MrCrowbar
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I actually love the touch keyboard. Saves a lot of space and it guesses what I'm typing rather well. You gotta try it out for a week.
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Clearing Inventory for 'radically different' 3G iPhone?
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I actually love the touch keyboard. Saves a lot of space and it guesses what I'm typing rather well. You gotta try it out for a week.
Eraserhead
macrumors G4
If it was like that it could work for keyboard junkies. However I'm not convinced.
I think a smaller iPhone Nano could happen.
i.maverick
macrumors regular
:chuckle:
they're not going to do anything like that.
a clamshell..??
maybe later
slider w. a physical keyboard?
never.
maybe a slider with extendable screen..
meh...changes..., don't really want any radical changes. iPhone still is one of the best looking phones out there.
they're not going to do anything like that.
a clamshell..??
maybe later
slider w. a physical keyboard?
never.
maybe a slider with extendable screen..
meh...changes..., don't really want any radical changes. iPhone still is one of the best looking phones out there.
thejadedmonkey
macrumors G3
Island Dog
macrumors 6502a
Merkuryy
macrumors regular
Depend on whether next generation iPhone would focus on entertainment or business. This one will be great for those "business guys", but not so good for us pure Apple fans
You're probably right, but if an Apple employee told you this information about the radical design changes, would you publish it or suspect it was false, planted information?
t0mat0
macrumors 603
Why not just open up the use of a BT keyboard? To do a clamshell or slider - and still be as hot looking as the iPhone currently? Very hard to do. Each to their own, but would Ives okay a slider or popout keyboard style?
Why hawk old designs akin to a crackberry, when they are already aping Apple design?
Why hawk old designs akin to a crackberry, when they are already aping Apple design?
What of a clamshell dual screen liek the nintendo DS? multitouch all over, but the keyboard will take space from the bottom screen only, leaving the full webpage, txt msg, etc. on top. Also a way to multitask; 1 app on top screen and 1 on bottom.
t0mat0
macrumors 603
joegomolski
macrumors 6502
Ha!
The problem with most computer industry pundits, IS, they know crap about Apple.
Now that Apple is booming, these "procrastinators" are desperately trying to catch up, they're clueless.
Any media person who things that:
1. Apple will change the basic design of the iPhone,
2. That the iPhone will be sold with an alien extrusion should take a couple of aspirin and take a nap.
To them I say, look at the iPod, same design for years, look at the Pro tower, it's been around for years, look at the basic laptop, it's design goes all the way back to the PowerBook Titanium.
You guys need to stop talking (the media), and learn about Apple's development.
The next iPhone, black rear cover, 3G, and 32GB of storage. These predictions have talked at MacRumors, since 6/19/2007.
The problem with most computer industry pundits, IS, they know crap about Apple.
Now that Apple is booming, these "procrastinators" are desperately trying to catch up, they're clueless.
Any media person who things that:
1. Apple will change the basic design of the iPhone,
2. That the iPhone will be sold with an alien extrusion should take a couple of aspirin and take a nap.
To them I say, look at the iPod, same design for years, look at the Pro tower, it's been around for years, look at the basic laptop, it's design goes all the way back to the PowerBook Titanium.
You guys need to stop talking (the media), and learn about Apple's development.
The next iPhone, black rear cover, 3G, and 32GB of storage. These predictions have talked at MacRumors, since 6/19/2007.
Steve's BS'd us in the past. His complaint at at Macworld 07 was that the UI (keyboards) on the other smartphones were fixed and couldn't be updated for extra functions later.
That does nothing to stop him sticking a pure qwerty keyboard as an option on a pro model with the software keyboard for the rest of the range.
The UI for the the iPhone is completely on the screen, adding a keyboard doesn't break that, for Apple, or their developers.
Personally i'm very interested in seeing how they cope with the low end Nano variant. Whether it has the same size screen (you would think), whether it's just a smaller flash storage, or if they leave half the apps off, and expect you to buy them seperately if you want the functionality of the full strength iPhone.
M.
That does nothing to stop him sticking a pure qwerty keyboard as an option on a pro model with the software keyboard for the rest of the range.
The UI for the the iPhone is completely on the screen, adding a keyboard doesn't break that, for Apple, or their developers.
Personally i'm very interested in seeing how they cope with the low end Nano variant. Whether it has the same size screen (you would think), whether it's just a smaller flash storage, or if they leave half the apps off, and expect you to buy them seperately if you want the functionality of the full strength iPhone.
M.
Obviously, it seems the consensus is that the form factor redesign rumored in the article is ridiculous and very, very (can't say that enough) unlikely...
so why are we placing any credibility with their claims of the order being placed for 200,000 in May and ramping to 500,000 in June?
Personally, the article to me has no credibility whatsoever and seems simply to be a rehashing of the same internet rumors we have had for the last month...\
Besides, what good does a 200,000 unit order do anyway? That does nothing for supply, it could possible be a test production run (if it were true, which I highly doubt)...
so why are we placing any credibility with their claims of the order being placed for 200,000 in May and ramping to 500,000 in June?
Personally, the article to me has no credibility whatsoever and seems simply to be a rehashing of the same internet rumors we have had for the last month...\
Besides, what good does a 200,000 unit order do anyway? That does nothing for supply, it could possible be a test production run (if it were true, which I highly doubt)...
The only changes that seem likely for a 3G iPhone, other than 3G, are:
1) A minor external change - shiny back or whatever - to differentiate it from current generation iPhones.
2) An iSight camera on the front for video iChat, which, I'm certain, we'll see as an app for the 3G iPhone (not, obviously, the 2.5G one) in iPhone OS 2.0 - we're just not being shown the whole picture with 2.0 yet, just like with Leopard prior to WWDC '07.
3) Better camera on the back, probably 3-5 Megapixel, but I really don't think Apple take it that seriously.
Form factor will stay the same and the screen size will stay the same.
I'm not sure how tightly the processor/system-a-chip that the iPhone uses is tied to it being 2.5G or 3G but I think if the new iPhone was more powerful in terms of computational speed, graphics etc. then that would create lots of confusion in the AppStore, especially with regard to 3D games, if certain apps required the 'faster' 3G iPhone. My bet is we won't see a jump in hardware performance until June 2009.
1) A minor external change - shiny back or whatever - to differentiate it from current generation iPhones.
2) An iSight camera on the front for video iChat, which, I'm certain, we'll see as an app for the 3G iPhone (not, obviously, the 2.5G one) in iPhone OS 2.0 - we're just not being shown the whole picture with 2.0 yet, just like with Leopard prior to WWDC '07.
3) Better camera on the back, probably 3-5 Megapixel, but I really don't think Apple take it that seriously.
Form factor will stay the same and the screen size will stay the same.
I'm not sure how tightly the processor/system-a-chip that the iPhone uses is tied to it being 2.5G or 3G but I think if the new iPhone was more powerful in terms of computational speed, graphics etc. then that would create lots of confusion in the AppStore, especially with regard to 3D games, if certain apps required the 'faster' 3G iPhone. My bet is we won't see a jump in hardware performance until June 2009.
Wharrgarbl
macrumors member
teledildonics
Bloggers are paid for traffic, and they know that if they put the word "iPhone" in the title they'll get more traffic. Like using sex to sell, it's as simple as that.
If I were a tech writer, I'd write a post tomorrow about how the next iPhone was confirmed to have teledildonics built in. People would digg it, debate the merits of phones with teledildonics, and I'd get a nice fat payday because of my popular post.
Bloggers are paid for traffic, and they know that if they put the word "iPhone" in the title they'll get more traffic. Like using sex to sell, it's as simple as that.
If I were a tech writer, I'd write a post tomorrow about how the next iPhone was confirmed to have teledildonics built in. People would digg it, debate the merits of phones with teledildonics, and I'd get a nice fat payday because of my popular post.
I really hope it's not a black rear cover. I'd much prefer the whole thing be the anodized aluminum that it currently is. Give the option of current or all black I'd choose the current in an instant - maybe they'll pull a MB on us and charge $20 - $40 more for a full black back as I would be very disappointed with the entire back being black.
I'm also hoping for GPS as the locate me functionality is more fun than useful and has never been precise enough for me to really rely on it for my current location.
Anyway - I think the first part of the article could be right about production but the second part is obviously way off base...
nice to see pedantry is still alive and well
you honestly had no idea that he was referring to the ipod touch?
yeah, rrrright...
🙄
you honestly had no idea that he was referring to the ipod touch?
yeah, rrrright...
🙄
in terms of product image management it would make sense to introduce new design for iphone at this point. the iphone sales have been pathetic in europe and the current form factor is stuck into the minds of consumers as expensive and reduced functionality solution. adding 3g chip and changing the color of the backside won't be enough change the image customers have so there's risk of the new iphone facing the same fate as the first one.
same way hes supposed to know what
"htf" means... >.< iTouch is a famous acronym for the iPod touch.
supremedesigner
macrumors 65816
Oh? So you are the writer from that website? Tryin' to convince them to go to your website? Pffffft. He should get another job and he don't know anything about Apple. What a crock... haha (i mean both of you guys) 😀
