Posted on 06/07/2009 7:20:20 PM PDT by Steelfish
Apple's new iPhone set to heat up phone war
The battle for dominance of the lucrative "smartphone" market will step up a gear on Monday as Apple is widely expected to launch a new version of the iPhone.
By Rupert Neate 07 Jun 2009
The new iPhone is so important to Apple that Steve Jobs, the chief executive, is expected to return from sick leave to attend the launch at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.
Mr Jobs, who has previously battled against pancreatic cancer, went on medical leave in January suffering from a hormonal imbalance.
The company refused to confirm or deny whether or not Mr Jobs would be attending the conference, but said he is due back at work by the end of the month. Apple said Philip Schiller, its chief marketing officer, will give the key note speech.
Photos purporting to show the new iPhone were leaked on the internet over the weekend.
The handset is expected to have a 3.2-megapixel camera, compared with the current 2-megapixel camera, a built-in compass and rubber-tread backing.
Other photos show the device has a front-facing video camera to allow customers to engage in two-way video conversations.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I am a developer for Apple, and have been using 3.5 beta for a few weeks and it is nice. Cut and Paste is especially nice. Also, Battery life seems better.
If people only used cell phones for talking, the iPhone wouldn't be a hot seller: people would just buy the "free with 2 year contract" junk phones, which are good enough for purposes of having a conversation.
Do a little research.
I agree. I have a G1 phone, which has the up and coming open source Android OS (6 months after release has 5% of the US smartphone market). I don't use the phone very often, but I use the internet access, the GPS and maps, texting, email, and the many many very practical and useful applications (most free) all the time. In fact, I often use it at home when I have easy access to a PC, because some of the applications either provide features that software on my PC does not even provide, or my G1 can just provide me the info much quicker and easier than the PC can.
I also use my G1 as a backup internet access at home. When my broadband internet access goes down, I tether my phone to my laptop, and I'm back online within a minute.
The phone is just one feature of the total feature-set of modern smartphones, and for me, it's one of the less-used features. My prediction is that within 5-8 years, texting will be like email was 10 years ago -- you will be 'expected' to be able to send and receive texts, just as now, everyone assumes that you have an email address.
Can’t wait for the cut & paste! Great news.
You said — I’m perfectly content with my base-line Motorola phone from Verizon.
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For many years, I was quite content to not have a cell phone from any company. And that was fine.
And if I had ever had a horse, I might have been quite content with that, too. But, what can I say — now I’m quite content with my iPhone... LOL...
Well, heck, you don’t even need that much...
You might keep the handset piece and just bang 11 nails in a board and wire them up for your dialing and use a lamp in your house for the “ringing” part — and you can get by with less.
Well..., come to think of it, I seem to remember something with cans and strings, too... :-)
You said — My iPhone is a business expense
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My iPhone is a business expense, too... all personal business which I consider to be some of my most important business. Others call it monkey business, however — but that’s their perspective...
I’m older than that and I recently discovered computers, too — when I was 16... LOL...
You said — What is the cable attached to the iPhone in his hand in the photo at the link?
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It looks like that hand is inside of a store and the wire is the anti-theft device... :-)
Quit using the iHammer application. That shortens the life span of the phone considerably.
Huh??? Hundreds of dollars? My wife and I have a total AT&T wireless bill of about $90 per month, and that is with three phones (we have one for my FIL as well).
Until we moved into my current position, we didn't even have a land line phone. WE do now, only because we have to be reachable pretty much all the time. Even with home phone service and internet, we are not into the "hundreds of dollars" range.
And if a person just wants one wireless phone - and don't need a bunch of extras like text messaging and data packages, you can get into a very inexpensive (or free with contract) phone and a monthly bill of less than $30. Get your relative's old phone and you don't have to worry about a contract. There was a time when wireless was bad expensive. But it doesn't have to be now.
Depends on the user. Big fingers like I have, and I often tap the adjacent key. But - the built-in correction works a lot of the time. Only complaint there for me - sometimes I am typing exactly what I want, and it tries to auto-correct to something else. I thought the keyboard on my previous phone -a Blackjack II was small, but the Pre's keyboard. I just don't see how someone with large fingers could get very accurate with it. I am looking forward to iPhone OS 3.0 sometime in the next few weeks. Looks like it will add some features that many people have been missing. I have heard that MultiMedia Messaging might not be included after all (was in the first several beta versions, but gone with the latest beta... hope they get it back in.
In the tech world if the salesman mentions next week they won’t make a sale this week. There’s always something coming out soon that’s a good reason to wait.
There are also add-on battery packs for iPhone that basically double or triple battery life. Some look very nice and don't add a lot of bulk to your iPhone.
I hear you, buddy.
I'm perfectly content with my green wood fire, blanket and the horizon...............
Rotary! Who needs that contraption? I just turn the crank on the side of the phone, then shout into the horn to Martha down at the town switchboard to tell her who I want to talk to.
Look out window. You havum Freep Smoke Signal.
I love my first model iPhone.
I use it for so many things! Being a “senior”, it is so nice to have all the info I need at my fingertips.
I can listen to a book while weeding the garden cleaning, or cooking in the kitchen, read a book at night with no lights on, so I don’t disturb my husband, play a game (just downloaded Sims 3)
And, I never have to worry about long waits anymore. I used to have to take my knitting to keep calm, but now can read, listen, check my grocery list, and do any number of things.
I have dropped it 3 times, (arthritis in my hands), and it hasn’t broken. I like the virtual keyboard, even though the arthritis keeps me from being speedy on it.
The iPhone has made my dotage ever so pleasant.
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