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iPhone OS 4.0 Preview Event Scheduled for This Thursday
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Anybody think we will see some sort of integration with iPad built into iPhone os? The ability for them to communicate in some way?
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JFreak
macrumors 68040
We've seen operating systems multitasking for way less RAM pretty effectively. Welcome 1998 when 128MB was luxury, 64MB was common and seeing 32MB or even 16MB was not unheard of. They all did multitasking and 64k colors easily. Fast forward +10 years and today nobody remembers the past 😛
I know what you mean, but AT&T DOES allow tethering -- just not on iPhones. If you've got a BlackBerry, you can do it. It may cost $30, but you can do it. My former roommate's girlfriend did it with her BlackBerry while over at my place.
I'm really not sure why AT&T is still holding out on this, but that's likely why the CDMA iPhone rumors are popping up. It's beyond stupid by now.
i clicked positive because...
i just clicked "positive" because there were 444 positives.
In old Asian superstition number 444 is a bad luck.
iPhone OS 4.0 is great news for me if Apple announces iPhone for Verizon this summer....but until then, I care less about it.
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is it because i'm a newbie that my vote doesn't count?...it's still 444
or is it the curse of number 444?
alright...sorry for being so lame 😛 i don't believe such things
i just clicked "positive" because there were 444 positives.
In old Asian superstition number 444 is a bad luck.
iPhone OS 4.0 is great news for me if Apple announces iPhone for Verizon this summer....but until then, I care less about it.
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is it because i'm a newbie that my vote doesn't count?...it's still 444
or is it the curse of number 444?
alright...sorry for being so lame 😛 i don't believe such things
JGowan
macrumors 68000
After seeing all the evidence, it's clear to me that the reason that we didn't see Stocks, Weather, Clock, Calculator, Compass, etc on the version that shipped was for several reasons (I believe):
#1) More time to make them even better than their iPhone counterparts. If this was another company, no one would care, but it's Apple so their judged more harshly and with less room for error.
#2) There, I think, will be the Dashboard feature. Perhaps they needed more time to get that ready.
#3) A wonderfully easy way for customers to tap into the thousands of free widgets already on Apple's website. They're just sitting there and I believe it makes sense for Apple to get them in use.
#4) Most importantly, if they wait for this widget type of extension, Apple gets to tout a really nice chunk of FREE to existing owners and to entice potential new ones to open their wallet. We all get the update and if it was ready on day one, it would be just we knew and expected,... if they tell us nothing and then give it to us, it's like our "stock is paying dividends" -- our investment is quickly giving back to us and that is a great feeling.
#1) More time to make them even better than their iPhone counterparts. If this was another company, no one would care, but it's Apple so their judged more harshly and with less room for error.
#2) There, I think, will be the Dashboard feature. Perhaps they needed more time to get that ready.
#3) A wonderfully easy way for customers to tap into the thousands of free widgets already on Apple's website. They're just sitting there and I believe it makes sense for Apple to get them in use.
#4) Most importantly, if they wait for this widget type of extension, Apple gets to tout a really nice chunk of FREE to existing owners and to entice potential new ones to open their wallet. We all get the update and if it was ready on day one, it would be just we knew and expected,... if they tell us nothing and then give it to us, it's like our "stock is paying dividends" -- our investment is quickly giving back to us and that is a great feeling.
At that time 640x480x16bit was high res fotos, systems swapped constantly to disk and having a "movie" longer than 15min would eat most of your HD. Dataset where nothing compared todays standards. Open a few images taken on a todays normal consumer camera and see your old system slowing to a crawl.
ivladster
macrumors 6502
I don't think you're not funny at all. Posting for the sake of posting is getting pretty old.
anthonymoody
macrumors 68040
Since I'll be using my iPad as my primary computer, a more robust file system is priority #1 for me, moreso than multi-tasking.
I really need a way to get docs in/out of the cloud and iWork apps, whether online or off, and organized with more specificity than a single, flat file structure.
I really need a way to get docs in/out of the cloud and iWork apps, whether online or off, and organized with more specificity than a single, flat file structure.
TheSpaz
macrumors 604
I think what people are trying to say is... by today's standards, 256MB isn't a heck of a lot. I don't think it leaves Apple much room to expand.
killerrobot
macrumors 68020
TheSpaz
macrumors 604
Indeed. Just like with harddisks. Like when the 8MB harddisk was introduced. Everybody was like "Wow, that's a lot! How can I ever fill that up?"
Sure, there's a difference with now a days but iPhone OS isn't a full desktop OS so with the 256mb the iPhone has it's possible. Just don't expect to much... it's still Apple. 😉
Nah. Nobody but developers talks about the name of the OS anyway. And iTunes is too much of a brand name to change. There are tons of products where the name became obsolete but it was too well known to make sense to change it.
Is much really known about it yet? Pricing, release date? Battery Life? Size, weight, resolution, other specs?
it will stop calls from angry gfs and wifes
will drive my car when i get smashed
will tell us our friends hands when we play hold em
will drive my car when i get smashed
will tell us our friends hands when we play hold em
Bought an iPad, lack of multiple user accounts makes setting up email for my girlfriend and I impractical at this point. Multiple user accounts please Apple!!!
Depends what you mean. They already can, just look at what happened with the Scrabble game.
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/engadget-demos-1000-game-of-scrabble-using-ipad-2010045/
azentropy
macrumors 601
When the 3.0 Software picture was out, it was a blueprint. It looked like if Apple was working on the things consumers were missing. And this 4.0 picture looks like its mysterious, and has a serious side into it. Thats why only the leg is showing and the rest is the shadow of the 4. Its like if Apple is trying to prove to us that this is a big deal in the software and that theres gonna be a different side to it, and maybe Mr.Jobs is trying to prove himself right with the A+ iPhone.
