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This AT&T/iPhone monopoly is hurting sales big time. Other cell carriers need to come on board. Like t-mobile.
It would be way nicer to test my apps on my own iPhone rather than relying soley on other people...
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And how do you know that?
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And how do you know that?
Indeed, hardware jumps would be welcome.
I agree, I still have my Original iPhone mostly because of the way apple sell the device but also the jump wasn't that great (apart from the jump from very old tech to standard tech with 3G which they scrimped out on the original iPhone). If apple add a few more hardware changes such as a better camera and better battery life with upped specs might tempt me to switch.
However the updates I would like are mostly software based.
Some more details revealed:
-Sometime in mid-December 2.1 users were often found to wear black turtlenecks or black t-shirts and jeans
-The names Steve and Jonathan were often attached to the 2.1 devices.
- 2.1 devices were found to google "How to get out of Macworld in one piece" repeatedly at the end of December.
-Sometime in mid-December 2.1 users were often found to wear black turtlenecks or black t-shirts and jeans
-The names Steve and Jonathan were often attached to the 2.1 devices.
- 2.1 devices were found to google "How to get out of Macworld in one piece" repeatedly at the end of December.
Yawn! Wake me when Apple's 'push notification service' goes online. I'm sure there's a netbook running around Cupertino along with a slew of other products in development. And a summer release would be consistent with what we know of Apple's refresh cycle for the iPhone. But let's not forget that Apple hasn't delivered some key features that would drive even more iPhone 3G sales. I know more than enough people who won't but an iPhone because of the lack of copy and paste as well as MMS. As well as SMS forwarding. And don't get me started about deleting individual recent calls. Looks very suspicious to have no incoming or outgoing calls. These seem like pretty basic features to have missing on the best smartphone on the market.
Hurting sales for other providers, you mean? Last I checked, the iPhone 3G hit 1 million units sold in only a few days. The third-gen iPhone should sell about a million within five days.
Yes, AT&T is the Phone Borg. None of the other two (soon to be one) major GSM telecoms are any better.
And there won't be a CDMA iPhone.
Whatever it is, it will make people forget about the Pre!
My guess is it will have at least very fast processor, more RAM, front facing camera, better digital camera specs, HD video recording, and 802.11n wireless. My other guess is that Apple will start allowing limited background applications (maybe one or apps at a time?!) since push notification is more than 4 months overdue.
My guess is it will have at least very fast processor, more RAM, front facing camera, better digital camera specs, HD video recording, and 802.11n wireless. My other guess is that Apple will start allowing limited background applications (maybe one or apps at a time?!) since push notification is more than 4 months overdue.
Tbh, that in itself surprised me (I'm not arguing the point). It's really quite a large difference - certainly from the user's point of view a far larger difference than, for example, between a MacBook 3,1 and a MacBook 4,1.
Heh - what if this 'new' device is called iPhone Macro?
Actually larger, not smaller?
Closer to what we might call a 'tablet,' but nothing like any tablet we've ever seen/used.
That said, software updates can be pushed out at any time. So save all the Copy/Paste & MMS type of requests.
What hardware tweaks do you/we most want to see?
I don't know why so many in the Apple community have this idea that the Pre is bad for the iPhone. The iPhone is battling the likes of WinMo, Blackberry, and even Nokia. Devices like the G1 and Pre will help to loosen the grasp that those other devices have. iPhone owners aren't jumping ship for G1's and even the Pre when it comes out. Not to mention competition will only help to make the iPhone better. There are only so many fires that WinMo and Blackberry can fight at the same time before being consumed.
[Schiller] noted that Apple marches to certain annual product cycles: the holiday season (Novemberish), the educational buying season (late summer), the iPod product cycle (October), the iLife development cycle (usually March), the iPhone cycle (June).
I am not saying the Pre is bad. In my opinion, the Pre would have been an excellent iPhone competitor last year. Palm chose the worst time to release their phone because everyone knows that Apple will most likely release their new iPhone between Jun and Aug. Unlike last year, where Apple was under pressure to release the 3G iPhone, I think now Apple had enough time to focus in new and innovative features and test new technologies.
I agree with you to an extent, but I can promise you that Blackberry isn't going anywhere anytime soon. In many ways, Crackberry addicts are just as devoted to Blackberry as we are to Apple products. Besides, there is PLENTY of room for Apple, BB, and Android. Big picture-wise imho, Palm is the one that really needs to worry. If Pre doesn't go anywhere, Palm is seriously done.
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didn't the iphone drastically help ATT's subscriber base... and wasn't that on the front page a few days ago?
Copy/paste and MMS =/= Hardware enhancement.
these features will come but this is not what this rumour is about. Possible new hardware includes iChat video with front facing camera (?), wireless charging, haptic feedback for games etc.
What else do they have patents for?
these features will come but this is not what this rumour is about. Possible new hardware includes iChat video with front facing camera (?), wireless charging, haptic feedback for games etc.
What else do they have patents for?
It DOES look very suspicious. The only people that really need to delete individual calls are people who are cheating on their gfs/bfs/spouses. I would figure that the security pin# lock should be sufficient enough to hide any personal information, in the same way that user log-ins do for Mac OS X. It's probably part of Job's agenda to keep the iPhone pure and untainted, like not having porn apps. I could see him spinning it as "not needing to delete history" being that there's up to 16GB worth of space on the phones, perhaps up to 32GB when the new one comes out. I'd actually like to be able to keep longer phone call histories in my opinion, like Safari does for internet histories in Mac OS X.
I'd like to see you complain to your significant other about how you can't delete individual calls (assuming you have one).
For the same reasons there is an iPod Nano. Because there is a market for a lower priced, less featured Apple phone.
My Prediction....what is yours?
Name: iPhone 3g Pro
Mem: 16GB, 32GB
WiFi: 802.11 b,g,n
Cameras: Front and Back, both supporting video capture mode, 4MB pixel
Screen: 3.5 inch LED, 540 by 360 resolution (special graphic drivers will ensure backward compatability with 480 by 320)
Yes...I know...these are easy predictions...what's on your wish list?
Name: iPhone 3g Pro
Mem: 16GB, 32GB
WiFi: 802.11 b,g,n
Cameras: Front and Back, both supporting video capture mode, 4MB pixel
Screen: 3.5 inch LED, 540 by 360 resolution (special graphic drivers will ensure backward compatability with 480 by 320)
Yes...I know...these are easy predictions...what's on your wish list?
Sure, this is all speculation. But an awful lot of people have original iPhones. Like me. In June, I'm either upgrading to a new iPhone (newer than the already old iPhone 3G) or I'm holding on to my original iPhone. I've had my iPhone since June 2007. I'll have it until 2,1 materializes.