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Apple unveiled the iPhone 3.0 software just now in Cupertino. Here's MacWorld's live-action blow-by-blow coverage. The announcement included new features for developers and users. For developers, the big items were in-app purchasing (for example for game upgrades, map content, and subscriptions) for paid apps only; peer-to-peer connectivity via Bluetooth; giving apps access to hardware via the dock connector or Bluetooth; maps embeddable in apps; and push notifications. For users, there's finally cut-copy-paste available in all apps; search across everything in the iPhone; landscape keyboard; MMS messaging; and voice memos. Developer beta starts today and 3.0 will be available in the summer — free for all 3G phones, $10 for iPod Touch.
All hail... (Score:2, Funny)
...our new bluetooth headset overlords!
Oh, also our cut-copy-paste overlords!
Sorry Melinda (Score:5, Funny)
If being forced to carry a Zune and a Windows Mobile phone wasn't enough of an insult, poor Mrs. Gates is going to be extra jealous now.
What amazing coverage of the event! (Score:5, Funny)
10:08 PT - DM: Scott looking very hip in a black zip-up. I wonder who does his hair. 3.0 is a major update to the iPhone OS. Comes with "incredible features" for developers and customers. Here's what's on tap for developers.
He's so dreamy! I hope the new iPhone OS has lots of his pictures pre-loaded!
And the new iPhone works with any service provider, right?
Re:Sorry Melinda (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what's STILL missing (Score:4, Funny)
No video recording. Less space than a iPod Classic. Lame.
Re:Sorry Melinda (Score:4, Funny)
And MMS! It's like a free iPony!
Re:DLC Hell (Score:4, Funny)
Did you see that FPS demo where the guy had to pay extra to get the rocket launcher? That does **not** make me want to play that game.
In that case, I have no idea what girl is ever going to want to go out with you.
Re:what's STILL missing (Score:5, Funny)
* Removable Battery
* Video
* Speech to Text
* Waterproof
* Fireproof
* Shatterproof
* Self-cleaning screen
* Wriststraps
* Juice dispenser
* Cash dispenser
* Stock predictor
* Mechanical actuators of any kind
* Biometric monitoring
* Jury tampering
* AI
* Introspection
* ESP
Re:Copy/Paste (Score:4, Funny)
Expect certain posters to pivot from claiming copy-and-paste is a useless unnecessary feature to ragging on another other phone that does not include it out of the box.
Re:Congratulations, Apple (Score:5, Funny)
Re:All hail... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Blame Sarbanes-Oxley (Score:5, Funny)
Let me guess -- you work in engineering, not marketing?
Re:Let the complaints begin . . . (Score:5, Funny)
*Silently stands and then applauds*
iEverything (Score:4, Funny)
Thank you! Thank you all for coming! It is I, Steve Jobs, the Chief Imagination Officer of Apple, also known to many as Your Leader and Overlord of All Things Shiny, Desirable, and Expensive.
Today we're going to make some history together! So...welcome to Macworld. It was just a decade ago that I was up here, announcing that we were going to revolutionize the world--a huge endeavor, I admit. I said we were going to do it over the coming twelve years--we did it in seven years. We couldn't have done this alone; we did it with the help of a lot of folks: Our new colleagues in scientific agencies around the world, our devoted imagineers of more than just hardware and software, but of minds and vision. Thank you very much. Now as you know, our retail stores have for a while been selling half of our Apple iProducts to people who have never owned an Apple iProduct before. For this, I would like to thank our custom--err--loyal members of the Apple Family for spreading the gospel. Without you, we would still be just another average tech company based out of California. Instead, we are now one step closer to world domination through over-priced, beautifully designed, consumer electronics. Now everyone, please gaze upon me and yearn, yearn for the secrets that only I know! The rumor channels are full of speculation and I--your balding, black-turtleneck-endowed Leader--know the iTruth. Bow before me and grovel at my iFeet! (Mwahaha!)
Now please, before I continue, I would like to make sure that everyone present at this glorious ceremony is a true iBeliever. As a reminder, if you are not a true iBeliever you are not a member of our Apple Family, and as a result you will be cast out and sent into the Reality Distortion Field for re-education regarding our iProducts...
This is a day I've been looking forward to ever since I realized that I would never be able to become as rich or as famous as Bill Gates currently is. Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. And one is very fortunate if they get to witness even a single one of these products in their lifetime. Apple has been very fortunate--I've been able to say myself that I've introduced a few of these into the world. In 1984, the Macintosh revolutionized the computer industry with its graphical interface stolen from Xerox Corporation. In 1998, the iMac built upon the success of our other computers that were still playing catch-up with Microsoft Windows. In 2001, the iPod changed the entire music industry (thus ensuring high sales for one of our planned iProducts, the iHearingAid). In 2007, the iPhone transfigured the mobile phone industry, forcing innovation upon all other lesser mobile phone manufacturers. And today, we are going to introduce an infinite number of products of this elite class.
Because infinity is such a large number, I am going to introduce just three of these iProducts today. The first one is a newly developed iPod. But not just any iPod as you will soon see. The second is a breakthrough communications device featuring not just audio and video, but even more as you will witness in just a minute. And the third device is an amazingly advanced supercomputer. An iPod. A communicator. A supercomputer. ... Are you getting it? These are not infinitely many different devices--this is one all encompassing device--and we are calling it iEverything! Today Apple is going to reinvent the world! ... And here it is. Can you see it? Do you know what it looks like? No! It's inside me...
Now let me talk about a category of things... The most "personal" computers are the ones we carry around with us all the time: our cell phone, our portable music player, our PDA, and for some people a two-way communicator. For many people, these are all separate devices, with distinct interfaces, discrete components, and different screens, keyboards, and batteries all to deal with. The iEverything aims to leapfrog this problem.
We're going to start with a revolutionary user interfa
Re:My God! Since when does Cut-n-paste merit bulle (Score:4, Funny)
You know, no phone I've ever owned has had cut-and-paste.
Are you equally upset about all those?
Re:Sorry Melinda (Score:5, Funny)
Of what? Cut and paste?
Well it's truely useful. And Apple finally invented it!
Re:what's STILL missing (Score:5, Funny)
Record video from the camera
Seriously. If a couple amateurs can get it to work at some level despite every restriction they had in their way, there's just no excuse. Even if it sucked, it'd be better than nothing.
They market the phone to replace a number of gadgets people might carry around, and they sort of do it (mostly). That's the most frustrating thing of all. If Apple's iPhone division was running a marathon, it'd be like this: they'd start an hour and a half late, but regardless, they'd relentlessly catch up with the rest of the competitors. Then, they'd blaze ahead of the competition for the rest of the race--but they'd stop 20 feet before the finish line and just sit down right there, completely unexhausted, but protesting the idea of moving another inch.
Get off your asses and finish the job, you jerks!
Re:what's STILL missing (Score:3, Funny)
No, I want a Blackberry Storm that made it through QA.
Re:Let the complaints begin . . . (Score:2, Funny)
February 2008:
Apple:iPod nano: new colors: iPod shuffle: new colors. iPouch Touch : 32GB available
You touch your what?
Re:what's STILL missing (Score:5, Funny)
* Blender-Proof
Re:Bluetooth Keyboard (Score:4, Funny)
Wait, "automate" a process by which we type text into a text app which then copies and pastes it into a mail app so it can be sent?
Isn't that the definition of the word "kludge"?
Sorry, but that's lame. "Automated" or not.
Re:Still like the Palm Pre features better (Score:2, Funny)
Thank you. Lately the mods have been nailing me for no reason, I don't get it... oh well, serves me right even for being a tiny bit negative towards an apple product on slashdot :)
Re:Let the complaints begin . . . (Score:4, Funny)
Apple:iPod femto:... direct Neural interface..."
"Naysayers:Still no ogg..."
You sir, have written a classic.
Re:Congratulations, Apple (Score:3, Funny)
Now all Palm has to do is catch up to where Apple was with usability 20 years ago and the cycle is complete.
MMS useful for one thing (Score:3, Funny)
Even MMS is kind of pointless with an email enabled device.
I still think MMS is a relic that needs to die.
However, the iPhone being able to receive MMS serves a useful purpose - when someone sends you one you can instantly reply back with a message saying "Get a real phone loser".
(P.S. for the Haters out there, did I say they had to get an iPhone? I did not).
Re:My God! Since when does Cut-n-paste merit bulle (Score:3, Funny)
it has HDMI,
I have to ask, why? (and really, are you sure?)
Re:My God! Since when does Cut-n-paste merit bulle (Score:4, Funny)
So does my IBM XT.
Re:Let the complaints begin . . . (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Real handicap (Score:4, Funny)
...and not just dicking around [theonion.com]