Robby on Rails: iPhone's Missing Featurethoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2008-04-03T19:24:30-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:a609718c-530f-43f3-9cb5-4af7400da2162008-04-03T19:17:00-04:002008-04-03T19:24:30-04:00iPhone's Missing Feature<p>I love my iPhone. There… I said it.</p>
<p>There is one problem with it (and I don’t blame Apple for it). Multimedia Messaging is pretty much non-existent with non-iPhone friends & family. My family continues to send me pictures/videos via text message… because they can with their other friends and family. I find myself looking at the following message quite often.</p>
<div class="thumbnail"><a href="http://skitch.com/robbyrussell/eh8r/img-5279.jpg"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080404-g428q4qcbc169gi5pbgrn6epwj.preview.jpg" alt="IMG_5279.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Trebuchet, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 10px; color: #808080">Uploaded with <a href="http://plasq.com/">plasq</a>’s <a href="http://skitch.com">Skitch</a>!</span></div>
<p>Then I go to AT&T’s <span class="caps">AMAZING</span> site…</p>
<div class="thumbnail"><a href="http://skitch.com/robbyrussell/e51s/viewmymessage-is-shit"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080403-x4b3ewcw9ux56jb8y7q1n3ga2q.preview.jpg" alt="viewmymessage is shit" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Trebuchet, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 10px; color: #808080">Uploaded with <a href="http://plasq.com/">plasq</a>’s <a href="http://skitch.com">Skitch</a>!</span></div>
<p>...and I get a broken image.</p>
<p>Great work AT&T! Apple… this is tainting my experience with the iPhone. Make them fix it!</p><p>I love my iPhone. There… I said it.</p>
<p>There is one problem with it (and I don’t blame Apple for it). Multimedia Messaging is pretty much non-existent with non-iPhone friends & family. My family continues to send me pictures/videos via text message… because they can with their other friends and family. I find myself looking at the following message quite often.</p>
<div class="thumbnail"><a href="http://skitch.com/robbyrussell/eh8r/img-5279.jpg"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080404-g428q4qcbc169gi5pbgrn6epwj.preview.jpg" alt="IMG_5279.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Trebuchet, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 10px; color: #808080">Uploaded with <a href="http://plasq.com/">plasq</a>’s <a href="http://skitch.com">Skitch</a>!</span></div>
<p>Then I go to AT&T’s <span class="caps">AMAZING</span> site…</p>
<div class="thumbnail"><a href="http://skitch.com/robbyrussell/e51s/viewmymessage-is-shit"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080403-x4b3ewcw9ux56jb8y7q1n3ga2q.preview.jpg" alt="viewmymessage is shit" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Trebuchet, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 10px; color: #808080">Uploaded with <a href="http://plasq.com/">plasq</a>’s <a href="http://skitch.com">Skitch</a>!</span></div>
<p>...and I get a broken image.</p>
<p>Great work AT&T! Apple… this is tainting my experience with the iPhone. Make them fix it!</p>