Comments on: iTunes 9.0.2 Offers 180+ iPhone App Management

By: AnnyGurl91

AnnyGurl91 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:08:07 +0000

nice read

By: zeke

zeke — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:16:48 +0000

There is a Swedish applet: ‘Aftonbladet’ which has a map structure. So it is possible?

By: TDB

TDB — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:15:21 +0000

I totally misread this post. I was thinking I could force a 12 home page and put my infrequently used apps there. Turns out all that does is putting those apps back on the visible home screens first come first serve in the first available spot. Wish it had worked the way I thought it was going to.

By: fastlane

fastlane — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:51:09 +0000

@icebike:

Yeah, I can see that too.

Just seems strange to do it in late 2009.. We'll see.

By: Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:40:05 +0000

"You need a life."

"There's an app for that!"

By: scottb

scottb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:15:14 +0000

This just proves we need a new metaphor on the iPhone. it was great when there were a few hundred apps, now with 100,000 and people wanting lots of them, we need folders. Simply the time to do it. I hope the next update allows for this. Pages of apps is starting to suck eggs.

By: Ivan Williams

Ivan Williams — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:57:02 +0000

Ever since this update, my iTunes keeps giving weird errors, and then I have to restart my pc (Vista). Something to do with the Apple helper service…

By: Fringgo

Fringgo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:32:30 +0000

My that many apps te phone would hardley work. There’s a reason for only 11 pages. For some reason when you have a lot of apps the phone runs slower.

By: Andrew Lih

Andrew Lih — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:29:38 +0000

NO JB REQUIRED! I get 16 pages by using this tactic! If u wanna make iPhone show more than 11 pages, just drag an app from the first page (must be a default app. eg. voice memos, weather…etc) to the last page. Then drag another app from either page 2~9 and the default app you drag will be place into the next page which you can’t see. At last, drag an app from second page and fill up the empty space of the default app. Before restarting your iPhone, check! your first page has to be full, also the last page. After all the double check, restart your iPhone or iPod Touch. You’ll get an extra page! Enjoy! P.S. Remember not to use iTunes to mange your app’s position, or you will get back to 11 pages!

You guys had posted this: http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/08/11/iphone-ninjary-11-home-screens-iphone-30/

By: JimEJr

JimEJr — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:57:51 +0000

@Loui thx... but I considered @Apps comment a sarcastic remark vs. a criticism. Even if a criticism, Apps is prob right. But, hey... I love the iPhone, the platform and the apps.

Part of the reason I have so many is that I'm in marketing, so I pretty much download every brand-oriented app, like Nationwide, Pizza Hut, WalMart, Men's Health... whether I use the brand or not. A lot of brand apps suck... so I'm looking for who gets it right (like North Face and USAA) and who does not (like WalMart and Longhorn Steakhouse).

I also have so many to uphold a reputation... many friends and family ask me for app suggestions... so I have to try as many as I can to keep informed. I actually have tried 590 so far, but again, only have 413 on board right now to get back below 472 (I removed like 80 something apps over the weekend).

As @icebike points out, Spotlight is the better method for launching than the home screens with this many apps. I pretty much toggle between the two first home screens and otherwise use Spotlight.

I agree with many others that other options are needed now for app organization be it folders, categories, tags... whatever. I also would like to see Voice Control support for launching apps; admittedly, that will only get so far, but I'm assuming at that point Voice Control API's would be enhanced so partial control of apps using voice and reading of content, by the device, to the user would be possible.