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New iPhone Ad Focuses on Safari

While Flash has its critics (usability, breaking browser functionality etc), I dont think you can call iPhones Safari the real internet if there isnt a flash plugin
 
pinch zoom?

has anyone else noted the lack of attention to the multi-touch "pinch-zoom" that's oh-so-cool? Why wouldnt they remind us just how cool this thing is?
 
I'm excited to switch to GSM. What I hate about CDMA is if i'm using data, calls don't come through, and vice versa. I can't wait for the multitasking that being able to use both provides.

BTW, for everyone talking about Flash. Do you realize how much CPU that uses? I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone doesn't do Flash.
 
It's pretty ridiculous when a leading computer company can't get this right: what they're showing off there isn't "the internet" at all, it's the web!
 
Date of recording, October 2006?!?

Well, the two stories that are shown immediately before the phone call comes in are from last October!

I doubt they filmed it then, but maybe they were actually using a cached copy of the NYT web site? Until a higher quality version of the ad arrives, those are the only stories I can definitively identify.
 
Look at the video at about 10 seconds (20 seconds on the countdown). When it scrolls all the way down, there is a big image on the left side. On the NYT, this is the FLASH VIDEO.

Can someone else double check?

I really hope it has Flash....
 
StrayRooster said:
Flash wasn't working in the Macworld Keynote. When Steve goes to NYT page, there is flash video in the middle of the page, and it showed up as just white space on the phone's browser.

So there was no Flash for sure in the early version.

EDIT:After just watching the new commercial, the very same section of the NYT that was whited out during the demo now appears to have something there..... Pause the YOUTUBE video at about 10 seconds (20 seconds on the countdown).

Go to newyorktimes.com, and check the same section, its a video.

Flash on iPhone, maybe?
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You're right! The little video player half way down on the page is showing on the iphone! That would be great if the iPhone is able to play Flash!

EDIT: However. I also notice there are no ads on the iPhone version. Maybe they spoofed the page for the commercial shoot, and the flash video section is just part of a screenshot or something. Well I'm not getting my hopes up too much.
 
How can Apple claim that it's the real internet when they haven't even included the flash player in Safari? I know it looks like they might, but they haven't, so it's not the real internet. How many of your favourite sites would be crippled without flash player? All my own websites simply wouldn't show up!

edit: well I just read the posts about the possible inclusion of FP, and if it's true that they were implementing it from the start, thats cool.
 
I am just glad Apple hasnt gone with the whole "I'm a Treo, I'm a Blackberry, I'm a Nokia, I'm a Motorola Q, I'm a non-smart phone and I'm a iPhone!" Ads
 
StrayRooster said:
Look at the video at about 10 seconds (20 seconds on the countdown). When it scrolls all the way down, there is a big image on the left side. On the NYT, this is the FLASH VIDEO.

Can someone else double check?

I really hope it has Flash....
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It appears so, that section of the page is a Flash file. Unless the iPhone TV commercial they used an image instead of the real webpage, I think we have Flash on the iPhone ladies and gentlemen!

Photo Proof #1:
Still shot of the new commercial from TV today.
flash_iphone_1.jpg


Photo Proof #2:
Still shot of the same section of the NYT from earlier today.
flash_iphone_2.jpg


So you can see they match up exactly in the design, just different video at this moment.

Again this is only if they didn't use a mockup image taken from a computer for the ad.
 
yup, definitely a flash movie. if you look at the keynote address again, when steve goes on the NYT, there's a "blue lego box" with a question mark on it, just like safari on the desktop if your missing a plug in. and now its a flash video on the commercial. this really is, the real safari on a cell phone. :D
 
pgwalsh said:
That's not true. Steve Jobs has flashed the iPhone many times. He even did it at D. :p




Childish, I know, but I couldn't resist.
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That's just lewd. If he wants to expose himself to the iPhone in the privacy of his own home, fine, that's between him and the iPhone. But at a public tech conference? I'd have thought he'd have more decency.
 
psychofreak said:
I'm sure, here are my hopes:

iChat (maybe VOIP, and quite likely, with Jabber, but not as cool as the next hope)

3rd party apps (Adium, Skype and S/NES emulators would be awesome - possibly only apple-approved through the iTS)

GPS (Possible, and we've seen clues, such as 'Directions' in an ad)

Ability to use it as the Apple Remote

Whatever happens, iPhoneLinux will be awesome...
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If it DOES happy to have iChat, you might not completely need Skype - doesn't iChat not only have video conferencing, but voice conferencing too? I know it can't make calls to landlines and cells like (I think?) Skype does - but if EVERYONE buys an iPhone, the fact that it doesn't call landlines won't matter!
 
JMax1 said:
If it DOES happy to have iChat, you might not completely need Skype - doesn't iChat not only have video conferencing, but voice conferencing too? I know it can't make calls to landlines and cells like (I think?) Skype does - but if EVERYONE buys an iPhone, the fact that it doesn't call landlines won't matter!
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The fact that it can't call abroad CHEAP, or PCs FREE is a downside...
 
ehurtley said:
Well, the two stories that are shown immediately before the phone call comes in are from last October!

I doubt they filmed it then, but maybe they were actually using a cached copy of the NYT web site? Until a higher quality version of the ad arrives, those are the only stories I can definitively identify.
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That's weird. Why did they use cached copy of NYT in the ads? :confused: I can clearly see it's the same stories that you showed and in the ads.
 
mrzippy said:
Just noticed this, but even Motorola followed suit on this and changed their phones...

The call button was on the right, the hangup on the left in this video.

That would be really annoying, I used to have an old Moto. company phone and I was always hanging up instead of answering it, now all Moto phones have swapped the buttons to follow suit.
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Perhaps answer is on the right side because this is the Mac OS where defaulted buttons are usually on the right side. Obviously though, since this is a software interface, Apple could change it (or some developer might hack it to suit his preference).
 
mrzippy said:
Just noticed this, but even Motorola followed suit on this and changed their phones...

The call button was on the right, the hangup on the left in this video.

That would be really annoying, I used to have an old Moto. company phone and I was always hanging up instead of answering it, now all Moto phones have swapped the buttons to follow suit.
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I noticed when I first saw the ad, I think it will be annoying if it will be like that. If Apple changes it I will be glad. Or someone will hack it. :D
 
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