Could original IPhone and 3G users be left behind by developers?

[ODog4523]

Anybody else thinking that as software developers make new and amazing apps for the 3GS and OS 3.0, users of the first two versions of the device could be left out?

Obviously, a lot of the new apps that come out will require features like the digital compass and video recording to operate properly, but what happens when other newer apps start to require the hotter processor, faster GPU, and extra system memory found in the 3GS?

Could we be staring down a situation like the desktop PC market...hot sh*t today, obsolete tomorrow (maybe not obsolete, but you get the idea)?

Are we going to have to start paying attention to "system requirements" in the app store?

 

[shrimpdesign]

Maybe some game developers who need the better CPU/GPU of the 3GS, but there's not really a good reason to leave behind 1G iPhone and iPhone 3G users, especially since they'll get a free update to 3.0.

So, no. I don't think it's going to be a big problem.

 

[ODog4523]

Yea, I'm sure it'd be mostly game makers pushing the envelope.

Of course Apple and AT&T have a good reason to push the first IPhone and 3G into the dinosaur age...so people HAVE to buy the new device!

 

[The General]

Yes. Any development platform could be left behind by developers.

 

[dukebound85]

Yes. Any development platform could be left behind by developers.

while they could, it be insane to do so considering the user base of these phones and ipod touches atm