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Reached max apps, now what Apple?

They need to do something with the springboard for sure. I personally have three pages so I've still got a way to go, but it's difficult to organise your apps in its current form and I often have to go hunting to find the one I want.

They should introduce the ability to have folders of apps on the springboard. I know Catagories does this if you jailbreak, but they need to do it natively. To me (and I know I'm going to get shot down for saying this) the menu interface on the iPhone just feels very basic and is time consuming.

I'd like to be able to find all my games under one folder, and if I'm looking for some GPS app to go into a Navigation folder and find it, etc. I know I can group my apps of the same kind together, but it just looks like a jumbled mess and requires me to flick through page after page.
 
sammich said:
Honestly, is the OP complaining outright about the app limit because he really needs more room? Or is he just masking his bragging with the question?
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Yeah, I'd say it's a clear cut case of backdoor bragging.
 
Aurial said:
They They should introduce the ability to have folders of apps on the springboard. I know Catagories does this if you jailbreak, but they need to do it natively. To me (and I know I'm going to get shot down for saying this) the menu interface on the iPhone just feels very basic and is time consuming.
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Good response.

Apple is slowly being forced into expanding our capabilities with commonly used solutions. They seem very reluctant to admit that what works for other devices, also applies to theirs.

The need is obvious to a child. Even the App Store is split into categories.
 
As much as I agree that somebody should be allowed to have as many apps as their iPhone or iPod touch can hold, there is no way that you would use all of those apps. Find the ones that serve no real purpose, the ones that serve very little purpose, or the ones that you would never really need and delete them.
 
I haven't jailbroken my iPhone 3G, so I don't know what categories does.

I suppose what you want is something like a stack? An icon which, when pushed, will mask out other icons and display the stack contents. I don't see any reason Apple couldn't implement this, except the idea that the springboard is icon-based, and uploading custom icons isn't an ideal solution. Apple could include some icons, but inevitably people will have applications in categories for which there isn't an icon in the phone.
 
doodads said:
Damn....I'd hate to see what your house/apartment looks like if you have the same philosophy for your home.
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Lol:) My homes happen to be in good order. I'll add another point to the couple I've made thus far and again please revisit post nr 10. Why have this great device and not be able to use it to it's fullest capability. I'm sure most will download more than 130 apps, so because iPhone has limit, one has to pick and choose what to carry with them. Maybe somewhere, someone is working on an application called Apps:), a place to store them all and then you could have a page or few of favorites, yet they would all still be with you.
 
I have 3 pages of apps and I can't find any more useful apps on de App Store.

I don't think using the iPhone to it's full capacity means filling it up with apps you don't use.
 
mavis said:
Agreed. It's the only real solution.
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Unless the OP doesn't want to jailbreak, then it's not at all a solution. I don't think there is ever going to be one solution that everyone will like. I think that an 'official' version of that app or something similar to Stacks would work but then maybe other people would rather have a limitless amount of pages to swipe through.
 
Small White Car said:
I think this will EVENTUALLY be a problem that needs fixing. But today? I don't see it.
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Certainly soon.

You get roughly one page of apps as standard with the iPhone; and in just 2 months I've added 3 more pages; all of which I use at some point every week. At this rate, I'm going to max out by end the end of the year - I'm not surprised people have used all 9 page already.
 
Do you limit the number of applications you install on your computer? No, of course not. Do you limit the number of websites you visit? Because a lot of these iPhone 'apps' are just replicating the functionality of a website, optimised for the iPhone interface. In fact, on the subject of websites, if you put a web clip down on a home screen, that's one of your app slots taken away.

There definitely needs to be a better way of browsing through home screens on the iPhone.
 
For the record, you CAN install more apps, you just won't have direct access to them. They get pushed to 10+ pages (and you can only view 9 pages). In other words, the apps at the bottom of the 9th screen will get bumped to the 10th page and disappear. You get them back if you restore your phone or reset your phone (and clear space for them on the 9th page!)

Some use this method to get rid of the stocks app, etc, since you can't actually delete it but you CAN move it to the 10th page. Once again, the trouble is that if you reset the apps come back.

Useless trivia I know.
 
I dunno man ...

100+ apps, plus all the bookmarks you can set (ie. web apps) seems like A LOT of functionality to me.

I mean, I don't even have 100 apps installed on my DESKTOP, for crying out loud.
 
Intent of OP was to evoke tomorrow outside the box thinking / moving away from the holdings and trappings of yesterday. We've paid nice dollars for our iPhones and continue monthly via AT&T, and now Apple brings us a store for apps. But, even though you're spending $$ for some apps and oh by the way, buy as many as you want, but sorry, you're only allowed to carry 9 pages of them with you, and another oh by the way, the home page will count as one of those nine. :)
 
cellocello said:
I mean, I don't even have 100 apps installed on my DESKTOP, for crying out loud.
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Really? I have 131 items in my Applications folder, but many of those are folders themselves, some with dozens of apps inside.

Just fired up CleanApp: 204 applications installed.

Anyway, even if you don't personally use that many apps, it doesn't make the OP's problem any less relevant. ;)
 
I don't even understand how this is up for debate. How could anyone argue they are in favor of a limit on the number of apps you can have on your phone? It makes no sense at all - might as well limit the number of songs you can carry while you're at it! Please give me on good reason why you want Apple to artificially cripple the storage capacity of your phone? Seriously... I'm at a loss for words.
 
I don't know why anyone is lambasting the poor chap. It makes sense to be able to install applications until there is no more room for them, rather than be limited by a certain number of "pages". Imagine having a computer where you could only install 50 applications, even though you had room for 500.

I totally agree with milani and others.
 
mavis said:
Really? I have 131 items in my Applications folder, but many of those are folders themselves, some with dozens of apps inside.

Just fired up CleanApp: 204 applications installed.

Anyway, even if you don't personally use that many apps, it doesn't make the OP's problem any less relevant. ;)
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Ya, homie. Not on my desktop at home, and not on my laptop at work either.

Some development stuff, some office stuff, and all the usual utilities and odds and ends does not add up to >100 for me (certainly not >200). I probably use like only 30 or 40 applications on a day to day basis, tops.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for openness and the ability to install 600 (or 1100, or 3900, or whatever you feel you need) apps. But I'm not bothered by the 100+ app limit, and I'm sure most users aren't as well.
 
Don't worry, Apple will be bothered about the 130 app limit when they stop selling stuff through the App Store because people can't fit them onto their iPhones/iPods. ;) Something tells me that limit will be lifted soon enough.
 
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