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Clearing Inventory for 'radically different' 3G iPhone?

no way they would change the design. just the r&d would cost too much having just recovered from the expense of creating the first design alone would make it a bad move. not to mention the brand identity they have with the current design and the fact that they've put so much of their credibility into the design of not having a regular tactile keyboard . . . not gonna happen. it may take on a slightly modified form - maybe slimmer, different angles of rounding off corners, different metalic finish . . . i doubt even those, but def not a radically different design.
 
corrado7 said:
spell it right next time. htf am i supposed to guess what your talking about.
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What? I've never even seen 'htf', maybe put things in terms everyone can understand before blasting someone for something you obviously understood.

For example, your post in proper writing would look like:
"Spell it right next time. How am I supposed to guess what you're talking about?"
 
a keyboard, that is so 2001, come on times, stop saying ******** all around :lol:
 
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8100/4.2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

I would really like to have an iPhone that is about the size of my blackberry pearl, same iphone form just smaller and in more than one color
 
Adding a keyboard to the iPhone would be like adding a second physical mouse button to the mighty mouse!
 
MikeDTyke said:
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.
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You mean like a landscape-oriented keyboard for mail/sms/notes/etc.? That's a long-overdue 'update'.
 
Oh, i am sad now. I hope they don't have those things(flip, keyboard etc..) I was wishing to get the iPhone from England at 26th of April but i guess when my friend goes there the store will say: Sorry we sold out. That is my luck. do you think also that they will run out until that date? (LONDON)
 
Keyboard...

Well... as much as I love my iPhone and am happy that I don't e-mail as much as I used to do with the Blackberry (Quality of Life improvement), the two issues I really hope get addressed in the next generation are a rotation lock (so you can use it lying down in bed without it constantly trying to change orientations), and some kind of improvement to the landscape keyboard.

The keyboard in general is a pain with some of the auto-corrections, but the entire display is practically gone when you are in landscape mode. A real keyboard would eliminate this problem, and improve my text entry experience. Barring that, a significant software improvement is needed.
 
semi clamshell mockup

For all of you who don't understand how the clamshell could make the screen bigger, doesn't everyone remember this fan mockup? :cool:

iTalk

Probably one of the better ones that were out there. Of all the features that this one has, I like the anti-gravity mode the best! :D
 
I am amazed at people who prefer physical keyboards over the iPhone's virtual keyboard. I have used both extensively and IMO the iPhone's is sooo much better than a physical keyboard for so many reasons. I really hope these rumors aren't true.
 
Memzee said:
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I feel like this needs the text "I WANT TO BELIEVE" underneath the pie.
 
The QWERTY keyboard issue you may not think it would happen, i hope it doesn't the touch screen keyboard is set up beautifully. But Jobs is a little "wack" in the head throws tantrums and digs up ideas that he hated and ridiculed in the first place just because. I am in canada and actually thinking about getting a BB Curve because its growing on me. There is no doubt in my mind that the iphone 3G is going to have noticable differences though.
 
slffl said:
I am amazed at people who prefer physical keyboards over the iPhone's virtual keyboard. I have used both extensively and IMO the iPhone's is sooo much better than a physical keyboard for so many reasons. I really hope these rumors aren't true.
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Agreed! I have used the sidekick, and blackberry keyboards in the past. Adding a physical keyboard will make me NOT want to upgrade.
 
Having a Qwerty keyboard will admit defeat for Steve Jobs and Co.

Don't see it happening though. As little as a few months back, at the SDK Roadmap presentation, was it not Phil Shiller still saying something to the effect 'how cool and easy' it is to use Apple's iPhone touchscreen keyboard?!
 
I don't think anyone suggesting that they will, or that it would be a good idea to, add a physical keyboard is suggesting that it would be the only model or across the board on all models. Apple will definitely have a model that is touchscreen only (in addition to the iPod touch). People are talking about it as expanding the iPhone family to more models. Nor would it even prevent you from you using the touchscreen keyboard. Keep it slid in, touchscreen keyboard; slide it out, physical keys and more real estate. I don't get why people are feeling so militant and worried about it. Those happy with the touchscreen will still have that option.
 
Eraserhead said:
No it isn't, that would be an improvement.
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One thing i WOULD like is if they had the firmware and plugins for a ihpone dock so if i am (for example) on an airplane can dock my iphone, pop out my ultra thin foldable full sized keyboard and be a ble to write a long email draft without getting thumb cramps. If not the way i am typing, i will have arthritis within the next several years:(.
 
3G is the major change. Nothing else is needed, except for a slight colour change or it becoming the same thinness as the iProd.

The only reason it hasn't sold as many as Apple may have been expecting is the (comparitively) high price.
 
rdrr said:
Agreed! I have used the sidekick, and blackberry keyboards in the past. Adding a physical keyboard will make me NOT want to upgrade.
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couldn't agree more. I think this is how it is going to be;

1st possibility: Steve Jobs will announce the 3G iPhone in WWDC 2008 June, 3G will have 8GB,16GB and the 32GB options. And the normal iPhone will have a new version of 32GB. Also the 3G one is going to be out on Asia without a sim-lock, and finally we will see the iPhone in all European countries without a lock or something in 3G. The new one will never come to the market in US. The US one will remain locked in AT&T. UK and other European iPhones will be sold out or collected from the market and all Europe will use the new iPhone. All Europe i mean all the way to Greece and Turkey.

2nd possibility is Jobs will not announce it, they will just do the thing silently with an announcement online. And the biggest new thing on the phone would be a 2nd camera on the front.(even that's possibilities are low) or a color change.

BTW i except a new photo app. in 2.0 update, and also a video shootable one. And maybe finally bluetooth may work to share photos and send them via bluetooth or something. Bluetooth only for headphones and accessories are ridiculous
 
For there to be an actual keyboard on an iPhone Jobs would have to eat a lot of crow. He hates to do that, and will fight an actual keyboard until the end.

IMHO, the new phone will not change at all visually (minor trim, maybe), but it will change by adding new tech (3G, GPS?, more storage, maybe a faster/more power efficient proc).
 
After Steve destroyed physical keyboards at Macworld 2007, I think that the chances of him placing a keyboard on the iPhone are... unlikely, to say the least. More like impossible. The power of the iphone lies in its ability to change the UI, and one element of the UI is the keyboard. So I don't think that the iPhone will ever have a physical keyboard. The OLED keyboard patented by Apple may be more likely, as it could change the look of the keys/keypad. But then it would simply be another touchscreen.

A better idea than a physical keyboard would be to put a landscape keyboard in every app, except without the "previous, next, done" buttons/banner at the top. That way, business users could get the larger keypad in apps other than Safari, such as notes or mail, and it still has all the benefits of the touchscreen.

What I really want to see in iPhone 2.0 would be a landscape mode of every standard app, and the homescreen (the icons could simply turn sideways, and the multiple screens could swipe sideways, or take the "wheel" look, where you scroll up and down.

Some really nice "possibilities" would be the dual-sided transparent multi-touch surface, the full-body touchscreen, or a "haptic" AND multi-touch screen.

Either way, the iPhone is still the most advanced cell phone in the world. Its design is impeccable, and the form factor is excellent (although thinner would be cool). I can't wait till June (new MacBooks) and the iPhone 2.0 upgrade!
 
This is all BS.

The iPhone design is a winner. If they modified it will be a slightly change. Nothing like these guys are predicting.

Qwerty keyboard? what a joke!:eek:

I predict the 3G with
16gig and 32 gig
Better camera and hopefully GPS.
 
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