I am getting a little fed up with all the hype surrounding the iPhone and its now epic OS.  Every article points to the fact that it’s design of simplicity and elegance is the best thing ever in the history of UI development.  I believe that they are getting a free pass, because the iPod and iPod family including the iPhone has been going downhill every since its first iteration.  There is a good image floating around the internet, of the hierarchy of the original iPod menu system to the current one.  Gone is the simple ease of use, and you are left with layer upon layer of menus, which the touch-scrollwheel simply cannot handle anymore.

Back to the iPhone.  I really enjoy how Windows 3.11 without the ability to run more than one application has become the pinnacle of UI design.  At the end of the day it is a phone.  The fact that there is no homescreen dialing or smart dialing is ridiculous.  There is no voice dialing, and not much of any ability to speed dial beyond navigating to the favorites screen.  Yes, you can make a shortcut to it, but you only have the ability to create one shortcut with double tapping the home button.  Once you have it for your favorites, you can’t use it to access your music and so on.  For a phone that isn’t exactly conservative with battery usage, why does it take me 4 button presses to turn bluetooth on and off?  And that is only if you have Settings on your home screen.

There are so many elements of other phones that people have tried to build into the iPhone via JailBreaking.  Elements that should be there in the first place.  There is no place to aggregate content from your phone.  Windows Mobile has it with the Panels … and Blackberry has it as well.  I can see calendar and messaging information from the home screen.  Copy and paste … the list goes on and on.  Good thing everybody is spending so much time on fart apps that we don’t even have core functionality that is needed on the phone.

It’s performance is flat out terrible as well.  Nothing (cell phone related) makes me swallow sadness more than having the SMS race.  Upon receiving an SMS, Mehlen can open the message instantaneously on his archaic Blackberry 8700.  15 seconds later, I’m lucky if I can even get to the point where I can see all my messages, and then click to see the message sent.  Ridiculous.   I can go on and on … but I won’t … and hopefully soon will be using an HTC Dream.

Finally got the backsplash up and the new hood range installed.  Woot!

1. Mash jab!
2. If your opponent lands you in a combo, mash out your reversal move! Input lag will guarantee you to interrupt his/her combo with your own move!
3. ???
4. Profit ! !