Iphone gets another update
Well, now I am anxiously awaiting the newest Iphone update. According to all the chatter, it will offer the breakthrough ability to cut and paste. However, if you’ve yellowsnowed, be very afraid. However, the upside is it is apparently jailbreakable. Now, I have no need right now to yellowsnow it. However, since they did not include video capture, I will probably jailbreak it.
All of this is creating yet another gripe I have with the Iphone. Too many slang words to describe its functionality. For newbies or people interested in getting an Iphone:
- yellowsnow is a hack to unlock the phone so you can use it with other carriers.
- jailbreak is the term for hacking into the phone’s operating system so you can install applications not condoned by Apple.
Now, I had a fairly expensive phone before this one that did not have any of the fancy screens Iphone does. It was very limited in it’s internet applications. It was purely the internet applications that lured me to the Iphone. Once I was tethered to my Iphone via a two year agreement, I realized it couldn’t do the simplest cell phone tasks like taking flash pictures, sending or receiving multi-media texts, or capturing video. Other than the flash, the rest are simply software decisions. I was not a happy camper when I got my phone. So, Apple went to work and have been developing applications to appease the myriad of issues users have complained about. About a year later, I now have copy and paste, which I seldom ever use or have a need for.
I just wish I could get my old phone back so I could take pictures and movies. When you have a six year old, this is a massive need.
