How do I stop the caller ID popping up when someone texts me?

"I'm sorry, but that is not a satisfactory response. "

You asked. He answered.

". Does Apple think we need to respond to incoming text messages the second they arrive?"

There is now way to know what "Apple thinks", unless they announce it.

You can leave feedback for them at: http://www.apple.com/feedback

" Do they not think their iPhone could be used in a professional setting? "'

Absolutely:

"Among customers who use their smartphones primarily for business purposes, Apple ranks highest with a score of 803, followed by RIM BlackBerry (724)."

http://macdailynews.com/2009/10/08/jdpower_apple_iphone_ranks_highest_in_smartphone_user_satisfactionagain/

"- Apple's iPhone yesterday again took first place in J.D. Power and Associates' smartphone customer satisfaction rankings.

Thursday's announcement by J.D. Power was the iPhone's fifth consecutive win in the firm's semi-annual ratings."

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214790/Apples_iPhone_again_tops_J.D._Power_satisfactionranking

What is there to address?... you can't turn off the preview... it is what it is. Complaining here will get you nowhere as we are users just like you.

Tell Apple... http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

If it's that important to you, go buy an Android or BB. Personally, I don't see what the big deal is about a name preview.

I'm sorry, but that is not a satisfactory response. Remove a friend from your contacts, so that instead their phone # posts unnecessarily to your screen, and you're still forced to deal with the intruding popup?

The message should queue in the messaging app, period. Does Apple think we need to respond to incoming text messages the second they arrive? Do they not think their iPhone could be used in a professional setting?

Is there a work-around for this issue?

Thanks,
Keith

So you can't address the issue. Or won't. Both Blackberry and Droid implementations do these basic things.

Is this a known issue? Have I just arrived to the twilight zone as the only person who would not want to be forced to deal with a text message immediately?

I sincerely apologize.

I'm just dumbstruck that I can't disable popups on this thing. I do not want to share personal information while at work. It's just a deal killer to me, and I REALLY like this phone, otherwise.

I mean, I just searched the AppStore for 'popup killer', and it returned a silly little game as the result!

Are they preventing developers from implementing a so-obvious solution that needs to 'be'?

Is this a 'jailbreak' thing, which probably means I would need to look elsewhere?

Thanks,
Keith

The 'big deal' is that I am using this phone at work.

I find the text alert to be an intrusion. A collision of personal life into work life.

Why send an impression to a superior or peer at work unnecessarily?

Keith

"I'm just dumbstruck that I can't disable popups on this thing"

None-the-less, it is very true.

"Are they preventing developers from implementing a so-obvious solution that needs to 'be'?"

Apps have to operate in their own sandbox. They cannot have control over iphone core functions/features. ANy change would have to come from Apple, NOT an app.

Again, you can leave feedback for Apple on the link twice given.

Thanks. I did use the form to submit a request.

Apps use core functionality like GPS, etc..I don't see how or why this could not be implemented. A business decision was clearly made to not allow SMS/MMS texts from being blocked. Email and Calendar can be blocked, but not text.

I'm just sitting here, exactly on the polar opposite side to that decision.

Thanks,
Keith

The iPhone is not for everyone. Obviously, the text notification is a real problem for you but it's not for the vast majority of users. Perhaps a different smartphone would work better for you. I hear that Androids are very customizable. A friend has an Atrix and it seems pretty nice.

"I don't see how or why this could not be implemented"

Just because you do not see it, does not make it any less true.

". A business decision was clearly made to not allow SMS/MMS texts from being blocked"

True.

"I'm just sitting here, exactly on the polar opposite side to that decision."

Reasonable. Leaving feedback as you did is the course of action to take.

I came over from the Droid 2. I left the Droid for Apple due to battery.

I just never thought such an obvious user control would be omitted.

Maybe I should hang out with better friends, but occasionally I will get texts from friends during the day. That's quite all right. So long as I only have to visit my text app to see the messages. Seeing them in a force-the-issue way is such a different way than how I would've gone about implementing this.

I got this phone a few days ago. Honestly, I'll probably just return it for the Thunderbolt.

keith

I'm sorry but the response was very satisfactory keithroby, nothing is forcing you to immediately respond to a text. You can simply hit close if you don't want to read the text message at work. I get text messages and alerts all the time and I work in a very professional environment and have never had a single issue with people complaining. In meetings my phone is on vibrate so no one even knows.

If you don't like the phone simply return it, but coming on here and asking a question and then calling answers unacceptable is ridiculous. So the choice is deal with the Apple's provided notifications, complain to Apple, or buy another phone, but acting like a spoiled kid to a bunch of people trying to be helpful is absurd.

The only thing I know you can do is turn of the preview, otherwise, I believe you will have to deal with the name showing.