Apple’s New Evil OS: 3.1.3

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

I’m not quite ready to throw my iPhone out the window and buy Google’s Nexus One. In fact, the only way at present that my iPhone is going out a window is if someone throws me out first with it in my hand or pocket. I am, however, tired of Apple telling me what I can and cannot have, how to use MY phone, and what is acceptable and what is not.

Today’s new iPhone OS 3.1.3 “upgrade” offers nothing new. I take that back, it has improved support for the Japanese keyboard. It fixes a bug that showed inaccurate battery levels on the 3GS . It also took away jailbroken and unlocked phones from thousands of users unfamiliar with the jailbreaking process.

Nothing really useful were added, but it does take away jailbreaking. I like my multi-tasking iPhone. It doesn’t seem like Apple wishes to give me one, so I have to do it myself.

MultitaskingiPad That was the only reason for this upgrade, and Steve Jobs and every Apple executive know it and they should be ashamed. Perhaps afraid, the only reason the iPhone is not multi-tasking already is that Apple doesn’t want the phone to act slow compared to its present speed, especially with that 1GHz super processor recently released by Google in the Nexus One. I’m not a criminal, I bought my phone. I signed my contract with AT&T and then I left the country unexpectedly. I had no choice but to open my phone up to its possibilities. And again it’s my phone.

As an act of protest and as a way of telling Apple you want your phone to be “smart” too, do not downgrade your phone with a this new upgrade to 3.1.3. Perhaps, you should even jailbreak it. For those of you unfamiliar with Backgrounder and ProSwitcher they are two apps available from Cydia that allow you to determine which apps you would like running at the same time and seamlessly switch between them at will. In fact, ProSwitcher may be one of the best put together apps I’ve experienced on the iPhone, authorized or not.

It may even save your home key from the wear and tear of constant use, as well as yourself tons of time. The following are a few great personal examples of how ProSwitcher has saved me countless minutes and headaches.

Living outside of the United States I am able to leave Skype running at all times while enjoying the rest of the iPhone’s features. Not only saving me tremendous connectivity issues but a lot of money with the SkypeIn service.

I am an avid reader and believe Stanza to be a top reader app, though each time my email in boxes chime I must shut down Stanza to see what it might be and then reopen Stanza. 3 Minutes.

My mother called me from an airport in Florida, again on Skype, needing some important information I had in my Mail application, i was able with the help of headphones to find this without interrupting the call. Later as she continued on and on, I was able to send a few mails while she continued to drone on without her being any the wiser.

Really simple iCal inquiries while on the phone and texting at the same time. I was on FaceBook as well.

While playing the new GTA: Chinatown Wars and awaiting an important email, I simply paused the game shook the iPhone (a setting in ProSwitcher) , to raise the home screen. Responded to the mail, and returned to my mid mission spot in this great game from Rockstar.

These all occurred in the last week, and as you can see the possibilities are endless. Whether you jailbreak your own phone is up to you, and I (nor this site) accept any responsibility for your actions and any damage you may cause to Steve Jobs or your phone, but this multi-tasking is what you deserve. Unfortunately, only those working outside of Apple, are giving it to you. But when Apple finally gives in make sure you thank these “hackers” for forcing Apple to offer something these “hackers” have already given us.

Finally, and I don’t know your personal feelings about Bono or U2, but it reminds me of a funny story. Without going into too much detail a couple years ago Bono in the middle of a concert starting snapping his fingers in between songs, in his holier than though way, he announced to the crowd, “Every time I snap my fingers” SNAP… SNAP…”A child in Africa dies”..SNAP…SNAP..finally he was interrupted by someone in the crowd who shouted, “Then stop snapping your F&%#ing fingers” He left the stage, and returned 20 minutes later with what the people wanted, music.

Stop clicking upgrade. CLICK, CLICK Another jailbreak-ed iPhone dies CLICK, CLICK. By not downloading this new “upgrade” you will be telling Apple that you too want your iPhone to sing. Oh, and multitasking.

This is an iPhone OS upgrade and Jailbreaking article by The Apps Machine.