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PatNY · 01-12-2013, 11:28 AM

The iOS interface is terribly stale. Which would be OK if it weren't so inflexible. They gave users virtually no way to customize it except for a new wallpaper.

I jailbroke my Touch solely to get widgets easily accessible from the home screen to easily toggle wi-fi on and off. But once it was jailbroken, I customized the interface with icons, wallpaper, and custom screen and docking layouts to just how I like it. I can't go back now to the stock interface. Whenever I see it, it looks so drab and even a bit ugly compared to how I now have my Touch looking.

I'm guessing a lot of kids are finding the same thing out -- and that Android has so much more flexibility for customizing the user interface. If one of their friends has a cool-looking layout on their Android phone and they can't even change the look of their iPhone, they may want to switch.

--Pat

01-12-2013, 11:28 AM	#18
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	The iOS interface is terribly stale. Which would be OK if it weren't so inflexible. They gave users virtually no way to customize it except for a new wallpaper. I jailbroke my Touch solely to get widgets easily accessible from the home screen to easily toggle wi-fi on and off. But once it was jailbroken, I customized the interface with icons, wallpaper, and custom screen and docking layouts to just how I like it. I can't go back now to the stock interface. Whenever I see it, it looks so drab and even a bit ugly compared to how I now have my Touch looking. I'm guessing a lot of kids are finding the same thing out -- and that Android has so much more flexibility for customizing the user interface. If one of their friends has a cool-looking layout on their Android phone and they can't even change the look of their iPhone, they may want to switch. --Pat Last edited by PatNY; 01-12-2013 at 11:59 AM.