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Live Coverage of iPhone 3.0 Media Event

I WANT TO THANK ARN-MACRUMORS!

This text simplification of the event was actually better than watching it on other sites because I had to flip through pages of photos and blather if I stepped away for a few minutes.

This was excellent.
 
QCassidy352 said:
C&P, MMS, landscape email/text, push notification, text forwarding, stereo bluetooth, note syncing... wow. They really listened. 3.0 is an absolute home run. Oh, and the ESPN app looks amazing.

(and guess I'll be getting the new iphone to replace my gen 1 so I can use all the new features 🙂)
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I'm not sure that "doing stuff it ought to have done from day 1 (or at least 2.0)" qualifies it as a "home run." They're just now officially "not behind" on the feature list. It's nice, and I'm glad this stuff is coming, but let's make no mistake—two years for a basic function like copy and paste is outright absurd, and they ought to be embarrassed.
 
Finally! Copy and paste, MMS, notifications, and landscape keyboard were my big ones. I don't care for in app purchases. I can see this becoming an issue. Turn by turn GPS looks promising, I'll wait for the reviews of these apps.

Made my day!
Steve
 
audioteknika said:
"Forstall explains what data tethering is for laptops, says tethering is supported in 3.0. Also working around carriers around the world to see when the networks can support it"

If it's free, bye Jailbreak and farewell.
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He said tethering 'in the client side' whatever that means.

I fear he means that the iphone will be able to connect to a PC but a PC (or in my case satnav) won't be able to use the iphone as a modem.
 
Lkhn562 said:
11:34AM Q: Flash? What are you doing?
A: We have no announcements on that topic today. But there are a lot of video streams we can handle. h.264 works great. We're adding HDTV streaming for audio and video. We think there's a lot of great video solutions for a single clip.
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That is a big concession from the last time that question was asked and Jobs answered flatly that Flash is not an option. Sounds like they are working on it and it may be one of those "surprises" we get when the next iPhone ships.
 
Even though copy+paste is a big deal and I've been waiting for it, there aren't any other groundbreaking new features that I feel make 3.0 worth the risk (crashes, incompatible apps, etc). And as an ipod touch 2G user, paying $10 for copy+paste isn't really worth it. +no flash means I'd rather wait.
 
AHDuke99 said:
Is this for all developers or just ADC members? I can't seem to understand who it's for. I'm a signed up developer with the SDK, but I don't have an ADC account.
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I'm an ADC Member. When the Free SDK is available you should be able to download it. The SDK isn't going through ADC. It's through the iPhone Dev Program.
 
TheNorthWaves said:
Even though copy+paste is a big deal and I've been waiting for it, there aren't any other groundbreaking new features that I feel make 3.0 worth the risk (crashes, incompatible apps, etc). And as an ipod touch 2G user, paying $10 for copy+paste isn't really worth it.
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Did you even read about the new features?
 
killmoms said:
I'm not sure that "doing stuff it ought to have done from day 1 (or at least 2.0)" qualifies it as a "home run." They're just now officially "not behind" on the feature list. It's nice, and I'm glad this stuff is coming, but let's make no mistake—two years for a basic function like copy and paste is outright absurd, and they ought to be embarrassed.
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I think we all know this release is probably going to coincide with a new iPhone release in June/July...
 
Talking about BT P2P

"David Chartier: Second gen iPod touch can get some of that functionality unlocked, Joswiak says."

iPod Touch has a BT chip !?!
 
No video recording😡
But generally good update. I hope they will bring iChat AV with front camera in iPhone 3.0. They obviously couldn't say anything about iChat and video recording because that would be indication for hardware changes so in other words new iPhone out soon. I hope I am sooooo right on this one.
 
Thats a lot of stuff to run in the OS. Hopefully they crank up the CPU a little and maybe increase the amount of memory available
 
Nermal said:
I paid $750 (US$400) for my iPod and even the most expensive iPhone is nowhere near US$2000. Fees paid to the carrier are irrelevant since you can buy an iPhone outright and still get the OS upgrade for free.
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But you are required to get the internet access with the iPhone that you may not of had on another phone, because you pay this extra $30 a month to own an iPhone it would be unfair to iPhone owners to charge them, when its already costing them so much. I am not saying its fair to charge iPod touch owners for these system upgrades, I think its stupid not to make them standard because it means you have a bunch of people with older OS's out there, but I understand that if someone is working on a new version of a mobile operating system it does take money and time. And really $10 is a decent price for a Mobile OS upgrade.
 
Oman said:
This upgrade is going to be nice....

Wait.....What was that sound.....

Oh that was just the demand for first GEN iPhones on E-bay falling through the floor... if you have one and want to sell it you better do it now because in a few months everyone will know that some features will not work on that phone..... :apple:
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I don't think so. Absolute unlock? Not totally guaranteed on an iPhone 3G and won't be on the next iPhone until it's hacked.
 
Question

Does the new "Messages" app support taking pictures to send from the iPhone cam?


I thought someone said there was a pic of a cam icon on the screen.
 
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