iPhone Take Two: What’s your take on it?
We’ve all been reading and watching intently the latest iPhone rumours, all with different perspectives on the issue.
Marc, one of our user interface designers is most interested in the size of the device (you know men, always got size on their mind…):
“I find the current iPhone model just a little too cumbersome, so I love the idea of a slender iPhone that I can stick in my jeans pocket and just forget about, as covered by Jeremy Horwitz on iLounge. Sure, the upcoming smaller 2.8″-screen model is just a rumour at this point, but it would be a sensible move from Apple – the iPhone can’t be all things to all users. A product family makes complete sense to me.
If you’re an existing iPhone user you may have spotted a new version of our interface we just released into wild. It was our mission to create a rich, usable experience that is complementary to the iPhone’s native UI. We couldn’t help ourselves from sprinkling in some fancy Apple-style widgets in there. Just go to taptu.com on your iPhone to check it out.”
Meanwhile, I’m most excited about the faster 3G connection (assuming O2 doesn’t mess customers around). I unfortunately live in the middle of nowhere, where EDGE generally isn’t available, which means that I often find myself following a link on Twitter, which leads to a YouTube video, just to get a pop-up telling me that I must be on EDGE or wi-fi to be able to watch it.
On wi-fi, the iPhone’s a total gem, a great browsing device. Not so great on the input, even with my small hands, so the thought of an even smaller iPhone doesn’t appeal to me. On EDGE, it’s quite acceptable, but unleashing full HSDPA speeds in that device would make it even better. I don’t think I’ll be swapping my 6-months old iPhone for the 3G one purely on the speed factor, but if new features which I can’t get through software updates appear, you may find out I’m first in line for the new one.
Are you at all interested in the next iPhone release? Sick of the rumours already? Got your own theory on what’s coming up next?
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May 8th, 2008 at 9:17 am
I’d have a look at this interview from SMSTextNews re iPhone interface (among other things)
http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/mr_mobile_usability_on_the_iphone_blackberry_and_beyond.html
May 8th, 2008 at 11:07 am
iPhone nano. Screen the size of a postage stamp. You heard it here first!
May 12th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I have a nokia e65 (small and slim compared to n95 but still quad band, wifi, bluetooth, no GPS). I also have a nokia tablet (n800). I very rarely surf using the E65, the screen is just too small, but surf all the time with the tablet. Although I can make voip calls with the tablet, I use the phone as its form factor is much better.
the iphone’s large display fixes the overall size, a new model with small screen might be a better phone but weaken its use as a smartphone. I think the current size is about right, although full VGA or WVGA resolution would be nice!
My point is that convergence (smart phones that do it all) really doesn’t work, and wont until the roll-up displays become a reality and the phone can morph into a full handheld tablet!