Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Monday, 29 June 2009 15:34
Business IT -
Technology
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Being in the presence of an actual US Apple executive
with a much better chance of effecting changes or communicating
feedback from users, the opportunity to give some direct feedback and
ask questions was definitely taken!
I asked why the 3GS video trimming permanently
deleted the trimmed video, instead of saving an original copy for later
editing.
From memory, Frank noted this was as a space saving measure, but said
that users could also synchronise their iPhones to preserve all video
as recorded.
Of course this doesn’t help those who record a long video and want to
send a short clip to someone on the spot, as they’ll delete all the
video that was trimmed, but it’s clearly something that Apple will have
to address in the future, which Frank alluded to.
That’s of course if some app developer doesn’t do it first – surely a
cool third party video editing app will be with us soon enough.
For some reason we were looking at the Weather app, and I noted that
since the calendar app showed you the correct day and date, and there
were plenty of other indicators on the “home screen” of icons (such as
missed calls, email etc), why couldn’t the weather app show you the
temperature of your primary city, and perhaps even change the graphic
to suit the forecast conditions, such as the current sunshine, or
clouds, rain, etc.
Frank noted that it seemed a good idea and he’d pass on the feedback,
although I’m sure people wondered why Apple hadn’t done that from the
iPhone’s original launch.
When we got to the oleophobic screen, I wondered about screen
protectors covering the oil-resistant nature of the new screen, and
wondered aloud if it was possible to make oleophobic screen protectors.
Frank said it could be an interesting opportunity for a third party screen protector company to investigate.
As I hadn’t seen the screen in action yet, we loaded it up with fingerprints and they instantly wiped away as promised.
It’s a great feature that really makes a difference to easily keeping
the screen clean, but one thing I’ve noticed after a few days use – the
back of the iPhone is definitely not covered with the same oleophobic
technology, and thus remains as magnetic to fingerprints as ever – if
not encased by a cover.
What did I ask next that elicited an expected response?
Please read on to page 3!
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