Apple to Preview iPhone OS 3.0 on March 17th

[Ping Guo]

are you seriously saying there aren't lots of good apps?

Personally I regularly use Currency, Fieldrunners, Solebon, Wordpress, removem and all of them except Wordpress (which is crasholicious) are good.

I would say the majority of free and $1-$2 apps suck. Or they are OK to play with for a couple hours but end up getting deleted soon after. And I'm not the only one:

California, February 23: Scrutiny of above 30 million downloads from Apple’s App Store by Pinch Media has revealed that only 30 percent of people who purchase an iPhone application essentially use it a day after it is bought.

Moreover, the numbers further drop to less than 5 percent 20 days after the users download an application. The decline is even more prominent in case of free applications.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/1...f-life-of-an-iphone-app-is-less-than-30-days/

Let's see the lessons learned from SL development applied to the iPhone OS: leaner, faster, smarter. Less eye candy and "look what we can do with GPS" junk and more focus on the stability and usability of core features.

Wish list:

• Landscape text and email
• Contacts search
• Copy and paste!
• Faster web browsing/improved wifi

 

[rez07]

Current hardware can do so much more... 128mb of RAM, like the competition shows, should be enough for true multitasking, no need for a new iphone

So i hope they really are revamping the OS completely, besides adding all the stuff missing

Hope 3.0 will be like this

http://www.najle.com/idaft/

 

[sl1200mk2]

The new 3.0 software + hardware in July better be an absolute stunner otherwise I'm off to get a Pre. I love the iPhone device itself, but ATT's sub-par performance makes me long for Sprint again which was always very good for me. I rocked a Treo 650 on Sprint for several years and had no problems with them at all. The Pre is one sexy looking device and Apple definitely has some competition to keep them on their toes.

Apple -- you need to wow me like you did with iPhone 1.0!

 

[TheSpaz]

Does anyone remember a few months back, apple filed that patent about the new "locked screen"?

If they implement push notifactions, obv there are going to be more notifications, so the "locked screen" would start to get crammped, i.e. with text messages, missed calls, voice messages, IM's etc.

If I remember rightly, the plan was to give the "locked screen" some sort interactivity, so you can select on of the notifications and go straight to that app, i.e. an IM, text etc. obv after unlocking it.

That could be part of the update to the OS, that'd be pretty major and warrant the 3.0 status (along with push).

Just a thought

Good point. I forgot about that one.

The PALM probably scared Apple into previewing OS 3.0, something that they wouldn't normally do. Apple know it's software, not hardware that's gonna keep them on top so I'm expecting something that would totally trump The Palm Pre OS.

Apple did this same exact thing last year... before anyone knew about the Pre. They preview BIG software updates, but small ones are just released when they're released. Apple does the same thing with Mac OS X releases. They ALWAYS show off the next big upgrade before they ship it.

 

[bruinsrme]

MMS I could care less about (I think it'll be phased out in a few years anyway in favor of push email), but cut and paste is a must.

What I love most is when friend sends an MMS messge from their $40 phone and then when I see them ask if I got it.

remind me again why we can't get MMS as a standard feature on the iphone? Is it because one day in the future something will replace email, MMS, and texting?

for me 3.0 needs to blow my socks off. August is my break even point between ETFs and the 3 phone resell values.

 

[richmonddjs]

I see some have stated a charge for touch users to update (2 in the immediate family here), for some reason that if it is so great, I bet there will probably be a charge to upgrade to 3.0 for the iphone too.

 

[BTW]

Somebody call the fire department. Apple is on fire!

They've definitely been on a big spree of releasing some good products.

Now let's see who hosts this Apple media event.

 

[sam10685]

Very good, although I won't touch it until 3.1+ is eventually upon us.

I'm doing the ssame with Safari 4... that sounds beyond excellent but I'm going to wait for them to update the update. (I also will probably get a new computer.)

 

[Peace]

Somebody call the fire department. Apple is on fire!

They've definitely been on a big spree of releasing some good products.

Now let's see who hosts this Apple media event.

Scott Forstall

 

[olternaut]

The PALM probably scared Apple into previewing OS 3.0, something that they wouldn't normally do. Apple know it's software, not hardware that's gonna keep them on top so I'm expecting something that would totally trump The Palm Pre OS.

I concur wholeheartedly.

While the average apple fanboy will defend Apple to his last keystroke, and try to flame a competitor's tech no matter HOW good it is, I betcha Apple took notice of the WebOS.
In fact, if Apple was smart (and I believe that they are) they should have downright freaked when they saw what Palm's WebOS could do. Apple now has to beat Palm to the punch and debut their own next gen multi-tasking mobile OS that is simply superior to all of the competition.

Steve Jobs and Apple will settle for nothing less!

 

[str1f3]

Good point. I forgot about that one.



Apple did this same exact thing last year... before anyone knew about the Pre. They preview BIG software updates, but small ones are just released when they're released. Apple does the same thing with Mac OS X releases. They ALWAYS show off the next big upgrade before they ship it.

the big and main difference this year is that steve won't give it. people wouldn't be surprised if apple gave this announcement this early if steve would give it. most would have assumed that they would want to wait for steve to give it when he comes back in june.

 

[_Refurbished_]

I highly doubt we'll have to wait for the new iPhone to be released. Apple learned their lesson last time releasing 2.0 alongside the 3G. Not only did they have to deal with a huge product launch (with tons of issues), they had to get their software working correctly...which took months.

To me, this sounds like they are aiming to release 3.0 ahead of the new iPhone, so that when the device is released, a stable software platform will be available. My 2 Cents.

 

[firewood]

I can't wait to NOT get the following:

Copy and Paste
MMS
Video Recording
Wide Screen Texting and Emailing
Custom SMS tones.

Congratulations. Your guess is likely the most correct one here. Apple would not have a developer press conference for Cut & Paste. So it, and the other stuff on your list, won't be included.

What we'll possibly get instead is (more) multi-resolution support for the UI, and maybe something like Google Gears to support an easier conversion of web apps (compliant with the latest HTML5 stuff) into installed offline apps. Maybe, if we're lucky, better calendar integration and a "new improved"(tm) version of the Fat Mac Switcher.

in my cat's opinion...

 

[fishkorp]

I see some have stated a charge for touch users to update (2 in the immediate family here), for some reason that if it is so great, I bet there will probably be a charge to upgrade to 3.0 for the iphone too.

No, it's an accounting issue. Apple has to charge for major software revisions for the iPod Touch (they charged for 1.x to 2.0), but the OS update is factored into the accounting practices for the iPhone, so all iPhone OS updates are free.

 

[kmcrawford]

Just a preview on the 17th. To be honest I wish Apple would wait until the actual release of the firmware to reveal all of the secrets of what's to come. This is unlike Apple.

This is very much like apple, but I agree I wish it wasn't a preview.

 

[jackfrost123]

Fantastic news, great to have glimpse, out of the blue news too, no one saw that coming, maybe the mid march event rumor was about that.

 

[str1f3]

Scott Forstall

i like scott forstall but he can be really boring. my personal favorite is ive but this is not his field. hopefully after steve leaves, ive is the frontman on  announcements.

 

[TheSpaz]

iTunes 8.1's secret feature: Supports iPhones running 3.0 software.

 

[sers]

Copy and paste, please Apple....

That's all I want and this will make netbooks even more irrelevant.

Even if we don't get it, I'll still love my iPhone.

 

[szark]

Also, it seems the "shuffle" part of the iPod function plays some tunes more than others. It's not really random.

I've noticed that too, gets old fast when you've only stuck a couple of gigs of music on it.

Actually, that indicates it IS truly random. After the iPod plays a song, it could potentially choose ANY song in your library to play next, including the one it just played.

If it only played each song in your library once in a random order, that wouldn't really be random.

 

[mistafro]

I can't stand these Apple haters and complainers!! The iPhone changed the whole mobile industry, brought REAL internet to your phone, and so much more and all people can do is bitch about it not having MMS or copy n paste!!
If it wasn't for Apple we'd have the same old cell phones from Moto and Nokia that you use for just calling people becauase the OS isn't even worth bothering with!

I bet OS 3.0 is going to leave the competition eating dust and playing catch up for another year and just when they release their 2.0's copying everything Apple did in 3.0, BAM 4.0 and they play catch up again!

Also I bet copy n paste will make it's way into OS 3.0 in a way that no one has thought of.

June will bring a new iPhone that will once again amaze.

Credit needs to be given, not too mention they have trounced Nintendo and Sony in their own yards by creating the freshest, coolest new gaming platform and Apple did it when it was an afterthought really.

Quit bitching and give credit to Apple's game changing development teams.

 

[Marvin1379]

I can't friggen wait! They are doing this to have developers have 3.0-compatible apps ready to go on launch day. I want to see so bad what they will be adding...

Release for 3.0 and next gen iPhone has to be in June sometime. That's when the 1st gen contracts are up w/ AT&T!!

 

[thestaton]

I wonder if this will be a free upgrade? I honestly can't see them doing anything that would make me want to forget about jail breaking my phone.

 

[dizastor]

So does anything think we'll see iPhone 3 (WTH are they going to call the next one?)

iPhone HD

 

[lazyrighteye]

Just a preview on the 17th. To be honest I wish Apple would wait until the actual release of the firmware to reveal all of the secrets of what's to come. This is unlike Apple.

Generate buzz?
If buzz = worthy, that may hold some potential buyers over until launch that may have gone with a competitor sans the preview.