Apple giving poor response to iPhone5 Purple haze on pictures

         

            I tell you Apple needs to deal with this problem of giving excuses for all that might be wrong with the iphone5. 

The iPhone5 : © Apple.com

           First lets get things straight, The iPhone5 is a great phone and it is better than most of the competition out there. But for a company like Apple it seems to fall below Apples standards and is certainly causing Apple some embarrassment that they are not known for. It used to be all the other manufacturers rather than Apple who always had to give excuses as to why their products couldn’t do things properly, things that were expected by users.

           Some users have reported a purple haze when taking photos but it is the response to this that is shocking for a company like Apple.

          I was reading an article to day on CNN.com that highlighted this issue. I wonder why Apple is giving excuses for this. It just doesn’t seem like the Apple I have come to know over the past 5 years.

         Seriously, Apple you have to get your act together this is not acceptable. I expected this from other manufacturers but we have come to expect that Apple will notice problems that will take users time to realize that they had, and giving excellent solutions to them but this is just sad.

Apple Deserves Their Amazing Sales Despite Awful Maps and Scratched iPhone5s.

image © apple.com

image © apple.com

Recently, I wrote a couple of posts about Apple's recent failures in the quality of products that they design. I took some time to highlight how empty some of their statements can be. But as much as that is important it is good to note this one thing. The iphone5 will sell even more units than its current 5 million iPhone5s in it first three days.

Apple could have gotten its maps wrong and have fallen in quality of production with all those scratches, but Apple have invested enough into their brand and they will reap all the results due them., the sales figures tell the true story and that’s important.

For all those Apple haters out there, you might not like Apple but you cant stop someone from earning from his investment. Remember Apple had to climb a huge mountain called Microsoft and its partners and that took lots of dedication and hard-work, Apples current success didn’t happen overnight. They totally deserve to be the largest company in the world by market capitalization.

So if are one of those people who hate Apple because of the statements made by their fun-boys and Apple itself as a company, think again, they invested when times were hard, they laid a good foundation for their current success. So don’t hate Apple be inspired by them and learn from them, they fully deserve all the love and money they are getting.

My thoughts on the iPhone5 so far

Ok, so the famous and most sought after smart phone is now out. I know this blog post about the iPhone should have come earlier but I think now that the dust is settling we can all see why in my last post about the iPhone I was so critical about this Californian Tech giant(Apple). It was obvious that people were not going to be wowed by apples new offering, the iPhone5. Don’t get me wrong it would be successful considering Apple's huge following but it will definitely not be the best thing that they have ever made although they boldly proclaimed the iPhone 5 was the biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone.

© Apple.Inc

That proclamation sounded quite silly considering the fact that the improvement they were bringing to the iphone5 were things that we had already seen in other phones i.e. Android phones.

Front View of the iPhone5:  © Apple.Inc

It seems like every day we hear new complaints about the iPhone5, something that was unheard off when it came to Apple. It just seemed like apple will never go wrong but it is becoming apparent that there is something going wrong with Apple looking at the current trend of releasing apps that are not ready for launch (maps) and having defects and scratches on the device.

I am hoping they haven’t let their recent success get into their heads, because if that is the case it will be very unfortunate. With competitors like Samsung and Nokia breathing down their necks in-terms of style and quality Apple better wake-up or they will be the next RIM (I have nothing against RIM I just wish them the best).

The way Apple handles their current problems will determine whether their new yet to be launched iPad mini, will take off well (personally I think it would, Apple has an ever growing loyal following ). Let’s wait and see what this tech giant will do.

The New iPhone or whatever Apple calls it, is almost here

               So we are back again in the rumor month of the iPhone5. If you were plugged into the technology world last year you were definitely expecting an iPhone5 and many bloggers including myself were caught in the hype only to find out on reveal day that it was going to be called the iPhone 4s.
I will never forget that, so this time round I will not even bother naming the new iPhone as a the iPhone5, I will just call it “the new iPhone”.

So many rumors have been all over the web, accompanied with all sorts of alleged leaked images of the new iPhone and the whole technology market is so excited about the whole iPhone thing.

Personally after going through a couple of iPhone releases, announcements and iPhone rumors, it gets a little boring and I wonder why people care what Apple releases, Especially when android phones are much more powerful than the iPhone(i mean processing power and every other spec you can think of).

Well lets just say there world has more variety in personalities so there will still be lots of people who would be excited about it.

My take on this years iPhone

It wouldn't be amazing in anyway. To be honest I think the only improvements we would see would be in-terms of processor and Screen technology (I think the new iPhone would definitely come with a retina display) and general hardware upgrades. It might be disappointing for most. The only surprise would be the date of availability. It definitely would be in stores in less that a week. Personally I am expecting the very next day.

According to some reliable sources like Cnet.com, the The iPad mini would have its own event and Apple would be looking to spread the buzz about their products by spreading the release of their products over a month rather than doing it in one night. This should also help them push up the value of their stocks even higher than its current value. We cant wait to see the new iPhone or whatever Apple chooses to call it this time(personally I cant wait for it to get out so I can finally have some peace with all the buzz about Apple this, Apple that, ... ..I cant take it anymore)

Well whatever happens Apple is likely to sell a record number of phones be cause some other carrier wants a slice of the pie. This cant go bad for Apple whatever then do even if the new iPhone was monochrome display phone.  

P.S 

I think Apple is going to stop calling their iPhone an iPhone. They might just coin another name for the damn device and of course it will start with an "i" . I can image Tim Cook saying something like this "We looked at the iPhone and although it is the best selling Smart Phone on the market we chose to come out with something even bigger and better, something beyond the iPhone, something that represents what Apple stands for. Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you the i......................, the most advanced phone in the world" (and you all know it would just be a load of B.S since its Android competitors would have higher performing phones although they will be lacking that Apple fineness)

Apples iOS Address Book Privacy Issues

Privacy Concerns with Apples iOS address book.
Image from Apple.com

So we are back to the issue of privacy and things get murkier and murkier. I have not been following tech news this week like I usually do all the time, I decided to take a long holiday and give myself sometime to rest from the outside world, well actually I was having some problems with my Internet connection and that was the reason for not being online.

Well I am sure you have all heard it by now but if you haven’t then I will explain briefly. A certain tech company which is highly respected in the tech world and currently the largest capped  company (company with the largest market capitalization) in the world has had some issues with its address book system in its popular mobile OS. Well the company in question is Apple and the word is out on the street that certain apps like Path and so many other apps have unrestricted access to your address book on your iPhone. Some of these apps without asking user permission are able to download and store your address book to their servers for purposes of improving their services and other purposes only known to them. Shocking, isn’t it?

What this means it that your privacy is being eroded more and more. Individuals and companies are getting more and more access to your private life like never before and there is little you can do about it. They know your entire family and friends. They know every where you have been in the last your and more, they know your political beliefs some know your sexual preferences and habits and now they know who you call when you called them and who called you. With all that information there is very little that you can do to have a private life.

For some free spirited people they might not care about what you know about them but even with the most open minded people in the world there are certain things that they wouldn’t let everyone know. 

But who is to blame for all of this?

First I would like to blame the users for not caring so much about their privacy creating a false sense that sharing everything is what everybody wants to do. If consumers were more cautious about privacy tech companies will go to every length possible to ensure that your privacy will never be violated.

Second, The providers of the platform. Yes guys I am talking about the almighty Apple and they should take the blame for what is happening right now. They provided the functionality that allows app developers to access and download users address-books without permission from users. I don't know If it was because of UI design principles that they removed user permissions from the address book but what ever reason they have it is not a good one. From location sensors to address books to pictures, sound and music no application should have access without user permissions. 

I am going to leave app developers out, it is not their fault that they have unrestricted access to your personal information when the platform provides them with that kind of access.

The solution is clear Apple should apologize for the error take responsibility and make a correction with an update to iOS 5. But I am sure they wouldn't for legal reasons.

It is sad that user privacy has fallen to such low standards, and if the current trend continues I tell you there will be nothing like privacy this trend worries me greatly, I don't know about you but it doesn't sound good at all. 

What do you think about user privacy....................leave a comment.........thanks

Nokia Exec says iPhone, Android Handsets No Longer Appeal To Youth [My Comment on this article]

I read an article on Tech Crunch[Nokia Exec: iPhone, Android Handsets No Longer Appeal To Youth] today and i left a comment that i felt i should share on my blog.






My comment


I dont see what is wrong with his statement. According to the numbers he is looking at there is a growing niche in the market for something different and they feel that windows phone is what everyone will soon turn to. 


Also what is wrong with talking trash about your sompetitors even when your product is not yet the best, i clearly remeber the late Steve Jobs dong that a lot even when apple was not good enough to compete with windows. 


My question to the authur of the article, do you think windows phone sales will not shoot up when microsofts project with windows 8 if finally complete? To the untrained eye it looks like Microsoft is loosing out in the mobile and desktop markets but if you have taken even a sencond to look at Microsoft you would notice that a lot of changes are taking place. Have you even considered the potential impact of windows 8 and what it would mean to Nokia? 


I kind of understand why Mr. Niels Munksgaard would talk like that, its not due to arrogance and being blind but he has some insight that you do not have.

Apple now ready to Launch the iPhone5 (what new possibilities would it bring)

What would the iPhone5 look like and what new possibilities
would it bring to mobile computing?

                    Exciting news for Apple lovers and the rest of the mobile industry. A lot of noise has been made about the device and everyone is waiting to see if it would set a new standard in the mobile computing world. I remember when Apple released the iPhone onto the market for the first time and the way it opened possibilities in the mobile computing world that had never been done before. All these opportunities were available in the mobile world but hadn’t been fully exploited up to this point, until Apple. Back then the only Smartphone was from Blackberry and then Apple came to redefine the Smartphone.

                    Fast forward to 2011 and we all can’t wait to see what happens next with this phone. Lets phase the facts Apple changed the meaning of mobile computing. They did not re-write the rules but instead they chose to reinterpret the rules and as a result opening a market that wasn’t been fully utilized.  A huge effect of the entry of Apples iPhone was Google Android operating system. Which we must be honest has been a runaway hit. Most people do not give Android that much credit and talk about the different manufacturers and a whole lot of unnecessary stuff.  If you should look at the different manufacturers of hardware then the iPhone has a larger market share,  but if you look at the operating system then Android is the leader. And it is for two reasons.

 One, the Android operating system gives more choices to its users compared to the iOS with so many restrictions placed on it that are meant to make its usage easier.

Two, the Android OS has more and better features than the iOS .

I didn’t want to talk about price since we do have Android devises that are expensive, but if you want to include that then yes, Android devices give you more for less money.

         I highlighted on the design aspects because it is evident that Apple in order not to fall out of the competition and to give the iOS a better user experience had to borrow some features from the Android OS. I wish I had all the time to go through most of them but here are a few.

• Newsstand
• Notification Centre
• Location based reminders
• Cloud Sync      ..................and the list goes on and on.

Clearly this big company known for its innovation is facing some stiff challenge from Google’s Android which is causing Apple to have to adapt to the demands of the market.

                This to me, is the more reason why this iPhone 5 launch is really important to me. Is there anything new that Apple could bring to the table now that they are borrowing ideas from other mobile operating systems? Will they adopt these changes in a better way or have they lost their power of innovation. Maybe they will include multiple cameras or 3D cameras to the iPhone, honestly the expectations are so high for Apple but it seems like they might not live up to their reputation this time. We all can’t wait to see what would com out of Apple. So keep your fingers crossed they might just bring out something that you never ever expected.