Because there's not a device like the iPhone implementing it, that's why. It would bring it mainstream.
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WWDC 2008 Keynote: iPhone 3G, 2.0 Firmware, SDK, Mobile Me, 10.6 Hints
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Because there's not a device like the iPhone implementing it, that's why. It would bring it mainstream.
WWDC IS NOT FOR CONSUMERS. APPLE HISTORICALLY DOES NOT RELEASE NEW HARDWARE DURING WWDC.
Thank god I waited... 3G and GPS were the functions I wanted before switching. I feel bad for everyone who dropped 600 dollars on an iPhone thinking they'd get good value selling them used. I think a 2G iPhone is probably going to be worth 80 dollars on craigslist, tops.
I sold my iphone for 400 last week. My blackberry 8830 will just have to do till the 11th. I had a strong feeling i wold be happy if i sold it ahead of time. Good thing i did.
The price of the hardware, yes, but we still have no idea what the carriers will do. For all we know, AT&T may increase their data plan from $20/month to $40/month.Uh, dude, the price of the phone went down.
You realize the reason why iChat wasn't debuted today was because of the Push Notification System they just announced and won't be ready until September. An IM applicaiton IS coming, the system just isn't in place for it right now.
thats cool
i have a 1.1.4, when i upgrade it o 2.0 will i have GPS, or the gps thing will be only on the 3G iphone?
so I went to the apple store to see what they were going to include in the price. For 199, you know apple is going to not include a few parts.
It seems like they are not including the dock stand. I love that thing and so I'll need to buy one when I get my 3G Iphone. The problem that I have is that because they changed the size, the old iphone dock will only work for the old iphone. Kinda bummer.
I hope my friend will still buy the 2g iphone for 100 bucks. (PRAYS)
It seems like they are not including the dock stand. I love that thing and so I'll need to buy one when I get my 3G Iphone. The problem that I have is that because they changed the size, the old iphone dock will only work for the old iphone. Kinda bummer.
I hope my friend will still buy the 2g iphone for 100 bucks. (PRAYS)
Sorry, but if our horribly self-obsessed cell phone culture turned into a bunch of people yelling into their phones on a video conference at Starbucks I'd open a vein--and not necessarily mine.
For now... This is changing. At least with AT&T, the 3G network is growing and will continue to grow stronger and stronger. Chances are good that most people who are buying the iPhone already live in metropolitan areas where 3G access is available. Almost every major city has at least some 3G network.
Some of the replies on this topic are ridiculous.
Apple don't owe you anything; it's called capitalism, economics, supply and demand. If you bought your iphone for nearly $600 last year and it's now worth $75, too bad. That's the way it is with disposable items such as mobile phones.
Apple's share price is going to keep going up and up if they continue to do the things they are doing: appealing to a mass market. They don't care that you helped the company get where you are today because you've been buying Apple products since 1984. They care about the millions of people who will be turned onto Apple products with this new launch. When millions more people have iphones, millions more will consider switching to Mac computers. Pretty good strategy if you ask me. They have a fiduciary duty to shareholders, and they will make good on that duty, have no doubt. If that means p'ing some geeks off, tough luck.
I wish I'd bought Apple shares today, as they are going to shoot up tomorrow.
Apple don't owe you anything; it's called capitalism, economics, supply and demand. If you bought your iphone for nearly $600 last year and it's now worth $75, too bad. That's the way it is with disposable items such as mobile phones.
Apple's share price is going to keep going up and up if they continue to do the things they are doing: appealing to a mass market. They don't care that you helped the company get where you are today because you've been buying Apple products since 1984. They care about the millions of people who will be turned onto Apple products with this new launch. When millions more people have iphones, millions more will consider switching to Mac computers. Pretty good strategy if you ask me. They have a fiduciary duty to shareholders, and they will make good on that duty, have no doubt. If that means p'ing some geeks off, tough luck.
I wish I'd bought Apple shares today, as they are going to shoot up tomorrow.
So why bash it for not having it? Steve turned this company around, so I trust what he is doing. Steve was the first to take 3.5 floppy disk away and look now no computer comes with them. Maybe he's trying to do away with MMS so people can email...
Bwahahaha... Do you not see the irony in your post? You reply to him then have the temerity/gall to call him out if he replies back to your post... Are you trying to get the last laugh?
Exactly.
When the iPhone was released last year, the software and touch interface is what set it apart. The hardware was relatively lackluster for a high end mobile phone.
Here we are one year later, and we're barely at the hardware level we should have been at upon launch. GPS and 3G? How old are those technologies?
Now this is a good point.
For once, Apple has the opportunity to not play catch up with the iPhone and instead pioneer something that isn't found in every cell phone at every corner store, and they passed on it so they could cut the cost.
This is why Apple's stock is down on the day.
No - there's no GPS chip in current iPhones so a firmware update can't add that functionality. You'll still get all the "location" services but it'll use the (much less) accurate triangulation that's currently implemented.
Lack of a front side camera is due to AT&T's fear of Skype - we'll have to wait until iPhone3.
Flash - compromises battery life and streamlined appearance.
Video Recording - solved with third party apps.
MMS support - solved with third party apps.
it is Thinner, and lighter as well.
Enough memory - mobileme begins to solve the need for carrying everything with you.
New apps utilizing GPS will make it more exciting and useful.
Say it with me....
Crap camera
No video recording
Not available off-contract.
It's still not as usefull to me as the £45 cell phone I bought two years ago.
Doug
What is MMS but a pushed multimedia email?!?!
Christ... it can't be this obvious.......
What is MMS but a pushed multimedia email?!?!
Christ... it can't be this obvious.......
It's a lot of work, takes about 30 minutes. Here's what you do (and I do every day, and boy I never thought to post on a forum crying like you did).
Tap the number, as soon as the dialing screen comes up, hang up. Then go into recent calls, tap the arrow next to the number, add to new contact. Viola!
See? And I could do that 5 times in the time it took to write this damned post.