Are you blowing Steve Jobs right now? Your profile and verbiage suggest it. You are very defensive of Apple at least. There are those people who expect our mobile devices to do reasonably EVERYTHING, and do it reasonably well. If I can think of a task, my mobile device better have the hardware for it, unlocked, ready for an application to put it to work. This simply can't be done with an idiot-resistant, hand-holding device like the iPhone. I leave the iProducts to the zombies who can't figure out how to use anything else. If the iPhone isn't simple enough, I hear Hasbro is coming out with a mobile device for 3+ y/o. Should be a hit with the "iCrowd". BTW, this is my first post(maybe last since this guy is a moderator)! I love this site. Good job.
If I was blowing Steve, I doubt I'd be here talking about such things with you. I'd be living it up some where beyond my current means because I'd have tons of money, because my mouth and lips are very, very expensive! LOL
By the way Welcome to DRC and don't worry about this being your last post, I would never take such comments personally. Do, I like Apple products, some of them for sure. Am I under the delusion that Apple does everything right and that their products never need any improvements. NOT on your life!
Your point seems to be that there are things you feel the iPhone should do and it should be much more complicated because making it idiot proof somehow makes it like a toy and less good to you. Certainly you are entitled to your opinion, but I don't think 80 plus million iPhones that have been sold were sold because people wanted phones that were super complicated and the chief requirement being that they must absolutely do everything. Sure there are things I'd like for the iPhone to do and I would also concur that the iPhone isn't for everyone. I think the the iPhone's appeal is the fact that it is simply to use, doesn't require a steep learning curve and offers platform that while it may not do everything, what it does do, it does very well.
There is much about the iPhone and Apple that I would say could use a lot of improvement, one is they have got to come off this thing with not allowing multi-tasking. They really need to be a bit more open and have less protective policies, though there are those that would say that is what has created the niche that Apple has carved out for themselves and how they have become so profitable. Yes, I like my iPhone and my Mac Book Pro, does that somehow mean that I can only see things from Steve Jobs view? Absolutely NOT, I just think it is crazy that folks such as yourself try to say that the iPhone is so bad, yet can't really explain why it continues to out pace most other smartphones on the market. This even being tied to a crappy network AT&T.
Also don't let my Apple avatar and signature stuff fool you, next month I may like something else and all that will change as it has about a dozen times in all the years I've been on this forum. Most will tell you I tend to play up whatever my favorite toy is for the month or sometimes multiple months. In fact I am switch out my Avatar to Slacker Plus, because they have recently added a ton of music at my long standing request over and over, so I'll promote them again for while. Slacker Rocks!
Again welcome to the forum and I look forward to having you engage here on the forum.