Next Gen iPhone and 3.0 update - compatibility?

[stofferdk]

Hey there,

Everytime I browse the App store, I kind of feel sorry for all those 2G users everytime I see "this app is only compatible with the iPhone 3G".

SO - whats up with the next gen hardware for the iPhone? Will it be so much faster than the previous ones - that new snappy apps can only run on the new phone?

What do you think? And what do you expect from the 3.0?

 

[soLoredd]

Whoa, what? I have a 2G and I've never encountered an app that said it was 3G only I don't even see why it would be 3G only.

 

[gianpan]

Whoa, what? I have a 2G and I've never encountered an app that said it was 3G only I don't even see why it would be 3G only.

maybe those that use location service. It should only be a few apps though.

 

[komiothebeat]

yeah i dont see why it would say 3g only? ..

apps that use location service can be used on the 1st gen iphone just fine (twinkle, zintin, MAPS)

so...

and i think it's a bit early to have worries of a 3.0 until something more solid comes to surface about it

 

[TheSpaz]

Some apps require real GPS to function (like the ones that tell you how fast you are driving.)

 

[Tallest Skil]

The GPS apps are really the only ones. I don't believe I'm missing anything.

Of course, I don't have a phone plan, much less a data plan, so I don't really know how it would feel to be able to tell where you are wherever you are.

 

[OllyW]

Some apps require real GPS to function (like the ones that tell you how fast you are driving.)

Don't American cars have speedometers?

 

[TheSpaz]

Don't American cars have speedometers?

Hey, I don't write the apps

 

[Aurial]

Isn't it more likely to be 'will only run on an iPhone rather than an iPod Touch?'

 

[Rat-Boy]

Well, if the rumors are true about the next iPhone, then it is a no brainer.

There will absolutely be apps that will not work on 2G or 3G iPhones.

IF said apps are programmed and designed to take advantage of the new processor and speed.

 

[svndmvn]

Well, if the rumors are true about the next iPhone, then it is a no brainer.

There will absolutely be apps that will not work on 2G or 3G iPhones.

IF said apps are programmed and designed to take advantage of the new processor and speed.

I doubt a third Gen iPhone would be that different CPU-wise from the other two. What we kinda know is that 3.0 could be compatible with quad-core platforms, it doesn't mean, in my opinion, the 3rd gen would be a quad-core, maybe there will be a tablet, or even another ultraportable, which I doubt, but who knows, maybe something really new.