Apple is without doubt an innovative company that produces clean, simple, efficient products. That being said, more and more these days it is annoying how their focus with updates and upgrades is on gimmicky and flashy add-ons or fixes that should have occurred long ago, while still ignoring major functionality and options that they should have given consumers in the first place.
Support for Japanese emoji icons? Auto-correct off? How long did it take Apple to program this exactly? How do you even call this an update, it's not even added functionality, it's just removing something that there should have been an option to remove in the first place.
Google Street View? Seriously, is the mass public really in need of this? I can't even get Google maps to accurately find me on the street most of the time. How is Street View going to add to my life? Or is it just to wow the public and another flashy feature that they can put in their ridiculously unrealistic commercials?
Apple seems intent on pushing forward and leaving a trail of QC issues and missing BASIC features unaddressed, settling for flashy and impractical add-ons in lieu of giving us real, useful functionality like cut and paste, background notifications, email fetching that JUST WORKS, 3G and bluetooth that just works. All these issues still blowing in the wind and the big news is that Apple is adding Japanese emoji support. Incredible.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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Apple is without doubt an innovative company that produces clean, simple, efficient products. That being said, more and more these days it is annoying how their focus with updates and upgrades is on gimmicky and flashy add-ons or fixes that should have occurred long ago, while still ignoring major functionality and options that they should have given consumers in the first place.
Support for Japanese emoji icons? Auto-correct off? How long did it take Apple to program this exactly? How do you even call this an update, it's not even added functionality, it's just removing something that there should have been an option to remove in the first place.
Google Street View? Seriously, is the mass public really in need of this? I can't even get Google maps to accurately find me on the street most of the time. How is Street View going to add to my life? Or is it just to wow the public and another flashy feature that they can put in their ridiculously unrealistic commercials?
Apple seems intent on pushing forward and leaving a trail of QC issues and missing BASIC features unaddressed, settling for flashy and impractical add-ons in lieu of giving us real, useful functionality like cut and paste, background notifications, email fetching that JUST WORKS, 3G and bluetooth that just works. All these issues still blowing in the wind and the big news is that Apple is adding Japanese emoji support. Incredible.