-causing-reports-of-severe-motion-sickness

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5322295?start=0&tstart=0

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Some people need to get out more if they're staring at their screens that much...

 

[editor]

Of course! It's the customers fault!

 

[editor]

The Lumia looks nice but the Xperia comes out horrible in that test!

Here's how good the Lumia can be:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/national-geographic-photographer-stephen-alvarez-qa/

 

[sim667]

Of course! It's the customers fault!

You do have to questions how long people are staring at their screens to get motion sickness

 

[editor]

You do have to questions how long people are staring at their screens to get motion sickness

Or question why Apple would introduce such a pointlessly gimmicky feature and not let users turn it off.

 

[sim667]

Or question why Apple would introduce such a pointlessly gimmicky feature and not let users turn it off.

A kid spends all day eating haribo and then chucks up.

Haribo should make it so their sweets are less sickly.

That's logic.

I'm sure they'll enable turning it off in an update, but please do remember that stories like this tend to ignore things like "has the user been staring at the screen for 9 hours solidly, in a binge of iOS 7 euphoria".

Edit: Its not even a story, its a discussion thread. I very rarely trust what people say on the apple discussion forums.... Only the rated contributors.

I've also never been travel/seasick in my life, so the idea of being made ill by a phone animation just blows my mind.