Interesting. My auto correct works just fine, and I don't need my text to predict what I'm writing. I like controlling that. I think that's the difference, I'm not lazy, I don't need my keyboard to predict and automatically write what I wanted to write. Those things aren't always correct, anyways..lets be honest. And a bit more responsive? Was your experience on the iOS keyboard with a iPhone 3G? Because I have a 4S and my keyboard is plenty responsive, along with intuitive, easy to use and accurate.
iOS' keyboard does tend to miss letters sometimes. And yes I was using a 4S. You may not be "lazy", but there are people that appreciate increased efficiency.
And by the way, if I wanted I could add things on Cydia to make the keyboard more of what you prefer... predicting what you're going to type, swype keyboards, etc.
You mean swype-like. There are plenty of imitations out there, but none of them perform as well as Swype. Sorry, they just don't. They're imitations.
So an iPhone essentially CAN be customized to perform just like what Android users "like", so it's sort of odd. It's almost like the Android users have NO CLUE what you can do with a jailbroken iPhone.
For one, that's not quite true. You can jailbreak until you heart's content, that isn't going to create true multitasking and allow apps to run concurrently. You can make your best attempt to emulate what is already on an Android phone, but every time those attempts fall short of the real thing, after all, they are only imitations so they never have the same full functionality. Not to mention, you're also neglecting to mention the adverse impact all that has on the phone's performance. The iPhone isn't made to handle that sort of load, and it isn't like you can jailbreak and overclock the process to help out.
Because if we wanted to, we could jailbreak the iPhone and add just as much stuff as your Android phone comes with. I choose not to go to that extreme, but I could if I pleased.
Not quite. Reference the above statement. But anyway, I find that to be a silly statement to say "hey I can make my phone do that if I hack it and download a bunch of stuff to emulate what you can do out of the box.". Don't compare a hacked phone to a non-hacked phone. A rooted Android phone has way more options than a jailbroken iPhone. For example, I change my processor speed if i so choose, a jailbroken iPhone can't. I can add features from other phones such as Google Wallet functionality, a jailbroken iPhone can't. I can run an entirely different OS if I want to, a jailbroken iPhone can't. I can connect my phone to the television, turn on an emulator, and use a Playstation controller to have console gaming, a jailbroken iPhone cannot. These are just a few examples, but there are may more. I'm sure you get the point by now.
But again, my iOS keyboard works just fine. Landscape mode? Even better. It just seems weird to complain about something as simple as a keyboard. Sort of proves that you're just picking things off the top of your head to complain about. And your complaints weren't even legit. Aw poor you, it didn't finish your word for you...meanwhile thousands are dying in 3rd world countries because they havent eaten meals in weeks. Think about the petty **** that you're complaining about, maybe that's why I'm having such a hard time understanding.
The third world has nothing to do with why I feel an iPhone falls short. The keyboard is just one of SEVERAL things, where it falls short.
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It just seems weird to complain about something as simple as a keyboard. Sort of proves that you're just picking things off the top of your head to complain about. And your complaints weren't even legit. Aw poor you, it didn't finish your word for you...meanwhile thousands are dying in 3rd world countries because they havent eaten meals in weeks. Think about the petty **** that you're complaining about, maybe that's why I'm having such a hard time understanding.
Here's a few more things you can add to the keyboard coming up short. Note this is not everything, this is just a few things that I think make the iPhone come up short:
-The notifications in iOS are still poor. Now Jellybean has added on to the notifications, and there simply is no comparison. iOS doesn't even give you a static icon that lets you know something is in the notification center. In other words, if a notification comes in and you don't deal with it right away, you could possibly forget about it, and there is nothing to remind you (unless you look at the app icon later and it shows a number on it).
-This is one I'm sure you've heard a million times, widgets. Believe it or not, they do add a level of functionality. If you'd like an example, I'd be more than happy to show you how my phone is set up (I won't put it in this post because this post will be long enough lol).
-App integration is lacking in iOS. For example, I can go to anything in my phone, click share, and have a plethora of options to share my content/data/files with (depending on what apps I have installed). In iOS that isn't possible. If I want to share in a particular app, I have to do it from that app. That severely limits my options when it comes to sharing information.
-iOS' cloud functionality still needs work. For example, I can't store videos in the cloud. If I record a video, iCloud can push it to my iCloud connected devices, but my video can't reside in the cloud like it can on Android.
-Keyboard. iOS' keyboard is in need of an update. It really just is not very good, and there are better options out there. Unfortunately, iOS will not allow you to change to a better keyboard.
-Browser. Safari sucks. There's no two ways about it. It can't reformat text to the screen, so you're stuck having to scroll side to side to read content on some pages. The download options (or lack thereof) in the browser is archaic at best. Bear in mind, Chrome is a much better browser, but you can't set it as your default browser without hacking your phone to do it.
-You can't do something as simple as creating a custom ringtone without needing to sync to your computer. While working in the field, I have met several people that don't have computers and use their iDevice as their computer. I guess those people just won't ever be able to have a custom ringtone, because it requires having to sync to a computer. That is crazy.
-Voice dictation on the iPhone needs improvement BIG TIME.
-DLNA functionality is absent. There is airplay, but that isn't compatible with the DLNA standard.
-NFC functionality is absent. Many people will say, "well there aren't a lot of businesses that have NFC enabled readers". This is true for some areas, but there are other areas that have plenty of places that do have them. I live in Atlanta, and I have used NFC to pay for things in drugs stores, fast food places, doctor's offices, and several other places. Also, it's nice to be able to automate tasks via NFC. For example, you can put an NFC tag in your vehicle mount that will put your phone in "car mode" when you place it in there.
-Handicapped bluetooth. Not being able to send a person something to their phone via bluetooth is a bit ridiculous in 2012. I've been doing that since the Windows Mobile days, and yet iOS still features handicapped bluetooth. There have been several times I wanted to give my uncle a file, and had to email it to him instead of just sending it straight to his phone via bluetooth. Also this means, I can't connect game controllers such as the PS3 controller if I want to play a game using it.
, and it's nice that if we want to, we have that option.
