10 Things the 3G iPhone is Still Missing

[soumya]

It's great that the new iPhone has faster data service and GPS. And you could get lost for days in the new iPhone App Store looking at all the cool new toys and productivity tools. But quite a few Achilles' heels--in the form of missing features--still remain in Apple's 3G iPhone. What's most surprising is that these features come standard in some of even the most basic models of rival phones. With these features added, the 3G iPhone could come pretty close to perfect. (This isn't the first time we've complained about what's missing from the iPhone, and many of the gripes on this list are repeat offenders.)



Here's what we would still like to see in the iPhone:

1. Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Despite being fairly standard on most multimedia phones, MMS capabilities aren't part of the 3G iPhone's bag of tricks. That said, you can e-mail photos taken with the iPhone's 2-megapixel camera (or photos stored on the device). You can also share YouTube links directly from the iPhone's YouTube application. So why is MMS missing? It could be tied directly to the 3G iPhone's lack of a video camera; you can't share video files if you can't shoot or store it natively on the device. As for music, iTunes' strict limitations on sharing music are probably the reason behind that, but it would at least be nice to have audio-sharing capabilities for non-DRM-protected tracks.

2. Stereo Bluetooth / A2DP support

You've got to love the fact that the new iPhone no longer requires an adapter or headphones designed for its recessed headphone jack. But what about cutting the cable altogether? Unlike the latest BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian mobile platforms, the latest iPhone still doesn't offer the convenience of using a stereo Bluetooth headset to listen to its on-board iPod, at least not without using a bulky adapter. For such a common feature, and for a company so aesthetically inclined, that's more than a little surprising.

3. Selecting, copying, and pasting text

Apple fixed a few of the first-gen iPhone's shortcomings with the early-2008 firmware update (sending text messages to more than one recipient, for example), but they didn't add an option to edit text by selecting passages and copying and pasting them elsewhere in an e-mail message or note. And with the new iPhone firmware, they still haven't. This missing feature is more than a little annoying for those who write more than talk, want to copy and paste long strings from URLs, or fix links that get truncated in e-mail messages.

Full list @ http://www.pcworld.com/article/14825...l_missing.html

[napster007]

well what can i say.....some ppl never learn!!

[Faun]

^^who ?

[crystal_pup]

Who cares what it lacks...People are still buyin iPhone like crazy!!!

[MetalheadGautham]

moral of the story: Buy with your OWN brains

[ico]

11th [I think they didn't mention]
We still can't send files with Bluetooth....

[FilledVoid]

moral of the story: Buy with your OWN brains

Huh? What on earth is that supposed to mean?

[napster007]

^^ well i too don't exactly know what it means but i sure do know that the ppl who made it din't have any!!

1.)i accept that its got all that WOW!! factor and all but.... i mean ..pay abt 22k+ for a mobile phone which can't even transfer files by bluetooth?? WTF man?? were the makers dreaming when they made this thing.

2.) i accept that this gizmo has got all the eyes rolling towards it but .....a smart phone which can even copy/paste????? WTF man....my SE w550i can do that thing!!

3.) accepted that the phone now has 3G...but plz man...again pay 22k+ for a phone which can't even record vids??? WTF man??? A normal 4-5 k phones are capable of doing that now!!!

so the bottom line is......if u've got no damn respect for ur hard earned money or u just happen to have a rich dad and don't care abt his money or u have tons of black money and don know what to do with it or if ur just looking for a phone to flaunt its looks among ur friends...then my friend......iphone is the way to go!!!

[FilledVoid]

Ok, Ill be the nice guy and edit this out for now.

Hoping to see a knowledgeable and healthy discussion about iPhones. Other than iPhones price and the lack of 3G providers .

[ico]

..We're just discussing the down points of iPhone....

This thread will only get converted into a flame war if, some Apple fanboy will not accept these -ve points of iPhone.....And at the moment, this thread is running fine.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

why such hoopla about a fancy gadget? if only media spend same time and resources covering global warming!

[gxsaurav]

whr r the macboys?

[kumarmohit]

Originally Posted by napster007

1.)i accept that its got all that WOW!! factor and all but.... i mean ..pay abt 22k+ for a mobile phone which can't even transfer files by bluetooth?? WTF man?? were the makers dreaming when they made this thing.

2.) i accept that this gizmo has got all the eyes rolling towards it but .....a smart phone which can even copy/paste????? WTF man....my SE w550i can do that thing!!

3.) accepted that the phone now has 3G...but plz man...again pay 22k+ for a phone which can't even record vids??? WTF man??? A normal 4-5 k phones are capable of doing that now!!!

WTF man
lol

Anyway fact is that iPhone is nothing but a waste of money for Indians.

[Sumeet_naik]

Wudn't even think of buying tat phone.. Nor will any other smart ppl... Unless ofcourse they are filthy rich..

[napster007]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

whr r the macboys?

hiding.....(with shame)

[gauravsuneja]

garreb logon ke liye nhain hai bhai mac boy aa gaya hai

[amritpal2489]

nothng 2 gt crazy abt... n wait n sleep n spend days in front of AT&T stores 2 buy it....

[napster007]

^^

[gxsaurav]

Help me out too guys., Nokia N82 or SE G900

[Pat]

Originally Posted by gx_saurav

Help me out too guys., Nokia N82 or SE G900

Go and create a new thread for that

[reshadat]

Well I do have iphone (the old one...not the 3G available here in India). There are many problems with iPhone... But you can easily send MMS and record Vids with software available for iphone. I record Video almost everyday. I'm running iphone on 1.1.4 firmware. The new iphone will have 2.0 firmware, and will definitely run the old softwares.

Not sure about the price... In US, it was supposed to be $199 (8GB). Not too sure though!

[Kiran.dks]

yes...Apple has reduced the price by half! It's now $200 here! No wonder!

[W i d e S c r e e N]

Originally Posted by gauravsuneja

garreb logon ke liye nhain hai bhai

Originally Posted by kumarmohit

Anyway fact is that iPhone is nothing but a waste of money for Indians.

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REQUEST 2 MODS

since the day the word "iPhone" has hit the web every other week we get new threads on it.

If mods could make new threads related to this auto merge...like the one in another section "All Apple related..."

[ax3]

bt its might b 2 costly here ..... 25-30k ........

[Pat]

Originally Posted by W i d e S c r e e N

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REQUEST 2 MODS

since the day the word "iPhone" has hit the web every other week we get new threads on it.

If mods could make new threads related to this auto merge...like the one in another section "All Apple related..."

I normally post all news related to 3G iPhone in one thread (3G iPhone Announced). But somehow people like the OP of this thread have an obsessive compulsive disorder to post everything against iPhone in a new thread.

[tarey_g]

And on top of that don’t expect any service provider to provide full support it in the next 12 months in India due to 3G spectrum issues!

[techcruser]

iphone sucks... just use one n u wil get to knw that.. nokia high end sets are quite better than iphone.. nokia's are based on symbian platform which rocks..

[aryayush]

@soumya,
Thank you for following proper etiquette when posting articles.

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I didn't read anything in this thread, including the original article. I know what it's going to be -- no Bluetooth, video recording, SMS forwarding, copy-paste, etc. (though if you're cribbing about the lack of MMS, I'll pray for your sanity).

I know the drill and I'm not disapproving of it or anything. I hope people keep hammering these points again and again so that Apple is forced to take steps to rectify these issues.

So, yeah, in case you guys had expected a justification of sorts and were rooting for a flame war, I'm sorry to disappoint.

[ssarti]

Originally Posted by napster007

so the bottom line is......if u've got no damn respect for ur hard earned money or u just happen to have a rich dad and don't care abt his money or u have tons of black money and don know what to do with it or if ur just looking for a phone to flaunt its looks among ur friends...then my friend......iphone is the way to go!!!

omg man that hit me right where it hurts.......yes the iphone may be lacking in the crucial-feature department but it has so much to make up for that! wifi, gps, huge touchscreen, 3g, 16 gigs of memory! could one say that theae features are all useless and for those who have no respect for their money??? no they certainly cannot! maybe in india yes many of the iphone's capabilities are throttled because of technical constraints but elsewhere this phone is a full-fledged beast! lets take the example of paris.....here the phone costs a mere 100 euros with a 1 year contract from orange on a monthly subscription of 53 euros.....compare this to their contract for the n95 8gb....250 euro down payment with a 2 year subscription costing a hefty 49 euros per month! or even the samsung f490v [ a phone not even half as good as the iphone].....125 euros on the spot plus 58 euros monthly for one year! where the features are not constrained the iphone is truly a good buy and not a "wastage of ur rich dads money" [btw all three plans have the same two hour talk time & 3g internet access]
no matter wat anyone sez the iphone really is the jesus phone and i am gonna buy it, either with my disrespectful black money or my dad's spare change......

[amitava82]

^^ Since you are new here, one little piece of advice: just ignore these kinda threads. 3 basic rules work in this forum:

1. Grapes are sour.
2. Follow the trend (i.e., bash every other successful company)
3. Because I hate ________ (company name).

Welcome aboard.