Jun
02

Jun
01

Apple, please fix this!

On the eve of WWDC 2012, maybe a developer preview of iOS 6 and another build of Mountain Lion will be shown and made available but I feel the need to expose my uneasy moments with Apple technologies. What used to be “It Just Works” most of the time is becoming more and more like “It Should Work Most of the Time”. So, Here is my list of items I hope Apple fix beside new stuff.

  1. Provide a file browser on the iPad (or iOS for that matter) just like there is a Photo browser available to other Apps. By the way, make it so it can browse iCloud’s documents in the cloud.
  2. Allow Mobile Safari to upload pictures from the Photos.app library. This one is such a no brainer.
  3. Provide iCloud’s service status on iOS so we can understand why document synchronization doesn’t always work between an iPad and an iPhone.
  4. Siri is less than work in progress. It is incomplete. Fix this.
  5. MobileMe migration to iCloud was less than perfect. Now we many Apple ID, one for Mobile Me, one for iTunes purchases, maybe one for the kids, etc. Let us merge our Apple ID together.
  6. Make the iPad multiuser capable. 
  7. Fix iPhoto for iOS. I still don’t get this piece of software. While you’re at it, since not all pictures are event related, let people tag pictures as non-event one. 
  8. I don’t like Photos.app on iOS. I don’t like the fact the albums created on the device cannot be synced on iPhoto on Mac OS. Inconsistence behaviour. Fix that please.
  9. Buy Dropbox and integrate them in iCloud. Period. Pay the price. 
  10. iTunes… fix that too. Enough said.
  11. Make Ping available for Applications. Or kill Ping because it is useless otherwise.
  12. Use Chomp carefully because I didn’t like their services at all.
  13. Don’t be afraid of a 7” screen iPad. You weren’t afraid to create an iPod mini nor a Mac mini in the past.
  14. Redo the fast application switcher on iOS. Take webOS cards metaphor to a new level.
  15. Provide a standard way to quickly access very often used device and iOS settings.
  16. Create an Apple TV SDK and an Apple TV App Store.

What are your list of things Apple should fix?

jfmartin Posted by jfmartin

May
30

Interesting quotes from Tim Cook D10 conference tonight. For years we’ve been focused on innovation. And never before have I seen — the things I can’t talk about today — the juices are flowing. We have some incredible things coming. it’s not about making the most. It’s about making the best. We’re never going to make the most. it’s not about making the most. It’s about making the best. We’re never going to make the most. We’re going to double down on secrecy on products. Well it’s a pain in the ass. (about software patents). I wonder where they got that idea… (about Android OEM to create fewer models). One thing is that we’re not fragmented. Look at the percentage of users who upgraded to iOS 5. We have one App Store. We have one phone with one screen size, one resolution. So it’s pretty simple if you’re a developer. (but for how long, Tim?) They have their way of doing things. But people say that about us. It doesn’t mean you can’t work with them. (talking about Facebook) I don’t think we’re wired to buy a company for revenue. Steve was a visionary. My role was never to replace him. He was an original. I don’t think there’s another one of those being made. I’ve never felt the weight of trying to be Steve. It’s not who I am and it’s not my goal in life. I am who I am, and I’m focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

Interesting quotes from Tim Cook D10 conference tonight.

For years we’ve been focused on innovation. And never before have I seen — the things I can’t talk about today — the juices are flowing. We have some incredible things coming.

it’s not about making the most. It’s about making the best. We’re never going to make the most.

it’s not about making the most. It’s about making the best. We’re never going to make the most.

We’re going to double down on secrecy on products.

Well it’s a pain in the ass. (about software patents).

I wonder where they got that idea… (about Android OEM to create fewer models).

One thing is that we’re not fragmented. Look at the percentage of users who upgraded to iOS 5. We have one App Store. We have one phone with one screen size, one resolution. So it’s pretty simple if you’re a developer. (but for how long, Tim?)

They have their way of doing things. But people say that about us. It doesn’t mean you can’t work with them. (talking about Facebook)

I don’t think we’re wired to buy a company for revenue.

Steve was a visionary. My role was never to replace him. He was an original. I don’t think there’s another one of those being made. I’ve never felt the weight of trying to be Steve. It’s not who I am and it’s not my goal in life. I am who I am, and I’m focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

jfmartin Posted by jfmartin

May
29

For Marco Arment: Apple quality is slipping

I’m not just talking about the most recent releases of everything, or the last couple of months — I’ve noticed this trend for about 2–3 years. As Apple’s software has grown to address larger feature sets, hard-to-solve problems such as sync and online services, shorter release cycles, increasingly strong competition, and Apple’s own immense scale, quality has slipped.

jfmartin Posted by jfmartin

May
28

10 Reasons why Tim Cook has proven himself a fine replacement of Steve Jobs as Apple CEO

Ten reasons why Tim Cook is the right man. 

  1. There was no lag between CEOs
  2. Look at the financials
  3. Morale is still high
  4. Handling China
  5. The secrecy is intact
  6. Overall quality has not slipped
  7. Employees love him
  8. It all comes down to corporate maturing
  9. Market dominance, anyone?
  10. Handling investors with care

Interesting. Still too soon for a call on #6. I don’t care about reason #10 though.

jfmartin Posted by jfmartin

Source eweek.com

May
25