Friday, March 13th, 2009
iPhone 3.0 – What will it be?
So the new iPhone (at least the operating system, that is) is set to be unveiled this coming Tuesday (March 17th). There’s lots of speculation as to what this thing will actually include, but its rumored to include updates finally allowing the use of MMS as well as universal search and Blutooth Tethering. Should be interesting to see how it all shakes down, but considering the most recent wave of releases from Google and Palm, the iPhone seems to have its back against the wall as far as being the leader in innovative mobile technology. Yes, there are a lot of great things about the iPhone, and I’m not an ‘iPhone Hater’ by any means (even though I did make the conscious decision to go G1 over iPhone, but that’s another story), but I genuinely think Apple’s gotta pull some pretty big things out of the hat here pretty soon if they’re going to keep that #1 spot with more than just novelty.
Here’s my short list of what I would like to see them bring into the mix.
- Front Facing additional camera.
- Higher MegaPixel camer (1.5mp, really, that’s all you’ve got Apple?)
- MMS (no brainer here)
- Blutooth Tethering for data signal sharing
- Internal Storage capacity for App data
- Hot Pink Color option (not really).
Either way, I think Apple’s a pretty smart bunch out there in sunny Cupertino, CA. They’ll figure it out. It just seems like everyone else is throwing some pretty forward thinking devices out there as of late, and if Apple wants to stay ahead of them, they’ve gotta go EVEN FURTHER. Looking forward to seeing what they throw out!
More reading over at Wired:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/apple-iphone-30.html
Exiting New Features of iPhone 3.0 on June 20th, 2009 at 6:07 am
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