List of iPhone bugs finds few roaches
An attempt to discover bugs on the iPhone found few critical problems that could cause major issues.
The early bugs on the iPhone seem relatively minor for a new product
(Credit: Apple)There's probably an argument to be made that many of the 68 bugs reported by AppleHound are more like differences of design philosophies rather than actual bugs, but the project did find some situations that could lead to data loss or application crashes. As with any first-generation product, some bugs are to be expected, and software fixes will likely trickle out later this year. Apple has said it plans to deliver regular software updates to the iPhone that could not only fix some of these bugs but add other features currently not found in the iPhone, such as the ability to cut and paste text.
Some of the bugs are pretty minor. "The phone vibrates when switched to silent mode (the Ring/Silent switch is located on the side of the iPhone), but does not provide audible feedback when exiting silent mode. The expected result would be a short notification beep when switching to an audible mode," read one entry on the list. That might be nice, I guess, but I don't know if I'd call it the "expected result."
AppleHound only labeled one bug as "serious." It involves the proximity sensor that detects when a call is answered on the phone and shuts down the screen. "The screen will begin flashing off and on when the proximity sensor detects an object for only one second," the report said, advising that iPhone users cover the sensor for longer than a second, launch an application, or hit the home button to fix the bug. A total of 7 bugs labeled "crash/hang/data loss" were reported, some of which required several convoluted steps to reproduce.
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product.
Yesterday as my return date neared, I sat in an office chair with
iPhone in one hand and my Blackberry Curve in a second. I
looked at each. I weighed the pros and cons of each.
In the end, after an agonizing decision, I kept iPhone and sold
the Curve to a graphic artist friend of mine. The iPhone won on
three key points: 1) Sync functions between phone and Mac/PC,
2) User Interface, 3) Screen.
No regrets. IPhone is the read deal.
the phone to make the screen flicker on and off... geeze.
phone I've had that I actually like.
instance, I've finally got the WiFi working at home (the EDGE
network was driving me crazy) by switching to WPA. The WEP
would not hold up and I kept getting stuck w/EDGE...
But I really would like to be able to save e-mails and then use
a different service to send responses...
Where is ver 1.1 !!!
People don't look around enough... Come on Apple! Fix these bugs! We have no control over the device ourselves, so it's not like we can do anything! Please, apple, help us!
Downright sad.
"some bugs are to be expected"
"and software fixes will likely trickle out"
"not only fix some of these bugs but add other features"
"bugs are pretty minor"
"might be nice, I guess, but I don't know if I'd call it the "expected result.""
"only labeled one bug as "serious." "
"required several convoluted steps to reproduce."
Yay for Apple!
Yay for C|Net!
Yay for objectivity!
Golf claps for everyone!
- The iPhone is quite nice for hardware
- by Vegaman_Dan July 17, 2007 8:33 AM PDT
- I've held and messed with the device. It takes some time to adapt to it since it won't adapt to you. You can learn its unique oddities pretty quickly and then they aren't an issue.
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(15 Comments)The biggest problem I have with it is that it is a phone. It tries to be a jack of all trades and as a result, it can do none of the jobs as well as it could since it have to make so many compromises. Battery life, user interface, features missing, etc. You have to make compromises if you're going to release an all-in-one product like that.
If they drop the phone part and just make this a PDA / iPod, I would buy it. I would likely even pay the full current iPhone price. I want a new PDA and since HP is the only manufacturer left (nobody else makes standalone PDA's anymore- they are all bundled into phones), and I don't like HP's offerings as they have all the styling of a brick, then the iPhone would be my choice. Unfortunately as you can't use it without having an AT&T contract as well, I don't really feel like being held hostage for $2000 over two years for a phone I wouldn't be using.
Release the unit as a PDA/iPod for around $300 only and I bet the battery life would be fantastic, it would have a great GUI, and make quite a bit of money for people like me who don't want a phone as part of my device conglomeration.