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iPhone 3GS, Marble Delayed, Tablet Exists?

wizard said:
Really the forums and rumor sites have been a little to quite especially the weekend before. New iPhones are expected immediately but yet there has been very little in the way of solid leaks. Sad.

As to the low end machine I expect that this will be a reworked model to allow even lower pricing. I could see them making it a 3G only device with no WiFi or GPS support. Plus they might find it useful to update the SoC to something a bit faster. Of course if iPhone OS 3:0 takes care of the speed issue maybe they will keep the processor. It is just that they could reduce the digital circuitry to a single module.

In any event i'm hopeful that we will see the fruits of PA Semis labor. I know many don't think they have had the time yet but I suspect they where well along before Apple bought them out. In the back of my mind though I don't see them working on iPhone chips, to many commodity solutions there. I see bigger products as their reason for being brought into the fold.

As to Snow Leopard I kinda wish it was ready now. The hope hear is that it will come with accelerated drivers for video playback on my early 2008 MBP. I want some OpenCL goodness to hold me over until my next hardware update.

Speaking of which if Apple gets Snow Leopard right they won't have much of a problem selling it. By right I mean OpenCL support for legacy hardware. Also things like accelerated video playback and an overall more responsive machine. Based on what I've heard there is enough there to make for much happiness.

I have to wonder how stuffed the pipes will be tomorrow when I go to download the new stuff.


Dave
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quiet because nothing much to get too excited about. we basically know the overall big picture of what to expect...and it's really not much to be excited about. sadly. hopefully, apple has something more to bring to the table.
 
I, too, am most interest in Snow Leopard. I like the idea of a speed bump for my "older" iMac (white 17" Core 2 duo). Most excited about possible retirement of 10 year old aqua interface. Wish beautiful iPhone gui were ported to OSX.
 
I'm most excited about Snow Leopard. Although, I don't really know why (it's not like as a consumer I know exactly what I'm getting).

It's unusual that nothing big has really leaked. Either Apple has really clamped down on leaks or tomorrow's keynote is going to somewhat of a dud.
 
Faster CPU, longer battery life, and CHEAPER ATT plans would be a HUGE upgrade and would likely get me to buy one finally
 
Feng Shui said:
The fact that he does not credit or cite the sources he use is disrespectful. It sounds like he is taking credit for making a summary of predictions/rumours made by other people. If you fail to understand what I wrote, then you need serious help.
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Facepalm: because explaining how dumb what you just said is in actual words just isn't possible....
 
w00master said:
LOL, it's probably why I don't get it (as I'm over 35). Then again, with AT&T's INCREDIBLE 3G network (note the sarcasm there), I just cannot see this happening. However, I've been wrong so many times in predicting what Apple will do, so who knows... :)

w00master
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you dont need internet for photobooth. On phone app. in class. at lunch. easyyyy
 
the reason I doubt the video calls is AT&T. Their network is clearly laboring under the strain of 15 million iphones as-is - just look at their data rates and their refusal to allow sling player over their network. With the new iphone, they'll have even more 3G customers. Adding video calls to that load would not be a good thing.
 
If Marble isn't coming for this version, how do they expect to sell Snow Leopard without any visual tweaks for the average joe. My mom doesn't care about Open CL or 16TB of theoretical ram. Hard sell even for me.
 
So 3.0 tomorrow or not?

Out of all the last-minute rumors and all the news the past few days, one detail has been seemingly overlooked for the past week or so. Will 3.0 be released tomorrow? Is the current rumor / belief that it will or won't be released? Really looking forward to it!
 
brendan09 said:
Out of all the last-minute rumors and all the news the past few days, one detail has been seemingly overlooked for the past week or so. Will 3.0 be released tomorrow? Is the current rumor / belief that it will or won't be released? Really looking forward to it!
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Gear Live is bold in saying it will be released tomorrow. Their reasoning is that Apple suddenly stopped sending out betas a few weeks ago and they think that it may have hit gold master.
 
NathanCH said:
If Marble isn't coming for this version, how do they expect to sell Snow Leopard without any visual tweaks for the average joe. My mom doesn't care about Open CL or 16TB of theoretical ram. Hard sell even for me.
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Maybe Snow Leopard will be a free upgrade for all people that currently have 10.5?

Just my thoughts.
 
iPhone 3.0

Thats great... could really use some copy&paste and MMS... hoping for some amazing new features, especially since having used some of the developer betas only about 50 or so of the new "user side" features have really been found. Hopefully we'll see some miraculous new things that Apple hasn't mentioned!
 
DotCom2 said:
Could the "S" stand for "Solar"?
Could a solar chip increase the battery by 15-20% ?
Could the hidden meaning of the banner wording "Light-Years ahead" mean...Light=sun=solar=iPhone 3gS??
Whattaya think?
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This seems plausible. Didn't Apple file a patent that integrated a solar panel into touch screens a while back?
 
Dud is my fear too.

jaw04005 said:
I'm most excited about Snow Leopard. Although, I don't really know why (it's not like as a consumer I know exactly what I'm getting).
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Since I have both i'm equally excited!

Snow Lopard should be a big deal for you if it delivers the goods. You should end up with an overall faster machine. If you have a card supported in OpenCL there is the potential for exceptional performance for some apps. Personally I see SL as a big deal as it lays the ground work for apps that weren't even possible before.

Of course jumping in with respect to SL isn't for everybody. So sit back and wait for the early adopters reports and the tech reviews online. See if the results are what you need to extend the life of your current Mac.

In a sense SL will effectively give certain machines an extended life. If it effectively reduces the CPU demand you win. It is possible to as iPhone is known to make extensive use of it's GPU in way that are beyound Leopard. So the potential is there to see a significantly enhanced quartz for example.
It's unusual that nothing big has really leaked. Either Apple has really clamped down on leaks or tomorrow's keynote is going to somewhat of a dud.
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I'm fearfull of a dud but then again my expectations aren't great as I have what I need now hardware wise. What would hurt is to find iPhone 3.0 delayed or SL release date way off in the future.

Of course if I find that new iPhone compelling.....


Dave
 
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