3G iPhone with GPS, Video Conferences, TV?

[Chef Medeski]

😱 No 3G in the US?!?! We have had it here since 2003! I remember the first 3G phones, I have one, the Motorola A835, as big as a brick, the shape looks like the "banana phone" iPhone spoof from GTA 4 and the battery lasted less than a day! Got it £25 brand new of pay as you go, though!

No he means no one else has a good network. ATT has a quite expansive network. T-Mobile is only just starting to build one. The other 3G Network, Verizon would not work with the iPhone cause its CDMA. So effectively ATT is the sole working network.

 

[t0mat0]

Since when was DVB-H new news?

This was a possibility in April and before - ever since the SGOLD3H chip was linked to the 3G iPhone.
Nice to have everyone on board, courtesy of an "unnamed" "source" from Swisscom... Cough cough Schiller cough cough.

 

[PowerFullMac]

No he means no one else has a good network. ATT has a quite expansive network. T-Mobile is only just starting to build one. The other 3G Network, Verizon would not work with the iPhone cause its CDMA. So effectively ATT is the sole working network.

Bit late aint ya? All networks here support 3G, except maybe one or two... 😛

 

[w00master]

Orb released OrbLive which is Live TV in every sense of the word. What ever my cable is showing at home, I will see on my phone. Any channel i want.

Except that there's no desktop Orb client for the Mac - it's Windows only (for now). Which means that w/o a Desktop client for the Mac, using Orb on the iPhone for a lot of us is worthless.

Also, I've always found Orb on the windows side to be slow and a HUGE cpu hog. People complain about Flash all the time has never had to deal with Orb before. Note, I do love Orb as a concept, but they really need to optimize their desktop software.

w00master

 

[skellener]

One would assume that by television it means DVB-H support. Interesting.

Ahahahahahaha! I can see it now, an iPhone with giant 8ft. rabbit ears sticking out of it! Ain't gonna work in a subway. Apple wants to sell you shows from iTunes. Don't count on this.

 

[eurisko]

The iphone... doesn't do things my 79 Eur cellphone does like, Watch TV online, send a MMS, and can also work as modem on 3g speed.(it also does copy and paste)

3G speeds in my country in the last generation devices support 7.2 mbps.
I think is quite enough to watch tv 🙂

I hope the new ipod support for 3g also improves the battery time. otherwise... i will skip it.
I just wish my ipod touch could do copy & paste.


DVB-H ? on the new ipod?! not even close. just IPTV over 3g

 

[saminsocks]

People keep saying that nobody ever uses the video conferencing on their phones in europe. While this may be true, I believe something like the iPhone with this capability will greatly/exponentially increase the use of video conferencing on phones. Millions of iPhone users will have the capability, the more phones on the market with the capability, the more it will get used. Before the iPod, very few people used mp3 players, then look what happened.

Video conferencing will probably be a big deal for some and a seldom if never used feature for others, much like it is now. I think it will be more popular if it can be integrated with other computer-based applications, like Skype or iChat. Or even a completely separate application altogether, as long as people without an iPhone can communicate with those who have one. I still don't see it being practical in a business setting (unless they make iStands, which probably won't be hard to do) but I can definitely see it being used a lot among friends who want to show others what's going on around them or with couples who are apart and one is in a place without a computer or internet access.

Also, as far as live TV goes, if it's an option I doubt there will be an extra charge for it. I would consider that to be included in the unlimited data. Most stations that would be available are free anyway, or part of a basic cable package that costs next to nothing. What does it hurt to spend a little extra to get ESPN if it means you increase your customer base by 15%?

 

[iainr]

>SLAP!<

Wake up man ! MMS is just a way for the networks to charge you the equivalent of several hundred dollars per megabyte. Send photos by email - it's FREE !🙄

or you could use a decent network which gives you such things for free. And with the added bonus of being about a million times easier and more practical for just quickly sending a photo directly to someone. I guess MMS probably never took off in a lot of places but i know i wouldn't bother buying a phone that isn't mms capable. its been around for so long that i can't believe the iphone doesn't use it, i certainly send a lot of picture messages as do a lot of people i know

 

[Chef Medeski]

Bit late aint ya? All networks here support 3G, except maybe one or two... 😛

Well I'm in Canada, and thats even worst. They just started rolling out 3G a couple months back. Only one carrier. Thats it. About 15 cities. So yeah....

I think it has to be due to the population density. US has lower population density than Europe and Canada even lower than US. It makes it harder to implement.

 

[vostok]

Hey guys ....

In my opinion , the new iPhone will have a lot of new features and applications especially after SDK release , so even if a new device (2nd generation) wouldn;t come out that would make no problem to make applications and sync some Bluetooth device for GPS.
Video conference is supported by 3G and also TV streaming through 3G , so i think there will be no TV receiver-tuner whatever , just 3G through which , each operator will offer Live TV , Video conference etc.
The battery consumption for 3G is really fast even for phones with long battery life ... so iPhone is offering on/off button for 3G not to have useless battery loss .
So the article's point i think is , that 3G iPhone ready and will be on the market soon.

V*🙂

 

[edesignuk]

It'll be unlocked almost instantly. Actually, I think it already HAS been unlocked. At least, the beta firmware has (it'll be using the new firmware).

They've done the 2.0 firmware, I know, unlocking the baseband (and this is what unlocks you to any network) could be quite another matter. They'll definitely do it, but I wouldn't count on it being instant.

 

[iMikeT]

I hope we don't see anyone crying when none of these are delivered. 🙄

 

[edesignuk]

I hope we don't see anyone crying when none of these are delivered. 🙄

3G will be delivered, no question. GPS has a high probability. TV, who knows, but then really, who cares. I can't see the inclusion of TV as being a deciding feature for many.

 

[PowerFullMac]

3G will be delivered, no question. GPS has a high probability. TV, who knows, but then really, who cares. I can't see the inclusion of TV as being a deciding feature for many.

I am not too sure about the GPS having high probability, especially after Apple put effort in to making the Maps app do flashy GPS-like stuff.

 

[twoodcc]

well this would make a lot of people happy. i hope it's true

 

[happydude]

t.v. could be cool . . . but . . . not really seeing it making me go out and ditch my current iphone to buy a new one. i'm just waiting to see what the software upgrade will do for us!! copy/paste/edit, anyone? disk mode? picture messaging? you know, things smart phones have been able to do for a few years now . . .

 

[happydude]

I am not too sure about the GPS having high probability, especially after Apple put effort in to making the Maps app do flashy GPS-like stuff.

yeah, but this was huge for those of us who bought the iphone already. apple takes care of its current customers. probably thought, "well gps in the next one, but lets take care of our early adopter peeps right now and throw them a bone." and voilá, we could find ourselves on the map.

 

[edesignuk]

I am not too sure about the GPS having high probability, especially after Apple put effort in to making the Maps app do flashy GPS-like stuff.

Apple did nothing. It's Google maps, remember? And although a useful addition, it's a long long way from being anywhere near as useful/accurate as an actual GPS receiver.

 

[newyorksole]

I want to believe all of these rumors of GPS and video recording and TV, but I just have a feeling that Apple won't deliver. I think they might be just relying on the SDK to bring in all of the buyers. I think the new iPhone will have GPS, but I don't bet on much else. I do hope I'm wrong though, I pray I'm wrong.

From the time Apple announced the iPhone until the time it was released, the only thing that changed was

1) They added a youtube app
2) They put glass on the phone
3) Changed around some minor features and display items

In 6 months that's all they did and from the release until now they added a few new things as well, but only 1 more app. So I really don't expect them to put much on the new iPhone, however I hope I'm wrong.

 

[skellener]

I hope we don't see anyone crying when none of these are delivered. 🙄

MacRumors is always FULL of people with posts like "I just bought my -insert Apple product here- yesterday. Can I get a refund?" They should really pay attention to the Buyer's Guide right at the top of the page. 🙂

 

[skellener]

In 6 months that's all they did and from the release until now they added a few new things as well, but only 1 more app. So I really don't expect them to put much on the new iPhone, however I hope I'm wrong.

Regardless of what Apple adds everything will change. It is no longer simply a device, but a platform. Developers can make apps for it (legit ones and hacks). It's gonna get interesting now!

 

[rumorsdestroyer]

yeah belive in le matin..

.. to believe in lematin is to believe like every ariticle in the british sun.. lematin knows nothing, that's just a newspaper like the german bild-newspaper who takes a mouse-story and does a elephant-story.. so don't believe them any word, they needed just some online-readers 🙂

 

[Compile 'em all]

I am not too sure about the GPS having high probability, especially after Apple put effort in to making the Maps app do flashy GPS-like stuff.

iPod touch.

 

[PowerFullMac]

iPod touch.

Actally, as finding you uses mostly the phone masts, it is much better on the iPhone, more reliable and accurate.

 

[Foocha]

Apple did nothing. It's Google maps, remember? And although a useful addition, it's a long long way from being anywhere near as useful/accurate as an actual GPS receiver.

The Google Maps app was developed by Apple using the Google Maps API, and the location service is handled using a combination of GSM triangulation and Skyhook data which Apple licensed. I agree that the fact Apple went to all this trouble makes GPS less likely in the next iPhone - not impossible though, by any means.