8 Things the iPhone 5 Still Can't Do

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I'd be dumbfounded if they didn't have SOME way to do video output.

AirPlay. I use AirVideo to pipe video (any format including AVI and MKV) stored on my server to the TV all the time. Audio too, for that matter.

Plugging a phone or an iPad into a TV across the room seems like ~2003 when I had RCA cables going from my laptop to my stereo.

AirPlay was supposed to be some kind of published standard, but not a lot of AV outfits seem to have picked it up. They're trying to get rid of cables and connectors all together at this point, which is the way of the future.

we'd love to be able to carry the same amount of content around with us without having to pick and choose what stays at home.

It's called iTunes match. I can get to all my music whenever I want.

Either of these do require digging a little deeper into the whole Apple ecosystem than just buying one thing without any additional services, but it all works really really well together.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DaveNull

Either of these do require digging a little deeper into the whole Apple ecosystem than just buying one thing without any additional services, but it all works really really well together.

What if we don't want all of the additional services? What if we just want the device to work like every other device we have? Oh that's right, Apple can't gouge us for money if they allow that.

I've got the same types of services with Google as well as on my own NAS at home.

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I've got the same types of services with Google as well as on my own NAS at home.

Good for you.

What if we don't want all of the additional services?

Then you can sell monitoring and sales of your behavior to Google. Looks like that's working out for you already.

What if we just want the device to work like every other device we have?

Who is "we" exactly? Everything seems fine over here. Maybe you should think before acquiring incompatible hardware next time.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DaveNull

Then you can sell monitoring and sales of your behavior to Google. Looks like that's working out for you already.

You think Apple doesn't do market analytics using your cloud-stored data?

Originally Posted by DaveNull

Who is "we" exactly? Everything seems fine over here. Maybe you should think before acquiring incompatible hardware next time.

"We" would be those of us that don't want the invasiveness of Apple's software practices. Based on this thread alone, that would be more people than just "me".

As for how I "acquired" the device, apparently you didn't bother to read.