A good read i found today from Apple watch in eWeek

There is another shortcoming that hampers iPhone 3G as a phone: Battery life. Standby life is great. In my testing, the battery lasts for days if the phone isn’t used. But 3G calling drains the battery surprisingly fast. Worse: Mixing telephony and data or other features. Apple’s mobile delivers great GPS coordinated with Google Maps. But it’s a battery-life sucking app. Battery life wouldn’t an issue if the battery could be swapped like the T-Mobile G1. I know people that recharge iPhone 3G two or three times a day or keep in it car-docked whenever they drive. A trickle of charge comes here, there and everywhere.

Other shortcomings come where Apple strangely chose to digress from standard features found on most other mobiles. SMS/MMS sending is makeshift. Apple expects people to send pictures via e-mail. Video is lacking, too. Have you talked to teens lately? These are commonly used capabilities.

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Mac Dock Item Jump

Mac’s Dock notification behavior is sometimes very irritating. Dock makes the dock items which are requesting my attention  oscillate.  When i am busy in some work and i accidentally click a dock item and if the Dock item has something which it thinks requires my attention , then it just starts Jumping and never stops untill i click on it and give attention. I dont understand why it Jumps forever. Wasn’t there anything Mac developers could think and put some new kind of notification behavior. I mean let the Dock item jump for some time and if it doesn’t get any attention from user just make it stop.

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