whatever you buy from the apps store will download straight to your phone over the air. You will be able to also save these apps to your computer.
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whatever you buy from the apps store will download straight to your phone over the air. You will be able to also save these apps to your computer.
I had crazy high hopes too, those Video conferencing mockups made me all sweaty, but overall i'm pretty positive about todays announcement. Personally I would've liked MMS, but thats software updateable, moreso now that the AppStore is alive. I don't think I'll rush to upgrade, but Its an improvement, definitely.
See.... its doesnt use OS X for mobile... deal broke. You can paint **** in as maybe rainbow shades as you want... its still ****.
How come people keep rattling on about Video....Won't Video just be an App - either free or paid for d/l form the App store ?
Then this is probably not for you, nor are most Apple products. It is not only about feature sets.
Someone obviously more intelligent than you are. A camera flash is blatantly a hardware issue, not software. dipwad. Obviously, if you pay some 3rd party 10 bucks through the app store, your iphone will magically sprout a hole near the camera for light to come out of and make all your pictures beautiful.
Sure they are. I am a happy Macbook and iPod video user. And Apple is known as inventive and cutting edge. Lacking those basic features that most all other phones and phones that have been around for years have is not inventive and cutting edge. They are just now adding 3G and GPS to catch up, but the iPhone is still lacking.
Like I said before, Im just as much of an Apple fanboi as anyone but I am also a realist and not a sheep.
Um...have you ever seen what other plastic Apple products (e.g. original iPod nano) look after a little bit of normal use? Apple still hasn't figured out scratch resistance yet. This is a big step step backwards (and maybe a deal breaker) for me.
In addition, we don't know all the details yet such as whether or not a contract is required to receive the magical $199 price and if there are other bombs to be dropped before July 11.
i really wanted a new iphone this week, or at least the app store but no, they need time to make a big deal outta it! they have the phones sitting in warehouses right now, but they need time to build hype, and if it needs to be activated in the store i will be so pissed!
I am also very mad that we have to wait until July 11. How can they go two months without selling any iPhones. This really has me disappointed !
Wow!!!!!!!
Everyone is so upset and disappointed with a company that never completely satisfies its customers anyway.
The main concerns of the first iphone were the fact that it wasnt 3g and there was no GPS. As time went on people had more time to compare the iphone to others and think on more features that could be added. 3g and GPS are both on the new version but people are still crying.
You have allowed these analyst and liars to fill your heads up with RUMORS. For some reason I guess you expected all these features to be added. So dont blame Apple, blame yourselves for believing everything you read. I myself am pleased with the new 3G version. what the phone doesnt provide now, can later be handled through software updates for the most part. How many other phones have video chat anyway?!! The one thing that bothers me though is a lack of video recording, but for some reason, I feel like Apple has indeed at least added the components to later add it through a software update. More than likely not though. Who knows.
Its just soooo funny reading comments that you guys leave though. Keep em coming!!!!!!
Everyone is so upset and disappointed with a company that never completely satisfies its customers anyway.
The main concerns of the first iphone were the fact that it wasnt 3g and there was no GPS. As time went on people had more time to compare the iphone to others and think on more features that could be added. 3g and GPS are both on the new version but people are still crying.
You have allowed these analyst and liars to fill your heads up with RUMORS. For some reason I guess you expected all these features to be added. So dont blame Apple, blame yourselves for believing everything you read. I myself am pleased with the new 3G version. what the phone doesnt provide now, can later be handled through software updates for the most part. How many other phones have video chat anyway?!! The one thing that bothers me though is a lack of video recording, but for some reason, I feel like Apple has indeed at least added the components to later add it through a software update. More than likely not though. Who knows.
Its just soooo funny reading comments that you guys leave though. Keep em coming!!!!!!
I am disappointed. 3G, GPS and a lower price all stuff that was a given. No way did I think 2.0 would be pushed back until July as well as the phone itself not releasing until 7/11... some apps cost $9.99?...no 32G?
not disappointed at all, who cares about the flash... it's a much cheaper 3G iphone. i'm finally sold on it come july 11.
i'm not sure what people were expecting. guess some of you can't be pleased.
Steve does the same crap with EVERY Apple product.. meaning that he holds back on adding OBVIOUS features.. and yet all the Apple Lemmings will STILL line up for their KOOL_AID on the eve of every product release.
Steve jobs could sell manure in a box and people would line up for it.
Steve jobs could sell manure in a box and people would line up for it.
If you would stop basing all your hopes on rumors, you wouldn't be so disappointed. I heard very few rumors regarding a 32GB version. Just because you wanted it doesn't mean you're going to get it.
A lot of the complaints so far can be fixed with software updates. And since the SDK is there a lot of these wanted features will start creeping into the phone. Flash will be here soon, so quit complaining.
I agree on the wait time though. I'm so excited and now I have to wait another month.
Thank you!!!! Its like they just dont get it. Everyone, the iPhone will always be the better phone just because of its USER INTERFACE. Till a company can beat that interface, they will always be behind and considerd copycats!!!!
Video conferencing - no.
Video recording - maybe. Depends if Apple has allowed the developers to access what they need to in order to make use of the camera. I've heard that Apple has not, so if that is true then there will be no video recording app.
Why I Won't Get a iPhone 3G (iPhone gen. 1 owner)
Next year I'm going to be a student at USC (so. california, not carolina), and there's going to be WiFi all over campus, so by Apple's own admission I don't need 3G to get the fastest connection possible. GPS is a wash too, not like it's going to help me find my way on campus. So aside from the "improved audio quality" and flush headphone jack, why would I get a iPhone 3G? It's only going to increase my monthly phone bill from $70+ (after taxes) to $80+, and it's expensive enough as it is considering I don't text and I don't call people often.
iPhone gen. 1 is still going to have all the amazing applications anyways - the only way I see that the iPhone 3G is going to be worth it, is if somehow ATT decides to let us trade in like the UK is doing, or the iPhone 3G is going to have a faster processor + more RAM for better applications/application running/Safari doesn't crash on long, graphics-heavy pages. I don't use Loopt (or whatever it was), so I don't (think I) need GPS for applications either.
On a side note, $200 starting price is going to be a store-breaker for Apple, and the advertisement is UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME. The only thing that Apple could have done to make the ad better would have been to add the "$200" price point at the end because the ad makes the iPhone 3G look incredibly expensive. But does anyone know what song is used in the ad - it's awesome, I wanna buy it
Also, Apple needs to drop its prices on iPods/iPod touches PRONTO - no reason why a 16 GB iPhone 3G is the same price as a 8GB iPod touch, or why 8GB iPhone 3Gs are the same price as 8GB iPod nanos. iPod classic pricing can probably stay where it is.
Next year I'm going to be a student at USC (so. california, not carolina
), and there's going to be WiFi all over campus, so by Apple's own admission I don't need 3G to get the fastest connection possible. GPS is a wash too, not like it's going to help me find my way on campus. So aside from the "improved audio quality" and flush headphone jack, why would I get a iPhone 3G? It's only going to increase my monthly phone bill from $70+ (after taxes) to $80+, and it's expensive enough as it is considering I don't text and I don't call people often.iPhone gen. 1 is still going to have all the amazing applications anyways - the only way I see that the iPhone 3G is going to be worth it, is if somehow ATT decides to let us trade in like the UK is doing, or the iPhone 3G is going to have a faster processor + more RAM for better applications/application running/Safari doesn't crash on long, graphics-heavy pages. I don't use Loopt (or whatever it was), so I don't (think I) need GPS for applications either.
On a side note, $200 starting price is going to be a store-breaker for Apple, and the advertisement is UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME. The only thing that Apple could have done to make the ad better would have been to add the "$200" price point at the end because the ad makes the iPhone 3G look incredibly expensive. But does anyone know what song is used in the ad - it's awesome, I wanna buy it
Also, Apple needs to drop its prices on iPods/iPod touches PRONTO - no reason why a 16 GB iPhone 3G is the same price as a 8GB iPod touch, or why 8GB iPhone 3Gs are the same price as 8GB iPod nanos. iPod classic pricing can probably stay where it is.