Too Many iPhone Apps
Yesterday, I downloaded and installed iPhone app number 102. As you can see from my screenshot, I currently have nine screens worth of apps. According to the current iPhone OS, you don’t need more than nine screens. If Apple doesn’t come out with a software update soon, I’ll have to start deleting apps.
As you can tell, I’m pretty disappointed by the iPhone’s management of applications. At this point, a Windows 3.1 interface would be an upgrade.
Apple could easily solved this problem if they offered nested applications folders that could also be customized. But with such a hierarchy, wouldn’t it just bring further complexity to the user experience?
Yes, but here’s how we fix it. Apple just needs to add some Spotlight functionality to the iPhone. Just place that Spotlight icon to the very right of the battery indicator. Users can just tap on the Spotlight icon and a keyboard would pop up. They could then type the first few letters of the app they want to run. Spotlight launches the app and also remembers that typed command for future use.
Do you have your own ideas on how Apple should tackle this issue? Let me know in the comments.
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