iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

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Elliot B.

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i'm really disappointed so far.. i was really hoping for a completely updated UI/home screen/lock screen or something

What? That's it the iPhone's 'image'. As if they would go and change it.

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Elliot B.

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Yes and next version I bet Apple will impose some artifical feature in the new touch/phone that the old ones wont support and end making updates for the touch models that dont have it so you will need to buy the latest and greatest (Apple has done this since the 68k macs and no one ever seems to care)

Technology needs to be pushed forward. Always has done.

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That seems highly unlikely. One of the biggest appeals of the iPhone, if not the biggest appeal, is that the firmware is upgradeable, unlike nearly every other mobile phone on the market. To exclude 3.0 from the existing iPhone models would be a terrible move.

It's not like how old iPod firmware updates were only the new models, so the old models only missed out on search and other minor things. This is much different. If Apple excludes old models from 3.0, there would then have to be special 3.0-only applications, etc.

99% of the smartphones that are on the market update the firmware this is nothing that and decent phone hasnt done since the late 90's

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What? That's it the iPhone's 'image'. As if they would go and change it.

honestly, none of you are getting bored with the current layout? just pages of apps lined up in a grid? after nearly 2 years i find it quite boring. at least some customization would be cool.. even a home screen with focus on mail, calendar, something... and stacks or categores for apps we download

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Elliot B.

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I'm just thinking. With all these push notifications, isn't the phone constantly going to be going off?

honestly, none of you are getting bored with the current layout? just pages of apps lined up in a grid? after nearly 2 years i find it quite boring. at least some customization would be cool.. even a home screen with focus on mail, calendar, something... and stacks or categores for apps we download

They're keeping it simple. It does its job nice.

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profets

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I'm just thinking. With all these push notifications, isn't the phone constantly going to be going off?

They're keeping it simple. It does its job nice.

actually thats the point. since the app store and being able to load tons of apps on the phone it doesnt do its job nice anymore. at the very least some sort of categorization would be cool

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honestly, none of you are getting bored with the current layout? just pages of apps lined up in a grid? after nearly 2 years i find it quite boring. at least some customization would be cool.. even a home screen with focus on mail, calendar, something... and stacks or categores for apps we download

That's why people JB it, for customization.

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Yeah, but current iPhone hardware is still more than capable. What kind of update could they come up with that current gen models wouldn't be able to run?

the new ones will have a shinyness gage to measure how glossy the other Apple products people own are (current models wont support the new feature so they will need to be disscontinued .... and everyone needs to run out and buy the new one)

:laugh:

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honestly, none of you are getting bored with the current layout? just pages of apps lined up in a grid? after nearly 2 years i find it quite boring. at least some customization would be cool.. even a home screen with focus on mail, calendar, something... and stacks or categores for apps we download

The UI craps all over other phone brands.

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The UI craps all over other phone brands.

your kidding right? palm pre, android to name a few that are nicer.

look at the Pre. i was so hoping apple would do something incredible for the UI to step it up with what the Pre will bring UI wise

dont get me wrong, the iphone is wonderful to use, and does some things incredibly well (like internet browsing for ex), but the UI is just old now.

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your kidding right? palm pre, android to name a few that are nicer.

look at the Pre. i was so hoping apple would do something incredible for the UI to step it up with what the Pre will bring UI wise

dont get me wrong, the iphone is wonderful to use, and does some things incredibly well (like internet browsing for ex), but the UI is just old now.

Don't fix what ain't broke.

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winrez

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Technology needs to be pushed forward. Always has done.

I agree but to put in artificial limits in to what your products can or cant based on profit run is wrong to the consumer (not saying support their hardware forever but a apple 3 gen limit has always bothered me ) if someone can upgrade their macs hardware why impose a software based limitation that checks for a model number then decides not to install (without a over ride)

then after a product is blocked from a upgrade only make new software that requires the os they blocked forcing said user to purchase new hardware.

say what you will about Windows or Linux or other OS's but none have these have ever imposed a limit to what u can install on without a override

I dont use Apple products but have seen many of my clients have fallen into this category such as one who spent 5k on a mac just to have no updates or ability or buy a new os after 3 years

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Elliot B.

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"You can then send push notifications to your friends on your friend list in order to invite them into your game. You can BUY new weapons for real money (rocket launcher), and play together with your buddies."

Money makes the world go round...

EDIT: "Dr. Ge Wang."

That can't be real :laugh:

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