tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post1994003873945283843..comments2024-02-08T11:00:53.069-06:00Comments on Gordon's Tech: The iPhone is more like Palm OS than OS X?JGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-3729017488475715242008-11-07T21:35:00.000-06:002008-11-07T21:35:00.000-06:00Great observation on the 'to do' note pad. I think...Great observation on the 'to do' note pad. I think Jobs must hate task lists. I think he wants us to schedule our tasks.<BR/><BR/>I hate to admit I'm doing more of that now. Maybe the Great Leader is right?<BR/><BR/>Funny about the Google rank. I really don't try to get ranked, but sometimes Google likes me.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-38065930397275503012008-11-06T14:08:00.000-06:002008-11-06T14:08:00.000-06:00Heh, you're the #1 google result for iphone pa...Heh, you're the #1 google result for <BR/>iphone palm similarities<BR/><BR/>On a possibly even more crucial surface level, I think the main menu is the biggest link to Palm of old, very similar! Apple made some improvements:<BR/><BR/>* hardware wise, reducing to a single PHYSICAL "home" button was a brilliant simplification<BR/><BR/>* flick gesture between pages (removing titles for different pages, and limiting each to how many can appear on screen)<BR/><BR/>* 4 permanent links that apper on all screens<BR/><BR/>but the similarities are blatant: squared off linear arrangement, time and battery info at the top, all icons have a distinct look and feel, etc. Compared to the Android/G1 approach its even more obvious; Android seems to be following some kind of clunky (IMO) desktop metaphor. (And WinCE had theirs modeled on Outlooks "today" page- it wasn't bad, actually, if more "Organizer" centric... Palm copied that in fact, to decent effect, and there's a hint of it in Calendar's "list" view")<BR/><BR/>I've heard a rumor that Palm people were hired by Apple but was never sure.<BR/><BR/>"Steve Jobs hates To Do lists" is an interesting idea. I remember laughing at a giant Apple Store poster that showed the memo app with a To Do list written on it, just like I had to 'til the app store opened and I got Appigo's ToDo ( <- most "Apple-ish" app I've seen )Kirk Ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605658292036699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-3962311938135648192008-03-07T14:06:00.000-06:002008-03-07T14:06:00.000-06:00Yeah, that's why I hedged about 'enough functional...Yeah, that's why I hedged about 'enough functionality' -- should have been clearer.<BR/><BR/>For example, you can talk and use an App!<BR/><BR/>So some apps can multitask, but not (at this time) SDK apps.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-14387163536722259932008-03-07T13:08:00.000-06:002008-03-07T13:08:00.000-06:00this can't be completely true. Music keeps playin...this can't be completely true. Music keeps playing while you do other things. Your email can keep checking on a scheduled basis while you do other things...--AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com