I am recent convert to Apple at my desktop and I am a huge fan of Apple products in general. Not quite a FANBOY, but lots of respect none the less.
But...
iphone OS 3.0's new user features are nothing special. Quite frankly, most of the items they demo'd as new features are 'old' features when it comes to the phone market. Apple making such a big deal about it was to take some steam away from Pre's release but ....cut and paste? push notification? Flash?...oops.. no Flash. Turn by turn? And my personal favorite, Landscape Keyboard. So did someone finally here my screaming about the weakest feature on the iphone? Come on, this part of the announcements was just Apple hype, pure and simple.
BUT...
The big news, from my perspective, continues to be the maturing of the development environment and the HUGE development community that the platform continues to spawn. Absolutely incredible. And the soon to come third party accessory capability. Tremendous. The upside from these three items assures huge growth in sophisticated apps and connected devices. Now, for those things, I CAN"T WAIT!!!
But...
iphone OS 3.0's new user features are nothing special. Quite frankly, most of the items they demo'd as new features are 'old' features when it comes to the phone market. Apple making such a big deal about it was to take some steam away from Pre's release but ....cut and paste? push notification? Flash?...oops.. no Flash. Turn by turn? And my personal favorite, Landscape Keyboard. So did someone finally here my screaming about the weakest feature on the iphone? Come on, this part of the announcements was just Apple hype, pure and simple.
BUT...
The big news, from my perspective, continues to be the maturing of the development environment and the HUGE development community that the platform continues to spawn. Absolutely incredible. And the soon to come third party accessory capability. Tremendous. The upside from these three items assures huge growth in sophisticated apps and connected devices. Now, for those things, I CAN"T WAIT!!!