I had that system error happen to me once when I did an OS update way back when...the issue is actually iTunes and not the phone itself, the program really has just become more and more of a piece of garbage with every update. I now have it auto-backup my phone for me in case it tries to pull that shit again.
The only issue I have with the iPhone is the "can't download more than 10 mb apps without an internet connection" bullshit (and the fact that syncing your apps to iTunes fucks shit up to hell. Oh and iTunes being a laggy and shitting itself when you hook up the phone) and the fact that the 3.0 os allows EVERYTHING TO FLIP WHEN TURNED. While this is actually a pretty cool feature, since some people prefer to type their texts vertically, I find then when laying on my side for instance the thing will flip thinking its on its side...which of course it is, but that's besides the point. It'd be nice to have the ability to switch that on and off, but its not even that big of a deal, just something that always kinda annoyed the hell out of me.
OTHER THAN THAT, I've had nothing but good things to say about the phone (especially now that it finally supports mms, what the fuck) and I don't get a lot of these complaints...I can't honestly recall a single instance where I've ever once felt like I needed to run two apps at once, let alone five. What the hell? I can run an app while in a phone call, if I really need to, so it's not like the thing is incapable of multi-tasking. I will say though that it pisses me off that the text message sounds are completely uncustomizable (my old Razr could do it, for christ sakes) and the fact that ringtones have to be M4As with a renamed extension (or more retardedly, the fact that you can't just use a song stored on the "iPod")
I really don't care for the way the iPod function on it works at all, I would have LOVED to have had a little virtual "wheel" like the oldschool iPods had but hell...that's likely more of a complaint to the iPod software than the phone itself, since I assume the iTouch etc all work the same. Scrolling through a song SUCKS ASS AND THE SCRUB FUNCTION IS A TINY BAR THAT EVERY FINGER EVER IS TOO BIG TO TOUCH and you just end up fucking up and getting mad. Slightly tilting the phone will also sometimes make it think you wanted to turn shuffle on and will load a random song right then and there, disregarding the fact that you were already listening to something. Again, this is more of a complaint with the modern iPod software, I really do miss my old 2 gig nano. That was a nearly perfect MP3 player (alas, its battery has passed on)
Oh and the "listings" (contacts, iPod songs, etc) are kind of akward to scroll through until you figure out that it actually goes by alphabetically opposite of the way you'd think to scroll. But honestly...all things considered, it's a pretty cool phone. Certainly not worth the $300+ asking price, but still a very fun phone.
Now if Apple could just work at making iTunes not a bulky peice of lagshit (it would actually be a pretty good program for organizing stuff on the phone/iPods if it wasn't so shitty and ass-backwards half the time), I would be a happy man. |