Tag Archives: rant

Just A Quick iOS Keyboard Rant

by on March 13th, 2011 at 1:33 pm

Here’s one very simple wish I have for the iPhone keyboard in a future update: just a little more trust. Typos happen often enough on real keyboards, so I can understand why Apple developed such an aggressive auto-correct system for the iPhone. But I am getting quite tired of having …

New iGmail 2.3.1 for iPhone update kills all of the fun [Rant]

by on December 12th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

It’s not very often that I actually get pissed off by app updates, but then iGmail comes along and updates itself to 2.3.1 just so I can hate it. iGmail is a full-screen app that is supposed to make the Gmail web app more convenient to use. It has a …

The iPhone’s App Store needs to be smarter about links

by on August 21st, 2009 at 11:50 pm

So here I am sitting in a rocking chair and trying to look for some games to complete my relaxation package (hint: the rocking chair is half of the kit) when I stumble across a Chillingo game I might want to buy. I also see that there’s a YouTube video …

AP Mobile app’s “Breaking News” not so breaking…

by on August 6th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

I just received this push alert from the AP Mobile app, which is supposed to push breaking news to my iPhone. The point of having breaking news pushed is to receive the alert in near real-time. The alert is time stamped 3:09pm ET, which would be 12:09pm for me on …

Finally got my 3GS, no thanks to Rogers

by on July 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am

Alright, so I’m a little mad about this whole iPhone business, and it has everything to do with Rogers royally screwing up my order. I have an iPhone now, but they wasted oodles of noodles worth of my time for mistakes made on their end. I recently wrote a post …