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Jeffco8 
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 01:19 PM
The lack of allowing landscape mode with emails is the iPhone's biggest weakness. I am sick of scrolling back and forth in every email just so I can read it!
Why this is not a built-in feature is beyond me.
Why this is not a built-in feature is beyond me.
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 01:41 PM
Get these while they are still available, before they are removed for "duplicating functionality".
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 01:54 PM
You missed out my favourite, Easy Email. I tried Easy Writer first but then Easy Email came out with more options. Like some of the other, there is a subject box. You can also choose different fonts, sizes and colour. It also allows you to save frequently used replies or openings to a draft library and you can use it to write and reply to emails. On top of all this, it's free.
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 02:03 PM
Mr. Frakes - you've left out my favorite, however, I've only discovered apps like these in the past three days...
"Easy Email" by rockifone.com - wide layout, drafts, different fonts, different colors, a Special Characters shortcut (to 40 unique characters) augmenting the press-character shortcut, and a slider that allows the writer to change the font size! And, the tap of a button pulls up a Draft Library of about a couple of dozen text snippets that can be appended and edited.
To top that off - it's currently free (at least Easy Email was still free when I checked a few minutes ago...). It doesn't have a spell checker, which would be really cool. There's my 2 cents!
"Easy Email" by rockifone.com - wide layout, drafts, different fonts, different colors, a Special Characters shortcut (to 40 unique characters) augmenting the press-character shortcut, and a slider that allows the writer to change the font size! And, the tap of a button pulls up a Draft Library of about a couple of dozen text snippets that can be appended and edited.
To top that off - it's currently free (at least Easy Email was still free when I checked a few minutes ago...). It doesn't have a spell checker, which would be really cool. There's my 2 cents!
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 02:37 PM
montgomery_burns said:
Get these while they are still available, before they are removed for "duplicating functionality".
Can you cite an example of an application that was available but later removed for duplicating functionality?
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 03:02 PM
RobK said:
So what's the bottom line on these apps? All the ratings are lukewarm. Call a winner here so I can try it. :)
Wide Email earned a four-mouse rating and I wrote, Wide Email is currently my favorite landscape-keyboard email app. I think that's pretty clear ;)
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 03:09 PM
sheilanolan said:
You missed out my favourite, Easy Email.
Indeed I did. I'll cover it separately in a follow-up.
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Posted 05 November 2008 - 07:46 PM
Chiming in after my earlier comment - I tried Firemail, then deleted it. The app seemed a little buggy after a few crashes, but I stuck with it until I added about five "snippits". Adding snippits added labelled "buttons" that just kept getting stacked upon one another - after adding 5 snippits, the sixth snippit button couldn't be selected - it was above any selectable portion of the screen in wide mode (the fifth button was partially obsured by the top of the iPhone's screen). Try it - you'll see what I mean...
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 08:23 AM
bonesb said:
I tried Firemail, then deleted it. The app seemed a little buggy after a few crashes, but I stuck with it until I added about five "snippits". Adding snippits added labelled "buttons" that just kept getting stacked upon one another - after adding 5 snippits, the sixth snippit button couldn't be selected - it was above any selectable portion of the screen in wide mode (the fifth button was partially obsured by the top of the iPhone's screen). Try it - you'll see what I mean...
While I had no crashes, I really missed that snippet problem (I had only 3 snippets so far). You are right about it ? that's nuts. Think I will go with Easy Mail as well.
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Posted 09 November 2008 - 08:54 AM
Apple does not reject these apps for "duplicating functionality", so I guess Apple does not have any plans for Mail to have a wide screen keyboard any time soon.
