iPhone OS 4

[mykalberta]

This is why bloggers shouldnt be called reporters. Quite possibly the stupidest question I have ever heard.

Q: Can you do anything to make these phones more safe so people wont’ use them when they shouldn’t be using them (like when driving).
A: I think we do more than most to connect our phones into cars’ control systems. We’ve done a great job for handsfree calling and such. We’ve done a better job on that than everyone else.

[Flaming Choy]

no multitasking on 3G is lame. Guess i'll stick with jailbreak + backgrounder.

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Well, lots of people love to wax poetic about how much better open systems are and Apple comes right out and says 60/40 and it's a 'cash grab'. Adsense is the most closed black box there is and forget about trying to get help or ask a question of them...

Microsoft has been ragged on a ton for doing things that hurt the user experience to simply to pull in more cash and making users pay for incremental upgrades, etc. A lot of folks that care about those types of issues when Microsoft does it seem to think that satiric misspelling is the pinnacle of wit.

[Yeah_Baby]

I'm at school and missed the event. Any hardware info? As in Gen 4 iPhone or no? Should I look at a 3Gs this summer or hold off?

[silentsim]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I'm at school and missed the event. Any hardware info? As in Gen 4 iPhone or no? Should I look at a 3Gs this summer or hold off?

No hardware info...just software. Definetly go 3gs, since 3g wont be able to multitask

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by silentsim

No hardware info...just software. Definetly go 3gs, since 3g wont be able to multitask

It sure looks like I should. I just don't want to upgrade in August and then when I have to renew my contract have the new one come out.

However I want mutlitasking. It seems everyone is getting an iPhone now and they won't be able to apprecate what all us 1st and 2nd gen users went through.

[mykalberta]

In the engadget Q/A there was mention of a new phone. Nothing direct but it was mentioned.

[Tyler]

I'm sure a new phone will be coming out in the summer. Just as it has every year.

[kermitology]

I'm reading the multitasking stuff.. uhhh.. man I wish this wasn't under NDA. Not overly happy as a dev. I can't do what I want to do.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by kermitology

I'm reading the multitasking stuff.. uhhh.. man I wish this wasn't under NDA. Not overly happy as a dev. I can't do what I want to do.

I'd ask a question but I'm sure you can't answer.

[kermitology]

I'm officially really disappointed with this OS.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Phaneuf3

Microsoft has been ragged on a ton for doing things that hurt the user experience to simply to pull in more cash and making users pay for incremental upgrades, etc. A lot of folks that care about those types of issues when Microsoft does it seem to think that satiric misspelling is the pinnacle of wit.

I really have no idea what you are talking about. User experience? Incremental updates? I thought we were talking about advertising platforms.

No one has ever ragged on Microsoft's advertising platform.

[NiklasSundblad]

Besides the fact that I have a 3g, and wouldn't get the multitasking anyway, there is nothing in os4 that would make me give up the jailbreak I already have.

[Pastiche]

iProduct: now with more ads and task switching

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I'd ask a question but I'm sure you can't answer.

You can ask it, but I can only answer if it was something presented.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by firebug

I seem to remember several people on this board were able to upgrade to the 3GS after only 1 year with their 3g.

I plan to move to the new iPhone this summer and relegate my 3g to my spouses use.

~firebug

Yeah I did that and it was easy. Sold my 3G on kijiji and pretty much broke even.

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by Barnes

No one has ever ragged on Microsoft's advertising platform.

I was talking more generally about Microsoft's reputation at using certain tactics to get more revenue sometimes at the expense of the user, not specifically about an advertising platform.

Parallels of similar behavior could be drawn between apple wanting to fill it's app store with ad filled apps or making all of the iphone's early adopters update to the latest incremental revision of their hardware to get what should have been a pretty basic software feature like multi-tasking.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by photon

Multitasking gives me a tentpole.

I hope you don't mind ... I 100% stole this as a title for my blog post.

[photon]

[Russic]

Originally Posted by firebug

I seem to remember several people on this board were able to upgrade to the 3GS after only 1 year with their 3g.

I plan to move to the new iPhone this summer and relegate my 3g to my spouses use.

~firebug

I did but it was only because I basically flirted with a man for 45 minutes until he gave in. It was my finest hour. I doubt I'll be able to do it again once the new model comes out in the summer, but I'll give it a whirl.

Originally Posted by kermitology

You can ask it, but I can only answer if it was something presented.

How about this: I know you want GPS to run when the phone is locked, and I notice they didn't mention that ... Can I assume the gps still turns off when the phone is locked?