Comments on: That iPhone guy must be a deceiving bastard. http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/13/that-iphone-guy-must-be-a-deceiving-bastard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=that-iphone-guy-must-be-a-deceiving-bastard An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: iPhone 2.02 resolves stability issues — Alec Saunders SquawkBox http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/13/that-iphone-guy-must-be-a-deceiving-bastard/#comment-7021 iPhone 2.02 resolves stability issues — Alec Saunders SquawkBox Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:44:12 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4307#comment-7021 [...] Stability seems dramatically improved.  I haven’t seem email, Safari, or Facebook crash yet this morning. [...] [...] Stability seems dramatically improved.  I haven’t seem email, Safari, or Facebook crash yet this morning. [...]

]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/13/that-iphone-guy-must-be-a-deceiving-bastard/#comment-7020 Alec Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:08:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4307#comment-7020 Yes, Cliff, I could have been more precise. My apologies. What I meant was that I have chosen to go back to accessing my Exchange inbox via IMAP rather than the new Exchange bits that are included with iPhone OS 2.01. Touch wood - that appears to have solved my problems with email. But I still see Safari crashing on me a half dozen or more times a day, and that's something I've never seen from any mobile device. Yes, Cliff, I could have been more precise. My apologies. What I meant was that I have chosen to go back to accessing my Exchange inbox via IMAP rather than the new Exchange bits that are included with iPhone OS 2.01. Touch wood – that appears to have solved my problems with email. But I still see Safari crashing on me a half dozen or more times a day, and that's something I've never seen from any mobile device.

]]> By: Cliff McCollum http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/13/that-iphone-guy-must-be-a-deceiving-bastard/#comment-7019 Cliff McCollum Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:59:31 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4307#comment-7019 I'm confused. You uninstalled the Exchange Client? There is no Exchange Client, just the built-in Email application, which cannot be uninstalled. That said, I'll agree that the iPhone 3G isn't the most stable device I've ever used - but it is far better than the Treo and Win-Mobile devices I've had in the past. As for the comment about MacOS X above, I can't say that I share his experiences. My MacOS X experiences are certainly better than any Windows experiences, and at least on-par with any Linux machines I use. As for Linux users not having an axe to grind? It's possible, but I've yet to met an actual Linux user who wasn't at least as biased about his OS as the best Mac fan-boy. I'm confused. You uninstalled the Exchange Client? There is no Exchange Client, just the built-in Email application, which cannot be uninstalled.

That said, I'll agree that the iPhone 3G isn't the most stable device I've ever used – but it is far better than the Treo and Win-Mobile devices I've had in the past.

As for the comment about MacOS X above, I can't say that I share his experiences. My MacOS X experiences are certainly better than any Windows experiences, and at least on-par with any Linux machines I use.

As for Linux users not having an axe to grind? It's possible, but I've yet to met an actual Linux user who wasn't at least as biased about his OS as the best Mac fan-boy.

]]> By: David Megginson http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/08/13/that-iphone-guy-must-be-a-deceiving-bastard/#comment-7018 David Megginson Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:26:27 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4307#comment-7018 Alec, I think that Apple's reputation for reliability is a hold-over from the task-switching days mid 1990s, before they had to worry about adapting to modern technologies like TCP/IP and multitasking -- they had trouble getting those right, even though they build on top of BSD Unix. I'm the unofficial tech support person for my extended family, and the MacOS X users have far more day-to-day tech problems than the ones who use XP or Vista (WiFi problems, frequent screen freezes and browser crashes, etc.). At a big conference I chaired last December in Boston, we had to have 5-10 tech support calls for help getting Mac notebooks working with LCD projectors, but none for Windows or Linux. I'm a Linux user myself, so I have no axe to grind on the Mac or Windows side. Alec, I think that Apple's reputation for reliability is a hold-over from the task-switching days mid 1990s, before they had to worry about adapting to modern technologies like TCP/IP and multitasking — they had trouble getting those right, even though they build on top of BSD Unix.

I'm the unofficial tech support person for my extended family, and the MacOS X users have far more day-to-day tech problems than the ones who use XP or Vista (WiFi problems, frequent screen freezes and browser crashes, etc.). At a big conference I chaired last December in Boston, we had to have 5-10 tech support calls for help getting Mac notebooks working with LCD projectors, but none for Windows or Linux.

I'm a Linux user myself, so I have no axe to grind on the Mac or Windows side.

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