Comments on: To iPhone or not to iPhone? http://www.zen-hacking.com/2008/07/23/to-iphone-or-not-to-iphone/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marco http://www.zen-hacking.com/2008/07/23/to-iphone-or-not-to-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Marco Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:09 +0000 http://www.zen-hacking.com/?p=29#comment-38 After some serious soul-searching I decided not to get the new iphone. I've the 1st gen version and have been more than happy with it for a year. However, I have started to see some increased stability problems in the last few months. IMO, it's only worth it if you are going to actually use the non-phone features. Maps/GPS, internet, etc. I use them all the time and at the point if I had to go back to not using them, I'd be pretty irritated. As for the SDK, I agree with the gripe about no background processes. But as i understand it, there's some kind of event hook system that can wake your app up in some instances. That might be worth looking into. FYI, you can already get free text messages through the aim app. http://lifehacker.com/398539/send-free-sms-messages-using-the-aim-iphone-app After some serious soul-searching I decided not to get the new iphone. I’ve the 1st gen version and have been more than happy with it for a year. However, I have started to see some increased stability problems in the last few months.

IMO, it’s only worth it if you are going to actually use the non-phone features. Maps/GPS, internet, etc. I use them all the time and at the point if I had to go back to not using them, I’d be pretty irritated.

As for the SDK, I agree with the gripe about no background processes. But as i understand it, there’s some kind of event hook system that can wake your app up in some instances. That might be worth looking into. FYI, you can already get free text messages through the aim app. http://lifehacker.com/398539/send-free-sms-messages-using-the-aim-iphone-app

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