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iPhone OS beta 5 today?

Maybe Jobs is going to anounce something cool tonight during his interview and they are waiting to release the beta until after its anounced? Yes, it is unlikely, but it wouldn't be a bad idea considering the release of the Evo on the 4th. Maybe it would get people to hold off on purchasing it until WWDC?
 
This all hangs on when the new iPhone is released for all we know it could be like 29th (probably not) but we will see today if there is or isn't one.
 
lostprophet894 said:
Makes a lot of sense.

I see another beta being released after the announcement of the new phone and introduction of the features that haven't been revealed.
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There was no beta after the announcement of the 3G or 3GS, I doubt it will change this year. WWDC will bring announcement of the new phone and the GM build of 4.0, among other things.
 
vizkiz said:
It will probably be two days before the new phone goes on sale, like last year. I hope they do it differently and release it 5 days after instead, to alleviate the strain on Apple's activation servers for the new phone. As I recall, there were still problems last year when the 3GS was released. I know most of it was from all of the new phones being activated, but some of it was also from people trying to get 3.0 activated as well.

I believe GM build is the same as the build released to consumers.
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i hope they release os4 to 3g/3gs more than 2 days before, let us get it on and out the way then release the new iPhone :)

also gold master will prob come out right after the keynote so people can start using it in the dev community. am sure gold master was out the same day on previous os's....
 
andythursby said:
i hope they release os4 to 3g/3gs more than 2 days before, let us get it on and out the way then release the new iPhone :)

also gold master will prob come out right after the keynote so people can start using it in the dev community. am sure gold master was out the same day on previous os's....
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If Apple wants newcomers to the iPhone to have a pleasant experience from the start, they will wait to release it until after the new phone comes out. Having to wait at the store for longer than necessary to activate would be a major PITA and would be a start off on the wrong foot between Apple (or AT&T) and new customers.
 
i hope it gets released the same day as the new iphone. wow that was fun with OS 2.0 and mobile me and iphone 3g all on the same day. everyone remember that cluster F***?
 
For reference:

June 9, 2008
  • iPhone 3G announced at WWDC
July 10, 2008
  • iPhone OS 2 gold master leaks onto torrents
July 11, 2008
  • iPhone OS 2 released officially
  • iPhone 3G released

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June 8, 2009
  • iPhone 3GS announced at WWDC
  • iPhone OS 3 gold master released to developers
  • iPhone OS 3 gold master leaks onto torrents
June 17, 2009
  • iPhone OS 3 released officially
June 19, 2009
  • iPhone 3GS released

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June 7, 2010
  • iPhone 4 rumored to be announced at WWDC

If last year is any indication, we should see the GM released next Monday (June 7), making a 5th beta unlikely.
 
You cannot always follow the patterns of Apple. They only release GM builds when they think it's completely done. There is no timed schedule for this kind of stuff. Same goes for their products. This is the main reason Apple quit MacWorld. They hate having to rush a product to show off something they aren't quite done with yet.
 
shirwan72 said:
Ten bucks and my left Nut says we'll see Beta 5 today!!
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Steve Jobs is sitting somewhere showing someone his iPad saying "I was going to release Beta 5 today but I saw this post. Can you imagine when midnight comes and I cost this guy his left nut hahahaha." He then takes another drink of his Starbucks coffee and someone says "At least he does not work at Foxconn hahahah" Steve is not amused.
 
sdm1985 said:
Or we could have seen all the betas for 4.0 or today being the last one. I wonder how many other apps will come as standard with 4.0

- FM radio
- GameCentre (is this an App)
- iChat
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FM radio-

may be. May be a HD radio? It may be hard for some to believe but there are people who still listen to the radio.Plus with HD radio you can have access to radio talk shows.....


Game Center

Yep. This should come right out of the box with 4.0

iChat

Yep. The interface will be much like the MMS,
 
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