Comments on: iPhone Tips: Managing Your iPhone Apps

By: chammond

chammond — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:46 +0000

Is there any way to extend to time that it takes to make the icons wiggle?

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:26:17 +0000

I had an unlocked iPhone in 2007 and maxed the app amount ASAP. The result was a daily breakdown & rebooting of the phone. Labyrinth really got bonkers for some reason.
With a 16g iPhone and up to 50 apps on it, the wear & tear is minimal in comparison to my unlocked phone. I’ll max it out if/when 16×9=144apps make it worth while.
My tip is to sort out each page of applications to a match a certain theme. For instance, I have a quick/habitually used front page. My 2nd is utilities, 4th is games, 5th travel & languages, 7 sound&vision.
Sorting them all helped alot.
Here’s to an easy held, video camera, flash&adobe iPhone at the June convention!!

By: liam

liam — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:12:09 +0000

If I had as much free time as Shane, I would consider taking up a productive activity or hobby, rather than invest time writing five whole paragraphs highlighting a “tip” so self-evident that I actually feel compelled to complain. I’m well aware that internet comment threads are, with few exceptions, little more than a waspish dissemination contributed to by irksome pedants, and yes I do feel certain reservations about becoming one of these people. But when a Google search for tips on better managing my iphone contacts yeilds this kind of dross nonsense in the top search results, it is hard not to wonder how.

Shane, this whole sorry mess could be summarised (with fewer inaccuracies than the original article) as a statement: “if you keep the number of installed applications minimal, you will be able to find the one you want more quickly”. Hell, it could have even been a tweet.

By: DL

DL — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:55:33 +0000

You can also use your iPhone to access remote files and stream your music collection. I ran across an interesting article entitled "Drive a Hybrid Cloud" at DealDogs.net reviewing the ZumoDrive program which works on the iPhone. This is the article link here which has a description and video about the Hybrid Cloud storage provider.

By: pfeels

pfeels — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:04:19 +0000

Yes, I read somewhere were 9 was the max

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:21:20 +0000

I have only 9 screens and would like more, but as I add a new app one of the old apps will fall off the last screen and be removed unwantly.
Is 9 screens the maximum screens ? I still have lots of memory
Bill

By: Dean Lucas

Dean Lucas — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:02:37 +0000

@david – I believe the author was referring to “internal wear and tear” in a metaphorical sense. Many iPhone users report crashing issues that are most likely related to having too many apps installed. It is unclear what long term damage can be caused by having your device constantly reboot. It is also unclear as to how many apps is too many, but several users with 8 screens of apps seem to have the most problems.

By: david

david — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:17:37 +0000

“Though applications do not take up your memory too much, an excessive amount can slow down your iPhone and leave it more open to internal wear and tear.”

Huh??? What is “internal wear and tear?”

I think the author is just making stuff up here.