The iPhone 3G S does video! Enjoy the long back-up times

Now that at least one iPhone model (the 3G S) does video recording at a decent clip, we have two things to look forward to:

• being able to capture that precious moment on video, and
• waiting a few years to sync your iPhone 3G S

Okay, maybe it’s not really that long of a wait, but as I’m sitting here, typing this post, ready to walk out the door for by birthday trip with Lizette Gagné to Disney World, my iPhone has been syncing for the last half hour.  And I’m not kidding – it’s been exactly 28 minutes, 40 seconds since iTunes let me know that it’s backing up my iPhone.  And the bar still has a quarter of the way to go before it’s done!

Look, don’t get me wrong, I love my 3G S.  One of my favorite features is its ability to capture video.  I’m just asking for a little button in iTunes that would give me the option to bypass recorded video during the iPhone backup process to iTunes.  This way, I can sync up my music, unplug, and get out the door – iPhone in hand.  Can we give Apple a heads-up on this for the next update to iTunes?

Posted in Apple, Feedback, Fix me!, User experience, iPhone, iTunes

Some sites still don’t think Twitter is important

I don’t think I need to tell you how important Twitter has become (and is continuing to become).  You know, it doesn’t matter if the social network is growing by leaps and bounds, or that it’s generating three to five posts on some of the most prominent tech blogs on the planet.  Yet the social button on TUAW – the Unofficial Apple Weblog – doesn’t have an option to share via Twitter.  TUAW is using the social button provided by AddThis.  But the interesting thing is that the AddThis button includes Twitter as an option by default.  Why anyone would disable the option to Tweet a post is beyond me.

Actually, that’s exactly what I was planning on doing when reading this post on TUAW.  But without the option to Tweet the post… well, no Tweet for TUAW.

On a more serious note, this is aimed to be a mini “feedback” post and less of a criticizing one.  I hope TUAW adds Twitter in its social button loop ASAP.

Posted in Blogging, Decisions, Feedback, Twitter