All Things iPhone (that I can say)
Let me first express my sentiment using language that I try my best to rarely use. This situation warrants it, and it's a apathetic cry by iPhone developers worldwide: F&@#ing NDA.
The NDA in place causes a lot of frustration for me. Projects that I've had fun working on and revelations that I've had while working, all under lock and key because of the NDA. Oh how I would love to tell you about my experiences with #$*&%*&@ and @*#&%*&, but alas I can't. I long for the days in which the NDA will finally be lifted. 2.1? 2.2? Never?
Syncing is another sore issue. Or more specifically, backing up is painful. Yesterday, I attempted to install two new apps that I had downloaded on my computer. I started the sync process at about 2:00pm. An hour and a half later it got interrupted. I started again. An hour later it got interrupted again. I remarked in a reply text message to that individual I was seriously thinking of switching on Airplane mode to just sync!
And here we are today, I've been backing up for the last hour and a half, the progress bar is about 95% done as I continue to write this post. This will be my first successful backup in the past 4 days, if it doesn't get interrupted.
On a positive note, while apps crash and my phone reboots itself probably about once a day, these minimal downtimes are simply minor inconveniences for an otherwise pretty decent experience. Yes, iPhone 2.0 is working pretty decently for me. I've got a lot of software that's great on my phone, more that's just "good", and I think I've eliminated everything that stinks.
Of course the last sore spot is the lack of my software on the phone. As I mentioned in my previous blog post I have a solo app and a team effort awaiting approval. Everything is sitting approved for my personal app for the last two days, but it still hasn't been posted. The other is awaiting approval, so we'll see how that goes.
Another 15 minutes has elapsed, and my progress on backing up has slowed to a further crawl. Will it finish? Will I just give up? Only time will tell, but I'm certainly not enjoying these failed backups.
So, users of iPhone 2.0 or developers for the platform, what say you, are my sentiments roughly aligned with yours?
