Oh don't' be ridiculous! The sex of the CEO would have nothing to do with the success or perception there of. The CEO depends on those in marketing to promote the product and depends on the engineers and designers to create the "wow" factor. People tend to set certain expectations and if APple fails to meet those expectations, then APple is considered to no longer be innovative. Innovation is a double edged sword and APple has created a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" world for themselves. Do not forget that there are varying degrees of innovation as well. I think maybe this version of the iPhone was more innovative in terms of design and changes to the internal hardware. The OS brought a lot of changes, but many were not necessarily innovative or revolutionary as evolutionary. The other manufacturers are finally catching up and trying to innovate as APple has for years. THe problem is some of these competitors are bringing untried technologies to the table such as NFC which has a rather low adoption rate at this point and some real security issues that have yet to be addressed. So, neat stuff, but not ready for primetime either. Also keep in mind that APple tends to see how folks react to some of these new technologies and may not be the first to put it out there, but will ensure once they do it works better than ever. Lots of things to take into consideration, so you cannot just look at one thing and oh the sex of the CEO just is not a real factor.
On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:19 AM, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > This is a guy and gal thing; a guy will be on time even if he has to come > as he is; a gal will be late and insist on arriving looking her best. You > only get one shot to make the right impression, iOs6 might have done the guy > thing instead of the gal thing. If apple got themselves a woman CEO, I > wonder if this would be the result? > > R! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Pelletier" <ron.pellet...@sympatico.ca> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:20 PM > Subject: RE: Article: iOS 6 is holding the iPHone 5 back > > > Hi, > > > > I'm sure you understand that, in today's technology, deadlines are the most > important thing around. In business, if people expect something in > September, that when they want it and business has to provide. A month > before IOS 6 came out, everyone was speculating as to what would be and were > really expecting IOS 6 to be out on time. Apple had to bring it out even if > they knew that it wasn't polished just like automobile manufacturers will > put out a car with known problems but would rather deal with a recall than > to hold the production beyond the expected deadline for release. > > > > If you remember Windows 95 and all the others after, they all came out with > serious bugs but they came out on time as announced and bugs were corrected > after and everyone lived with that. That's the way that big business works > > > > > I think we need to give Apple a couple of months to see how they deal with > the after release and then I will agree or not with your statements. After > all, IOS 6 is only a week old and I am positive that engineers at Apple are > working around the clock to fix things that don't work and implement new > ones. I'm sure Apple wants to stay on top and I'm sure they know how to do > it. They just need time and that is something we, as users, are not giving > them. We want better and faster than what can be done and why! Only a few > short years ago, we as blind people, didn't even have access to anything > else on our cell phones than dial and answer. We were complaining about > things as simple as buttons being too small to dial easily and audio > quality. Now we complain about how long it takes to delete a message when > ,a very short while ago, we didn't even have access to that message. We > even had to ask for sighted help to put contacts in our phones because we > couldn't do it ourselves. > > > > That is not to say that we should stop pushing for better access and better > things but we should be a little more patient as to how quickly it should > come. All week, I have been following this list and read a lot more > complaints about what wasn't working quite right than I read of things that > are great innovations making room for more improvements. > > > > I'm sure that, within the next few weeks, a lot of small bugs that I've read > about here in the past week will be corrected and we will already be > wondering what IOS 7 will bring. We are just never happy with what we have. > > > > Ron & Danvers > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kliphton > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:32 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Article: iOS 6 is holding the iPHone 5 back > > > > > The iPhone 5 is an incredible smartphone. I've been using mine since it > arrived on my doorstep at 7:48 p.m. the day after launch day (after a > painfully long wait), and I love it. It's spectacularly thin and light, it's > beautiful - like most Apple products - and that larger display is such a > welcome improvement. > > > I chose the white and silver model - I've had white iPhones for as long as > they've been available - and I think it's the prettiest gadget I've ever > owned. It's also powerful, and noticeably faster than my already snappy > iPhone 4S. Its battery life is excellent, and so is the camera. > > Overall, I have a long list of positive things to say about the iPhone 5 - > the hardware is just unbeatable. But I think there's one thing letting it > down, and that's iOS 6. > > > > Before I jump in and tell you why iOS 6 is letting down the iPhone 5, let me > just make one thing clear: I love iOS. It's by far the most polished mobile > platform there is, and it's been my OS of choice since its debut with the > original iPhone. > > iOS "just works" - in so many ways. Its ability to sync with iTunes and > iPhoto, and all the benefits that iCloud brings, make it a perfect companion > for Mac users like me. It's super simple to use - even my granddad's using > it - and the catalog of third-party apps available on iOS is second to none. > > But as a technology writer, I'm often required to step outside my comfort > zone and test other devices. devices that don't run iOS. Since selling my > iPhone 4S a couple weeks ago, I've been using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and > prior to that I tested a long list of Android and Windows Phone smartphones. > > Apple's platform is the best of the bunch, but the gap between iOS and its > competitors is getting ever smaller. > > What I've learned along the way is that Apple's platform is the best of the > bunch, and for me, it's the little things that make the biggest difference. > But the gap between iOS and its competitors is getting ever smaller. > > When Apple announced the original iPhone back in 2007, iOS - then called > "iPhone OS" - was like nothing we'd ever seen before. Sure, we'd had > touchscreen devices, but they were designed to work with tiny styluses that > quickly got broken or lost, and they were slow and unreliable. > > Apple kept making iOS better, adding things like iTunes and support for > third-party apps through the App Store. These things took iOS way ahead of > anything else, and that's been the case for quite some time. > > For the past few years, iOS hasn't been taking the leaps it did in the early > days. > > But for the past few years, iOS hasn't quite been taking the leaps it did in > the early days. Apple has added new features and new services, some of which > are really terrific, such as iCloud - as I mentioned earlier - and Siri. But > there are some big things iOS is missing- things that other platforms gained > a long time ago. > > > Widgets > > > I want widgets on iOS. > > These things become more apparent when you use those other platforms for a > few weeks. For example, Android's widgets may not seem like a big thing to > you, but try living with them for an extended period of time and you'll miss > them a lot when you go back to iOS. > > Widgets let you add all kinds of things to your home screen, such as sports > scores, the weather, music controls, settings toggles, your Twitter > timeline, a breaking news feed. the list is endless. > > Having these things in front of you right after unlocking your smartphone, > without having to open up an app, is just fantastic. I felt the same way > about Windows Phone's live tiles after using an HTC Titan for a month. > > I want widgets, or maybe even dynamic icons, on iOS. And I know this is a > feature a lot of iOS users have been calling out for for some time. But > Apple is yet to introduce it. It has added its own alternative to > Notification Center in the form of Weather and Stocks "widgets," but those > have remained unchanged since iOS 5, and Apple is yet to offer us anything > new. > > You can add widgets yourself if you jailbreak, and those that are available > through Cydia are. okay. But they'd be so much better if Apple supported > them and allowed developers to create them for their apps. The iPhone 5's > larger display creates room for widgets, so let's have them, Apple. > > > Quick Settings Toggles > > > Another feature iOS is missing is quick settings toggles. These allow you to > quickly change common settings without having to open up your settings app. > Android has them in the notification drop-down, allowing you to quickly > toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, the screen rotation lock, and the brightness of > your display. > > I don't want to have to stop what I'm doing and open up the Settings app to > enable/disable a feature. > > And iOS should have them, too. I don't want to have to stop what I'm doing > and open up the Settings app to enable/disable a feature that could easily > be nothing more than a switch at the top of Notification Center. > > > Default Apps > > > How about customizing our default apps? Mobile Safari is great, but I think > Google Chrome is better. I love Mail, but I know others prefer Gmail or > Sparrow. Apple should allow us to set third-party apps as our default apps, > so that when you click on links in iMessage, you go straight into your > favorite browser. > > This may not be for everyone; beginners may just want to use Apple's own > apps. But Apple could allow more advanced users to enable their own default > apps if they choose to. > > > Quick SMS Reply > > > This is a small feature that would make a big difference, I don't know why > it isn't baked into iOS. > > For me, one of the biggest reasons to jailbreak is for BiteSMS. There are > many great features in BiteSMS, but the best is the ability to quickly reply > to messages from wherever you are with quick reply. > > When you receive a text message, BiteSMS presents you with a popup alert - > just like iOS does. But within that popup, you can quickly reply to the > message. You don't need to step out of the app you're in to go to Messages - > you can just reply there and then. Once you hit send, you go straight back > to what you're doing. > > This is a small feature that would make such a big difference, I don't know > why it isn't baked into iOS. It's not like our iPhones don't have the > processing power to handle a feature like this. The iPhone 5 is one of the > fastest smartphones money can buy. > Again, this may not be for everyone; some people will prefer more subtle > notification banners that don't distract you. But it would be nice to have > the choice. > > > Hiding Built-In Apps > > > As I mentioned earlier, some of Apple's built-in apps are terrific. But > others aren't. Weather never seems to be accurate here in the U.K., and the > information it provides is so basic you might as well just look out the > window. While I can't remember the last time I used Stocks. > > I can understand why Apple doesn't want us to remove these, however; people > may accidentally delete essential apps. But why not let us hide the > nonessential ones? They're just taking up space on our home screens. > > > Maps > > > Finally, we come to Maps. I liked Google Maps in iOS 5; I wasted many hours > playing around with Street View. But I do feel Apple's new Maps app is a > worthy replacement, in fact, I think Flyover and turn-by-turn actually make > it a big improvement. > > There's no two ways about this: Apple has provided us with a new Maps app > that just isn't finished. > > At least, that would be the case if it worked. There's no two ways about > this: Apple has provided us with a new Maps app that just isn't finished. > And this isn't a minor feature that nobody's bothered about. Maps is > something a lot of us have come to reply on, but we can't in iOS 6, because > it doesn't work properly. > > I accept that it's still early days and that Maps will improve over time. > But maybe it needed a little more improvement before it went public? We can > cope with a half-baked Siri, because no one had gotten used to a perfect > Siri. But we had gotten used to an almost perfect Maps app. > > > Competitors Are Catching Up > > > For me, the absence of simple features like this is holding iOS back. > > It's not like these features are against Apple's policies, either. I'm not > asking for the ability to install apps from third-party sources, or support > for themes and skins. I know these things will never come. > > But I think the features I've mentioned could easily be introduced to iOS > without going against all the things that Apple is about. What's more, they > wouldn't just be great for the average user, but they'd also please more > advanced users who are crying out for a little bit more. > > For me, iOS is still the most complete package, but I do feel it's missing > several key features. > > If you've only ever used iOS, some of these features may not be a big deal > to you. But once you've had a taste of them on another platform, their > absence begins to be a big issue. What's more, I feel it's encouraging users > to go and try other platforms - many of whom never come back. > > I have a handful of friends who were iPhone users for years. But they now > own Android devices because of all the benefits Android brings. No, it's not > as polished. But its customization options and its flexibility make it a > more exciting platform. > > For me, iOS is still the most complete package, and the best mobile platform > there is. But I do feel it's missing several key features, and not quite > evolving as quickly as it could be. This is giving its competitors a chance > to catch up and provide an increasingly compelling reason to switch. > > With that said, I absolutely love my iPhone 5 - just like everyone else > who's bought one. And it's likely to be my daily driver for at least the > next 12 months. But I feel it could be an even greater experience if iOS 6 > wasn't holding it back. > > For now, I'll probably jailbreak and add some of the features I've mentioned > above myself in hope that future iOS updates will deliver some of the things > the vast majority of us have been waiting for. > > How do you feel about iOS 6? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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