Hmmm, ranty blog post time.
So Apple have finally got around to sorting out the features (copy-and-paste/MMS) that other phones have had for years. Looking forward to adverts and fanboys proclaiming this as the 3rd coming of the iPhone and acting like they invented these features.
Yes I’m bitter. Why? Because the iPod Touch users are getting charged for this update, while the iPhone users aren’t. Granted, most of the update doesn’t interest me in the slightest, but there’s a couple of provisos:
- Calendaring updates. I’d quite like the ability to sync my iPod Touch’s calendar with my Google calendar. As I’ve said here before, part of the reason I went with a Blackberry was because I didn’t like the iPhone’s reliance on Outlook to do anything in Windows.
- Updated App Store APIs. Wonder how long it’ll take before I can’t really buy much from the app store without having the 3.x software?
- Security fixes. Nothing confirmed on this one, but something I thought was really dodgy about the 2.x update was the way it included security fixes. Now, as far as I know, once 2.x hit iTunes, there weren’t any 1.x updates anymore. So does this mean that if I want the latest Safari etc security patches I’ll need to pay Apple $10? Or do I risk having an out-of-date OS and browser on my network?
As it stands, I can see me skipping this update and probably having iTunes moan at me forever more. There’s just not enough in it to justify the money for me at the moment.
If I had an iPhone though I’d be grabbing it in a heartbeat as Copy-and-Paste really is incredibly handy (as I’ve appreciated ever since getting my BB), and MMS is a necessity for me (not having it was a huge mark against the iPhone for me, and it still boggles my mind how it wasn’t there from day 1). Top marks to Apple for finally getting these implemented, but you still have to wonder why they weren’t in the iPhone 3G.
Not that that seems to have stopped it selling mind, so what do I know?
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