New to Forum, new to iphone

pjminkow · Jan 7, 2012

I have just taken the leap from Android to iphone and am trying to find equivalent apps in Apple that I found useful on my HTC Incredible. Particularly, apps that link the calendar, clock and volume silencer. My favorite work related app in Android was Silence During Meetings which automatically muted my phone when a calendar event started. I can't find an Apple equivalent. Is there one? Also, is there an app that automatically silences at specified hours of the day and then unmutes at a specified hour?
Thanks.

Rik756 · Jan 7, 2012

The short answer to your questions is no, there is not.

Here's an excerpt from a post I made just a couple hours ago to a guy asking about switching over from an HTC Hero to the iPhone.

I came over from the HTC Hero to the 4S and the phone itself is an amazing upgrade as hardware goes. The speed and smoothness of the 4S is leaps and bounds ahead of the Hero. With that said, there are some really simple things that I think Apple really missed the ball on.

I didn't realize how much I used the dedicated back button until it was gone. The same applies to widgets. I really miss some of mine being right on the home screen.

The App Store for Apple is controlled by Apple, not users, so 1. you have pay for FAR MORE apps than you did with Android and 2. there are few fewer actual utility apps that allow you to adjust, modify or control settings on your phone.

For example, with the Hero you could set up silent profile, vibrate profile and a loud profile. With the iPhone you have two choices- silent or loud and the settings you can adjust are minimal on either. I REALLY miss using apps like Missed Reminder (custom notifications for missed calls, texts emails etc) and I miss SMS Alert which allowed me to set custom virbration settings for texts, emails etc. No such things exist on the iPhone or the app store unless you are jailbroken.

If you plan to jailbreak, you might wait a month or two and see if the 4S is successfully broken and if all the Cydia (jailbroken app store) apps are fully functional. If you're OK with only 8gb of space (for people that don't store lots of music or movies 8gb is more than enough) the iPhone 4 is a great choice and already IS successfully jailbroken.

Instead of HTC sync, you'll have to use iTunes to sync your phone and or transfer pics back and forth unless you use iCloud, which I do not. Too buggy for me.

You are limited to the type an amount of *themes* you can use and there are several icons that you cannot delete from the iPhone (newstand and some others I think) but that is just a minor annoyance for me.

Anyway- Yes, the iPhone is a great upgrade but the above are some things that I wish I would have known before I bought. I would have either gone with the iPhone 4 or maybe even stayed with some other Android.

With my Hero I could have everything on vibrate and use custom vibration settings. On loud I could have my ringer on loud but everything else still on vibrate so it would not make any text sounds. There is no such thing on the iPhone and no app that allows you to get it. Waiting for the jailbreak is the only possibility. With the phone on loud, there is no way to disable the sent text "whoosh" sound either.

I love the phone and it really was a huge upgrade speed-wise, but I think the app store is far inferior and the lack of user control is sad. Then again- that IS why there is such a strong jailbreaking community for the iPhone and these guys are great! We just have to wait our turn with the 4S.

Rick