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First REAL Information about 3G iPhone!

Well, I need GPS. I'm either going to buy an iPhone with GPS or an iPhone without GPS and a TomTom. I'd rather not carry 2 devices around but if needs must. I'm not the majority of the market by any means but I'd still love a location system that works instead than the current iPhones method.

Personally I don't care much for the thickness. I love the feel of the iPhone in my hands over an iPod Touch. Make it a bit lighter by all means.
 
raggedjimmi said:
Well, I need GPS. I'm either going to buy an iPhone with GPS or an iPhone without GPS and a TomTom. I'd rather not carry 2 devices around but if needs must. I'm not the majority of the market by any means but I'd still love a location system that works instead than the current iPhones method.

Personally I don't care much for the thickness. I love the feel of the iPhone in my hands over an iPod Touch. Make it a bit lighter by all means.
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Same, I have a iPod Touch but whenever I hold a iPhone I like the feel of it much better!!!
 
Diode said:
No GPS = no buy for me.

I've got access to plenty of wifi networks that 3G alone won't make me upgrade.
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I hope they dont have GPS. All i need is a bulkier battery draining form of the iphone. A dongle i can understand, but not built in. Those Nokia's with GPS are huge!
 
Diode said:
No GPS = no buy for me..
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I don't understand this whole GPS in a phone fascinations either. I've got a Garmin Streetpilot and I use if only when driving. Sure they can be useful off road (handhelds) but you don't use them as much as you think you would. I'd rather keep it out of the phone to save the battery (Garmin's much larger battery only lasts 4 hours) and size. People want this thing to do everything for them including wipe their butts!
 
brinycbri said:
I hope they dont have GPS. All i need is a bulkier battery draining form of the iphone. A dongle i can understand, but not built in. Those Nokia's with GPS are huge!
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GPS is included in the functionality of the Broadcom chip (Gold3, aGPS). No bulk is incurred due to its addition.

The Nokias are big due to battery/design/other issues.
 
I'm a little upset by the price too, 8GB of memory has been around for awhile and I don't think the price is justified anymore... but I'd still pay. Damn you Apple!
 
QuarterSwede said:
I don't understand this whole GPS in a phone fascinations either. I've got a Garmin Streetpilot and I use if only when driving. Sure they can be useful off road (handhelds) but you don't use them as much as you think you would. I'd rather keep it out of the phone to save the battery (Garmin's much larger battery only lasts 4 hours) and size. People want this thing to do everything for them including wipe their butts!
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For us people without GPS it eliminates the hassle of buying one.. For one thing I really doubt your Garmin gives live traffic updates or sigalerts, something GPS on an iphone could provide... Combine GPS with the SDK and im sure people will come up with some crazy apps.

People want everything on one device. Jobs is more concern of making the iphone a companion tool rather than a typical phone.
 
impact_blue said:
For one thing I really doubt your Garmin gives live traffic updates or sigalerts
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https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=134&pID=385

"The StreetPilot c550 adds plenty of options to the easy-to-use, preloaded c510 and c530, including hands-free calling, included traffic alerts and an MP3 playe"

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=213&pID=8580

"Receive door-to-door directions while staying on top of weather, traffic and localized information with the StreetPilot c580. Similar to the c550, StreetPilot c580 comes with hands-free calling, preloaded maps and an MP3 player, then takes it up a notch by adding dynamic content from MSN® Direct."

Seems Garmin has the traffic thing down just fine.
 
MikeDTyke said:
Er, i wouldn't trust Steve Jobs on a stage. That balls out liar has claimed there was no point to having video on an iPod, no need for a colour iPod and that no one wanted an FM radio in their ipod. He then turned around and offered all 3 (exception the FM radio is an optional extenal dongle).

The reality distortion field is true, stare into his eyes for long enough and you'll believe anything he says. :D

M.
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Where did he say those things though? Interviews, yes. In front of an audience on a stage, no. While there have been exceptions they mostly have only been because the Apple bigwigs have changed their minds about something (not lying). An example would be 64 bit Carbon Apps, hence the reason no 64 bit Photoshop CS4. :(
 
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