Why does everyone hate the iphone?

[rawdog805]

Originally Posted by mlin

The most frustrating thing is that the iPhone MUST be jailbroken to allow basic functionality such as multitasking and downloading from the net, a feat I haven't even bothered with since upgrading past 3.0, infact, I'm not sure if it can be done? This becomes annoying when I jailbreak my phone to run a gameboy or nes emulator, but then I still have to hook the phone up to a computer to get ROMs because I can't download to the device!?!?!

Also, while the multitasking implementations on a jailbroken iPhone are "pretty," (multiflow w/ backgrounder has a nice interface, much like the Pre) the functionality is not reliable. For those of you that have used an iPhone you know that not all programs will reliably run in the background. For instance, I have backgrounded games so I could pause and send a message only to find out that the game did not keep running but decided to close.

You can download what ever you want to your Iphone using Torrentula, and/or Safari download Plugin, and Safari download Manager located in cydia....

Also you can respond to texts while in a game by using the QuickReply program located in cydia..

I havent hooked my Iphone up to a computer since I jailbroke it as I dont need to, becuase I can download whatever and install or extract using iFile, or a program similar... So I wouldnt agree that you need a computer around more for the Iphone.. Its about even in this category if you get the right programs...

[CyberMonkey]

Originally Posted by rawdog805

You can download what ever you want to your Iphone using Torrentula, and/or Safari download Plugin, and Safari download Manager located in cydia....

Also you can respond to texts while in a game by using the QuickReply program located in cydia..

I havent hooked my Iphone up to a computer since I jailbroke it as I dont need to, becuase I can download whatever and install or extract using iFile, or a program similar... So I wouldnt agree that you need a computer around more for the Iphone.. Its about even in this category if you get the right programs...

That is so true.

[mlin]

Originally Posted by rawdog805

You can download what ever you want to your Iphone using Torrentula, and/or Safari download Plugin, and Safari download Manager located in cydia....

Also you can respond to texts while in a game by using the QuickReply program located in cydia..

I havent hooked my Iphone up to a computer since I jailbroke it as I dont need to, becuase I can download whatever and install or extract using iFile, or a program similar... So I wouldnt agree that you need a computer around more for the Iphone.. Its about even in this category if you get the right programs...

I'll give a few of these programs a whirl. Thanks for the heads up. However, I can reply to a text, great, I need a special program to do this. What if I want to do something else and backgrounder doesn't successfully background the program I'm currently running? Cydia blows by the way, amazingly slow. Have you tried Rock?

[rawdog805]

Originally Posted by mlin

I'll give a few of these programs a whirl. Thanks for the heads up. However, I can reply to a text, great, I need a special program to do this. What if I want to do something else and backgrounder doesn't successfully background the program I'm currently running? Cydia blows by the way, amazingly slow. Have you tried Rock?

No I havent tried Rock.. Heard a lot of bad things about Rock, but I may give it a whirl.. Also Backgrounder has worked flawlessly for me on all of the programs that I have tried it on.

I think it all boils down to preference, and the user in the battle of these phones.. I was on Sprint and loved the service and price of my Sero Plan, but the choice of phones killed it for me.. I went from having the Moto Q, to the Moto Qc, to the HTC Mogul, to the HTC Touch, to my last phone which was the HTC Touch Diamond.. Each of these phones left something to be desired for me in their speed, touch screen, usability, and more.

With the Iphone though, there seriously is an app for just about anything that you want to do, the touch screen is just phenomenal and I dont feel like I have to beat on the screen to get it to register my touches, the battery life is ridiculously good for me, the AT&T reception is excellent here in Buffalo, NY, the 3g internet is a lot faster than the EVDO on sprint ever was for me, and finally I actually get cell phone reception while in Wal-Mart... LOL..