tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post234245086641677703..comments2024-02-14T02:30:36.732-05:00Comments on The Blog of Helios: From The Desk of "Oh Yeah, We Innovate!"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978117986484281976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-49187947324882634352012-10-15T00:54:50.136-05:002012-10-15T00:54:50.136-05:00I have to use an iPhone for work and I hate it. Ye...I have to use an iPhone for work and I hate it. Yet I still recommend the iPhone to many people. The reason? Simple: the iFamily of gadgets are perfectly designed for task-oriented people. The reason I personally hate them is because I am a technology-oriented person.<br /><br />Apple's ecosystem of "it just works" does not work for me. I do not want my computer-driven devices to obfuscate any of their technology from me specifically because I understand the technology. And because of that I have certain quirky preferences. "It just works" just gets in my way. The defaults alone are enough to drive me mad! And drop-down lists? Please! Give me a text box! Let me do it my way!<br /><br />But for those people who say "I just need to make a phone call and check emails" and they cannot be bothered with how cell technology works, the iPhone is a great phone. It gets in the way of technology, not your tasks. Get in, do your thing, move on with your day.<br /><br />And really, does everyone on the planet need to know how cell technology works? Call me crazy, but I would rather my surgeon and even my garbage person remain completely focused on their assigned jobs, thank you very much. Tweaking your phone's battery life and trying to outsmart Apple's Maps app are "tasks" better left to the professionals. Everyone else? Just buy an extra charger and use Bing like Tim Cook said to do. Life is too short to carry the world on your shoulders.Gavinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-39151228624048305652012-09-26T07:44:24.613-05:002012-09-26T07:44:24.613-05:00I exchanged phones the other day with a co-worker ...I exchanged phones the other day with a co-worker in the next cube for about 30 minutes and really, I cannot figure out what the fuss is all about. I got the Samsung Galaxy II after my contract with my iphone 4S expired and my only regret is that I got the iphone in the first place. It took me 6 months to get a replacement phone to correct the antenna (you're holding it wrong) problem and when I did get the replacement phone, it refused to recognize the standard SIM card the first time I rebooted it after the email app crashed. It took me almost 3 weeks to get my local "Genius's" to fix that issue. I didn't fool with the maps or anything. I just wanted to see what was "new and magical" with the iphone 5.<br /><br />The only thing that could even come close to being considered "magical" is Apple making a couple hundred dollars disappear from a user's wallet to replace all the chargers and adapters that worked perfectly fine in his old phone. Danni Stellackinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-66085660684615869072012-09-26T04:00:17.613-05:002012-09-26T04:00:17.613-05:00I don't own a smart phone, not an iThingy nor ...I don't own a smart phone, not an iThingy nor an Androgynous Android. I have a very old decidedly non smart mobile phone.<br /><br />The other day a rep from my telco phoned me and offered me an upgrade to my current account, and... a choice of Android smart phone, the options included a Samsung Galaxy Note. I know that the Galaxcy Note 2 is now available in Australia, but my telco was offering the first version. I told them I would happily contract for the note 1, so long as they upgraded me to the Note 2 when it becomes available through them.<br /><br />They told me they can't do that, so I said "too bad, no sale, call me back when you are prepared to give me what I want.<br /><br />So I still don't have a smart phone, I still have my ancient non smart phone, in combination with my netbook, I can do everything I want.tracyannehttp://lxer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33801994.post-87322877084683694252012-09-25T21:58:43.623-05:002012-09-25T21:58:43.623-05:00Ken, I've got an office-full of people just li...Ken, I've got an office-full of people just like this. It's all they've talked about for a month, getting the new iphone, and now when a couple of them do get one, it's b**ch, b**ch, bi**ch. It seems like the big kablooie is indeed mapgate and how poorly it works. On the apple map app, half of our other office complex is in Puget Sound.<br /><br />I don't like apple either, and mostly for same reasons you don't but it's hard to feel sorry for a bunch of people who pin their self-worth on owning the latest and greatest ishiny. It's pathetic really.<br /><br />ChelleMichelle Minkinnoreply@blogger.com