<i>iOS notifications are as disruptive as notifications on a mobile device can possibly be. A box pops up in the middle of the display, interrupts whatever might be taking place at the time, and prevents the user from doing anything else with the device until one of two things happens — the user must either interact with the notification (dismiss it or open the related app) or turn the display off and back on.</i><p>I've never used an iPhone before, so I had no idea this was the case. This seems like a fatal design flaw. How can you just interrupt the user like that?<p>Edit: after reading about it a little online, it appears that the iPhone doesn't have an LED light that blinks when you have a SMS, email, missed call, etc. - do you really have to turn on the screen just to see if there's anything new?
<i>Then, it’s ridiculous that there is no way to close an app without saving its state. The iPhone is easily the worst when it comes to clutter in the app manager, and the solution would be all too simple. How about a long-tap on the home button to close an app, fellas?</i><p>If you're worrying about "clutter in the app manager", you're using your iPhone wrong.
<i>I also can’t add words, so the only way to get iOS to remember an unknown word is to add it to the address book</i><p>That is false, and this should be a good tip if you were unaware of the technique. Just add the words in Settings : General : Keyboard : Edit User Dictionary… No need to add them to the address book.
I disagree about YouTube; I love watching video on my iPad. I have no opinion of widgets. And he's completely wrong about multitasking; as an iOS developer and iOS user I think the iPhone's approach to multitasking is marvellous.<p>Other than that, it's all true (although, my mom seems to think that the iPhone auto-correct is great).<p>I think everyone should own an iOS device. I think the iPhone generally represents the highest-quality hardware and software that's currently available and I often recommend it to people, but it still does not come close to replacing my Blackberry as an email and messaging device, for exactly the reasons he mentioned.