Live Coverage of iPhone 3.0 Media Event

[puffnstuff]

I wish... By the way since they are updating the iphone i will automatically assume they're going to update the ipod touch as well?

No, I mean a third party camera. Because of the Accessories SDK

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Sex Me

No.

I must admit though, this kind of excites me

 

[Small White Car]

Crazy how much battery push drains.

Even MORE crazy how much better THAT is than running in the background!

 

[Kar98]

Developers are finally allowed to develop street nav apps with turn by turn instructions? Well, color me flabberghasted.

 

[billchase2]

Background processes using push... yeah, it makes sense.

 

[michael.lauden]

push! yes. wow. jailbreak is getting less and less enticing

 

[diamond.g]

Third party push system?

 

[Lkhn562]

ahh so it's not exactly background apps it's where push comes in again =D

 

[jfan16]

So far we've got:

peer to peer gaming
downloadable content in apps
push
map stuff


All good stuff but still hoping for copy and paste, mms, and some sort of stacks functionality for app organization

 

[boss1]

Yes! my To Do's will finally tell me when to do them!

I'd buy a sham wow from this guy in a heartbeat if he mentions it

 

[macfan881]

well 3.0 is a purchase for my ipod tocuh dont need to hear anythin else

 

[Small White Car]

ahh so it's not exactly background apps it's where push comes in again =D

Exact same thing they showed last year. It just took them this long to make it work.

 

[billchase2]

ahh so it's not exactly background apps it's where push comes in again =D

yep... however, perhaps the next iphone will have some crazy new battery that will allow background apps. we can dreams!

 

[gianpan]

oh my god oh my god I think push will cost something, it can't be free :S

 

[michael.lauden]

p.s anybody noticed the IM smiley face app?

 

[DJ88]

Love the 3.0 so far.

Please don't make us wait too long for it!

 

[macfan881]

actaully the guy on stage reminds me of a younger Christopher Walken

 

[DUCKofD3ATH]

Next, background processes! C'mon......

You can have background processes, but your iPhone's battery will drain in an hour and a half.

 

[Small White Car]

oh my god oh my god I think push will cost something, it can't be free :S

No way. This make buying an iPhone MUCH MUCH more enticing to anyone who text-messages.

It will sell a LOT of phones. It will be free. Bet on it.

 

[mrtune]

Did they not blast blackberry for using an intermediate server for email service? And that it's better to got straight from mail server to phone.

Low and behold, push notification is exactly how blackberries get there email! There's a server sitting there collecting everything and pushing to your phone as you need it.

 

[NT1440]

Crazy how much battery push drains.

Even MORE crazy how much better THAT is than running in the background!

It looked to me like it was the backround processes that do that, hence using push instead.

 

[plumbingandtech]

Yay! Turn x Turn!

Give me my Iphone Nav System !!!!

 

[J the Ninja]

Wait, did he just say in-game VOIP is coming?

 

[petvas]

is it me or is the new OS a disappointment? No background apps? This must be a joke...

 

[sysiphus]

OK, so still no background processes...so "multitasking" will still suck. Funny how WM and Symbian can manage this without the "80% battery reduction" just fine...smells like Apple just wants to hold tighter reins on what's running on their device. Also, Giz. says no Bluetooth pairing...so it sounds like the Bluetooth stack will still suck.