| michael_stutzer said: There is indeed customization in IOS if you consider changing vibration patterns and wallpapers as customization. You can change the brightness or sound settings too. That Chrome browser is useless, there is no point in using it over Safari. I've already said that in my original post but probably you didn't read it. There is a huge speed difference and it will always be like that because of the restrictions on third party browsers. If you like how Chrome look you can use it over Safari, I guess. You can't change most of the system apps, my apologies there. Of course there are many camera apps that have various effects and so on, my apologies for saying that. Keyboard and messaging application are a few of the things you can't change. If I am still wrong on that please correct me. Though a simple Google search tells me that you can't change anything without jailbreaking your device. You have to jailbreak it to change the colors it seems: http://www.ehow.com/how_5920783_change-sms-text-message-bubbles.html . Customization at its best. On my friends Iphone 4 I can't save the email attachments and here is another link that says the same http://www.iphoneforums.net/forum/jailbreak-applications-tweaks-70/ios-5-save-email-attachments-tweak-31124/ Maybe it was just because I am new to the phone. |
I did read your comment about the other browsers, but I was not sure what you meant by it. I was not aware there were restrictions on what third party apps could do in this area. In my defense, CHROME does have a decent rating on the apps store of 3.5/5.0
I am not sure what you mean by keyboard applications, but I know you can use many different messaging apps on an iphone (skype, yahoo, etc.) But maybe that is not what you meant. If you are talking about changing text bubble colours, I can do that using Messages on my iMac, can not see how to do it on my wife's 3GS, and I am not sure if iOS 6 will or will not do that. TBH, it is not high on my priority list either way.
As for saving email attachments, I have to apologize for my statement on that. It seems my wife was only referring to image attachments that she can save. Those are the only email attachments she gets. Further research on my part shows that other file types can not be saved without the use of an app like EVEREADER (free).
Thank you for this mature conversation! I am really learning about smart phones, and it will help me to make informed decisions.
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