So you've been bitching about no CnP, and now it might actually be here it's not good enough? 🙄
They should change this site to MacWhiners.com.
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iPhone 3.0 to Get MMS, Tethering, and Finally... Copy and Paste?
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So you've been bitching about no CnP, and now it might actually be here it's not good enough? 🙄
They should change this site to MacWhiners.com.
asdavis10
macrumors 6502
100% correct. Why be upstaged by the FCC when Apple can unveil their new cash cow and generate buzz the way they want to!
How about bluetooth file transfer and video recording the basics feature on any nokia phones. Video calls even...
zelmo
macrumors 603
Don't worry, that will never ever happen. ever.
Looking forward to news of new features in 3.0, and hoping that they will all be compatible with the current gen hardware.
Yeah, many people I know don't use their phone for email, some people have email address from Hotmail/Yahoo/Google/etc and their mobile phone doesn't support it. And many people just don't know how to use email in their mobile phone... my parents send me some pictures using MMS, because it's simple to use.
sunfast
macrumors 68020
I really want MMS. And not to send pictures - I always do that by email.
MMS allows me to send contacts to people. I always get people asking me to send them so and so's number. On my iPhone I have to look up the number, remember it / write it down and then tap it into a SMS.
On my very old SonyEricsson I could send the business card over in a couple of clicks. It's frustrating I can't do this on my iPhone
koobcamuk
macrumors 68040
unless you live in Japan, which you don't.
Doesn't matter anyway. Tethering and MMS are great; and so is copy and paste. Tethering along is amazing.
MattJessop
macrumors regular
Hm, I'd love to use the tethering option properly, that would definitely come in handy for me, and copy and paste would be nice for a change, but I'm hoping theres something big beside these features. Not that I'm complaining mind, I'm still happy with the functionality from the current 2.2 OS.
MMS would be nice, but not entirely needed, because I rarely use it, and third party apps cover this anyway.
MMS would be nice, but not entirely needed, because I rarely use it, and third party apps cover this anyway.
kdarling
Contributor
Companies can (and do) request that everything except the radio reports stay secret until they wish. So at the most, we'd find out if it had CDMA (ha!), and perhaps the overall new shape if their FCC label diagram shows it.
Even the first time, Jobs just used the FCC as an excuse to show off the phone and build up the hype for six months.
Besides, I believe that Apple held an iPhone Roadmap event at this time last year, right?
Freis968
macrumors 6502a
I hope all of these things actually do come to fruition with the 3.0 release. One of the things I really liked, besides MMS is this:
A new home screen app (a.k.a. SpringBoard), designed from the ground up for a system where users have a few dozen or more extra apps installed. Managing dozens of apps on the iPhone today is simply a pain in the ass.
I could not agree how much a pain in the ass it is to manage the apps.
A new home screen app (a.k.a. SpringBoard), designed from the ground up for a system where users have a few dozen or more extra apps installed. Managing dozens of apps on the iPhone today is simply a pain in the ass.
I could not agree how much a pain in the ass it is to manage the apps.
Ted13
macrumors 6502a
Excellent post. I'm sick of hearing stuff about how Flash is coming to the iPhone. I'm at the point where I'm beginning to suspect that Adobe has its employees spreading "Flash on the iPhone" rumors on various forums. I just don't see where else this stuff is coming from.
QCassidy352
macrumors G5
According to...?
Wait, let me get this straight. You're going to be upset if the DO put in MMS and C&P? Because it will prove how "pathetic" they were all along? So it would be LESS pathetic to NOT put in these "2002" features?
I know there's just no pleasing some people, but this is really above and beyond.
TimUSCA
macrumors 6502a
The need to send someone's phone number would also be fixed with copy and paste... I've needed is many times for trying to copy a number from an email to my address book or for the very reason you stated.
Bye Bye Baby
macrumors 65816
Tethering will come at a price. If we already have unlimited data in our contracts, I certainly don't want to extra.
People try to send us MMS images of our 10 month old nephew a few times a month and we never get the images. So, there's always that.
The fact that my in laws have figured out how to send a picture message yet I can't receive it drives me up a wall.
Chupa Chupa
macrumors G5
Nope. Even if Apple shows off h/w (so far they've only billed it as a s/w event) the FCC report doesn't give details on anything but basic functionality. It's no secret that Apple will refresh the iPhone or that it will be 3G or have WiFi. The only aspect the FCC could "upstage" Apple on is the case, and that isn't what Apple is telling everyone will be shown. This isn't an iPhone event, it's an iPhone software event.
Would just a firmware update be enough to give digital compass support? Also, C&P would solve the lack of forwarding in sms.
1Zach1
macrumors 65816
My prediction:
It won't have MMS.
It won't have Copy and Paste (or it will but it will be really screwed up)
Tethering will be like all AT&T phones and cost $30 a month with a 5Gb cap.
It will have a new way to sort Apps that will disappoint and confuse everyone.
People will complain constantly, yet still buy the new IPhone or upgrade the OS.
But it doesn't matter, even if it had all this stuff people are already complaining.
It won't have MMS.
It won't have Copy and Paste (or it will but it will be really screwed up)
Tethering will be like all AT&T phones and cost $30 a month with a 5Gb cap.
It will have a new way to sort Apps that will disappoint and confuse everyone.
People will complain constantly, yet still buy the new IPhone or upgrade the OS.
But it doesn't matter, even if it had all this stuff people are already complaining.
My mom and dad use MMS occasionally. They both have some cheap Samsung phones, no smartphones. They don't want e-mail on their phone, they barely know how to e-mail. It's easy enough for them to take a picture, select a contact from their list and hit send.
Ive had copy and paste, mms & tethering on my iphone for a long time.
So this just confirms that the iphone is playing catch-up to the alternate scene (jailbreak community).
Apples restrictions and "recommendations" on how they forcefully push their view on how your phone should be used is really annoying.
Anything to brake the apple chains that are making microsofts look like shoe strings is welcomed with open arms.
So this just confirms that the iphone is playing catch-up to the alternate scene (jailbreak community).
Apples restrictions and "recommendations" on how they forcefully push their view on how your phone should be used is really annoying.
Anything to brake the apple chains that are making microsofts look like shoe strings is welcomed with open arms.