7 iPhone disappointments? Really?

by Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Page 2 of 4 But the most popular video site on the Internet is YouTube, and if you want to watch YouTube videos, the iPhone can do that with ease. Click on a YouTube link in a webpage, and you’re taken to the iPhone’s YouTube player, with the video playing there instead. Web surfers are spared all those stupid “hit the monkey” Flash ads, and sites that do have Flash advertisements, like iTWire, still display the first frame of the ad as an image, which can still be “clicked on” with your finger to take you to the site, product or service being advertised. Adobe is said to be working on bring Flash to the iPhone anyway, so this one’s a matter of time. Plus most other phones can’t do Flash either, or if they can, use Flash Lite 2, or a beta of Flash Lite 3. These aren’t the “full Flash” you get on your computer, but cut down versions designed to run on the much less powerful CPU’s that phones use compared to your computer. So, not having Flash on the iPhone is currently a blessing, for surfing isn’t slowed down with Flash ads loading, and the most important site to use Flash – YouTube – is catered for. And as we mentioned, Flash of some kind is being worked on anyway for the iPhone, but whether Apple lets Adobe ever offer it free for the iPhone is yet to be seen. The same goes for Java. What do you really ever see Java used for on the Internet? My bank used to use it. But not any more. I can log into my Internet bank on my iPhone through regular HTML – no Java required! And no Flash or Java to slow down or crash the iPhone browser. Again, this is, at least for now, a good thing, with Java being worked on for the iPhone too, and once again, even if Sun port Java across, it’ll still be up to Apple to authorise it for download by iPhone users. The next big “disappointment”, which is number 3, is said to be “no replaceable batteries”. Well, that’s a no big deal from me either. I have a Kensington iPhone battery pack for my iPhone. You can see it here. It’s a lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack that charges up via a standard mini-USB plug, and has a dock connector on the other end. That means it works with any iPod, iPod Touch or iPhone. I just plug it in, and it’s instantly charging up the battery within. It’s just as easy to carry as a regular spare battery, even easier to charge, has an indicator showing how much power it has left, is light, and at US $50, isn’t really even that expensive. So, a disappointment? Not for me. I even paid less, AUD $40 for mine, in Australia - and I'm loving it. Disappointment numbers 4, 5 and 6 is on page 3! Please read on. << First page <   1 2 3 4 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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