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WWDC 2010 Pre-Keynote Roundup and Coverage Details

tigress666 said:
What?! THat stuff is very functional. Thinness means it won't push out my purse so bad and it will fit in without me trying to fit it in or fit in a pocket easily. Yes, people like thin phones. That's why the Razor was so popular back in the day. My roommate would never have bought the iphone 3G if it was much thicker, he wanted something to fit in his pocket without being bulky. He will appreciate it being smaller (I do too even though I have a purse and that is more room to store stuff). If nothing else, more room for a keyboard if what I heard was right and there is going to be support for a bluetooth keyboard in the new OS.

And as for being able to support current Apps, how do you not appreciate that?! Do you really want to have to go buy all new apps for your new iphone? You really don't want to be able to use ones you like now on the new one? Seriously?!
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The thinness only makes sense up to a certain point and when it comes to trade-offs after a certain reasonably size, making it thiner is just counterproductive. Backward compatibility for Apps is important. I do not argue with that. I am just saying that the iPhone ended up with a resolution that is higher than other phones but there is no benefit in it (apart from compatibility). In fact it just requires more memory and power to process those pixels without any benefit for the user.
 
caligurl said:
ya.... SOOOO not good timing for the new limited plans.....
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i don't believe the full content would load unless you click on them.
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ChazUK said:
Surely this was only a problem for iPhone OS (iOS)? As other smartphones can multitask, you can pop right back into the app where you left off.
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I'd rather it do this. WHy should I have to load another program and take up my RAM running it to view an ad? Personally I bet this makes the iphone run a lot smoother than doing it where you insist on having to have two programs running just to view an ad. I know I'm more likely to click on the ad if I don't have to go to another program (if I'm interested in AD) where as if I was interested I might pass looking at it cause i don't want to bother opening another program (even on my computer).

Integrating it means its less annoying to the consumer, takes them less annoyance to look at it, which means if it interests them less things to convince them to not look at it (hey, it'll just take a few seconds to see what this is about).

So, I think the way Apple does it is much better than just saying you can run two programs at once to see the ad.
 
Steve makes a big deal you can go see the ad and come right back without leaving the app.

Android can do that to. Built into the design. Can click on an ad, shows page in browser which can be HTML5 just like iPhone, then hit the back button and you can go right back to the app you left from.

Doesn't require redesign or special services on Android. No biggie. Everything works that way. If you're in an app and get a notification, you can jump into the app to handle the notification. Then just hit the back button and you're right back at the app you were in before.

iPhone's notification system still very poor.
 
Looks like no new Mac news today. Apple sure doesn't like talking about the Mac anymore. Hopefully we will have some in the next few months
 
benthewraith said:
I'm going to guess that quite a few people will jailbreak their phones to disable the iAds. The last thing anyone wants on their iphones are ads.
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The ads are exactly the same as they are now, except that when you click on them you aren't booted out of the app. No more reason to JB to get rid of them then there is now.
 
dmelgar said:
Steve makes a big deal you can go see the ad and come right back without leaving the app.

Android can do that to. Built into the design. Can click on an ad, shows page in browser which can be HTML5 just like iPhone, then hit the back button and you can go right back to the app you left from.

Doesn't require redesign or special services on Android. No biggie. Everything works that way. If you're in an app and get a notification, you can jump into the app to handle the notification. Then just hit the back button and you're right back at the app you were in before.

iPhone's notification system still very poor.
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See my post above yours, that is still more disruptive to the consumer than just having it not kick you to another program (and then you have to tell it to go back) plus it will probably be less processor/RAM intensive which will make the iphone run smoother.

This way is better even with multitasking.
 
iAds for all devices to be turned on July 1st. So iOS 4 will be out sometime this month.
 
"I think a lot of people are going to try and win the car. It's a great idea! We're going to turn on iAd on July 1st for all iOS 4 devices."
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So we can assume new iphones before then? Or at least iOS4 released for existing devices.
 
MacSA said:
I don't think we are going to see anything else
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Seriously, just give us something. Update the over a year old Mac Pro, introduce Safari 5 or at least mention the cat name for 10.7.

Why the HELL are they going over **** they already discussed at the April event? :rolleyes:
 
tigress666 said:
I'd rather it do this. WHy should I have to load another program and take up my RAM running it to view an ad? Personally I bet this makes the iphone run a lot smoother than doing it where you insist on having to have two programs running just to view an ad. I know I'm more likely to click on the ad if I don't have to go to another program (if I'm interested in AD) where as if I was interested I might pass looking at it cause i don't want to bother opening another program (even on my computer).

Integrating it means its less annoying to the consumer, takes them less annoyance to look at it, which means if it interests them less things to convince them to not look at it (hey, it'll just take a few seconds to see what this is about).

So, I think the way Apple does it is much better than just saying you can run two programs at once to see the ad.
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Not true.
This confuses Android users, but Android does an excellent job of managing memory and apps.
Apple is sounding unlike apple. Making users keep track of whats running.

Android has always used a scheme where apps are split up into 'activities'. Apps are suspended when something else is on the screen. Android keeps them in memory to let you go back faster, as long as no one else needs the memory. If someone else needs the memory, it remembers the previous 'activity'. If someone goes back, it can still bring back the old app just were it left off even though it had to reload it.

The end result. Fast performance for users switching apps. Users don't have to worry about nor manage what apps are in memory (despite what many Android users think). You can usually go back to where you left off with the back button.
 
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