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This is what my iPhone looks like right now. No, it’s not because iTunes went crazy and deleted all my apps. I’m trying to figure out which apps I actually use.
I’ve downloaded over 150 apps from the App Store. Of those 150, I have roughly 100 of them still in iTunes. I’ve tried grouping them using springboard pages, but I find it frustrating because I don’t usually have 12 related apps. (I’m really looking forward to Folders in iPhone OS 4.)
Here’s how I have been organizing my pages:
Page 1 and 2: anything app I use a lot or that may pop up a “badge” that I want to see.
Everything else: launch using search.
Here’s the thing: I’ve gotten used to putting some apps on page 1 or 2 because I think I’m going to use them. The Phone app? I finally moved it off my Dock, but I left it on Page 1, even though I bet it’s one of the apps that I actually use far less frequently than others.
Read on for more…
Update: A hat tip to Patrick Rhone’s MinimalMac, where a version of this experiment appeared in January.
TUAWStarting from zero on the iPhone home screen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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