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Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 Media Event: 'Sneak Peek Into the Future'
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Tethering that doesn't rely on proxies or bluetooth? It seems as long as AT&T refuses the tethering, apps like Netshare are not allowed on the app store (globally). That is the only thing really missing at this point for the iphone or the ipad. As soon as it becomes available, Apple has another customer in me.
Sounds to me like you predicted multitasking. Like every other Tom, Dick and Harry on this board. Only you repeated it a few times, noisily blew your own trumpet, then sat back and waited for the Kudos to roll in. But as you say, I'm no developer so maybe you're as amazing as you seem to think you are. If so, then Kudos.
I just want one feature!
When I am using RunKeeper or Nike+ and the phone rings, can I answer it, talk and have the application still run?
It is so annoying how it stops. I mean, what if you are walking and want to talk while having the app keep track of your distance???
When I am using RunKeeper or Nike+ and the phone rings, can I answer it, talk and have the application still run?
It is so annoying how it stops. I mean, what if you are walking and want to talk while having the app keep track of your distance???
Apple did nothing of the sort, they specifically point out that others have been there first. Hell, Apple got there first for multitasking on handhelds with the Newton.
Glad i have a 3GS now too, that was pretty lucky.
I have a 3GS. Im pissed only because of the obvious ripoff. I honestly don't care about multitasking. The thing that drives me nuts is that they can easily make people buy the new iPhone without having to resort to this kind of maneuvers.
NO, it's because the crappy version everyone else had wasn't needed. The absolutely AWESOME version Apple has implemented is absolutely, positively needed.
Yes, but one kills your battery, I can't see doing two. Or did they finally fix that issue?
I have a gmail account pushed to my iphone through exchange and my battery seems the same as before I had it.
I wish I knew...I'm not a developer, I didn't mean for it to come off that way. I know a developer, and have read success stories from the early gold rush at the creation of the app store.
Not enough memory. 3G has the same memory as the 2G - 128M which is already too little for many applications now. That's why I predicted it would only be on 3GS+.
256M apx. triples the amount of RAM available for third-party apps vs. 128M, due to system and native app overhead.
Of course there wasn't since it needed the new iPhone which wasn't announced yet.
yeah this could be possible with OS 4, at least it sounds like a reality soon from what they said on the keynote!
No way to close apps?
So the last question in the Q&A was about closing apps in multitasking. Steve's answer was "In multitasking, if you see a task manager... they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have to think about it." But with folders I can have access to 2000+ apps.
I think the new hardware will be great, but I don't believe that it'll run 2000 apps at once. Curious how this will actually work...
So the last question in the Q&A was about closing apps in multitasking. Steve's answer was "In multitasking, if you see a task manager... they blew it. Users shouldn't ever have to think about it." But with folders I can have access to 2000+ apps.
I think the new hardware will be great, but I don't believe that it'll run 2000 apps at once. Curious how this will actually work...
Isn't technology just a bitch? Why won't everything just stay the same year in and year out - not moving forward or advancing?
Get a grip. People have a choice. They don't have to buy a new iPhone. They can stick with their old one. Only the geek community really cares about multi-tasking anyway. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head. They are simply moving progressing forward.
No proxies involved at all - you can connect either by Bluetooth (which creates a personal area network), or via the USB cable (in which case it appears as another network adapter). It works really, really slickly and in the background (you just get a notification on the status bar like the in-call one)
You can't support old hardware forever... You have to discontinue it at some port. If you want the new features upgrade. Same things when newer versions of anything come out. Whether it be Game Consoles, GPS, Camera...anything.
It's not Apples fault you are using older technology. My girlfriend just got an iPhone and I wouldn't let her get the 3G because I knew after this year when the new one comes out she will be 2 generations behind and lose out on future features.
You know I was not expecting any of the usual Hardware info like: New Iphone, New MacBook Pro's or when the exact date for the iPad 3G will be coming out. I do have one major beef about all this. Steve Jobs and Company do not usually open up to Q and A that often and these A S S Clown Media people asked some of the worse questions ever. Major FAIL go to the clown that was pushing his own website to Apple.
Glass half empty kinda guy....huh?
Steve
Sure. Glass is always half full for Steve because he makes sure he always has at least half of your glass
Yes, "enhanced" means they added local notifications. The demos showed the old style notifications are still there. It is doubtful they would hold something like that back. Plus, rebuilding the notification system would probably require some major changes to the API. For sure they would announce these changes at the dev event if they were happening.