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Comments on: Live blog: iPhone OS 3.0 preview

Apple's preview of the iPhone OS 3.0 software starts at 10 a.m. PDT from its headquarters in Cupertino, and this is the place to be for live coverage.

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by moretroops March 17, 2009 10:28 AM PDT

Peer-to-peer networking has unlimited potential. Hardly "boring" 1812dave.

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by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:31 AM PDT: overpromise, underdeliver; Like this


by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:31 AM PDT: I'm thinking it will be called something less offensive than 'squirting'.... LOL

I've seen it previewing with the whiteboard app.; Like this

by 1812dave March 17, 2009 10:30 AM PDT

multitasking is a no-go. The Pre is looking better and better

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by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:34 AM PDT: The esthetics still trump for me. Preference. Though, I still think when it can be perfected and not cannabalize the battery life it will happen.

Smartphone users need something like the Pre, if for no other reason than to continue to drive innovation.; Like this

by recluyse0347 March 17, 2009 10:36 AM PDT

look at the screenshot for the new apis. text selection... that means copy and paste will be announced pretty soon here...

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by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:40 AM PDT: Good catch there :) Also I see "openURL" which makes a lot of the copy/paste needs go bye-bye (Though I'd be LOST with out cut/copy/paste on my PalmOS I use it 10s of times per day. (forums, comment sections like this, saving stuff to memos etc); Like this


by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:37 AM PDT: Our PalmOS "multitasking" (e.g. Background Operation) is basically the same thing, leverage on the Notification System, but it's not server based Not too sure about that :-/; Like this Reply to this comment


by themightylex March 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT: Regarding Kent German's comment: "...it would be nice to send contacts and other data files through Bluetooth without needing an app."

What does he suggest; Telepathy?; Like this Reply to this comment


by 1812dave March 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT: they are now showing off stupid features . where the crap is cut and paste? flash? we are already screwed on multitasking. way to go, Apple. if this is all there is I'm glad I'm not an Apple stockholder; Like this Reply to this comment

by abcd9009 March 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT

Regardless of how good the iPhone is or will be in the future, going by the Verizon commercials... "IT'S THE NETWORK" and AT&T SUCKS!!!

iPhone will NEVER reach it's full potentials in the US unless we have the kind of network that's been available in the EU & Japan for ages. US is still superior in the outdated technology aka Landline network BUT way behind when it comes to Mobile network.

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by 1812dave March 17, 2009 10:40 AM PDT: You got that right. AT&T blows!; Like this


by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:45 AM PDT: A CDMA radio (verizon/Sprint/Small US companies) in the Phone would Suck your battery out much faster than already happens. Wait til 2010 when VZW and other switch to 4G LTE systems and probably you'll see a iPhone on these networks; Like this


by abcd9009 March 17, 2009 1:47 PM PDT: @Tergon,

There's a reason why Apple finally went with AT&T and I am not saying because it has a good network, which we all know AT&T SUCKS but the main reason is... unlike VZW or Sprint, there are only 2 networks available nationwide which are on GSM (standard Mobile technology used worldwide) - AT&T and T-Mobile.
Getting a phone on GSM network means only working on 1 technology to launch the phone worldwide regardless of which carrier provides it - which translates to less development cost.

Take any CDMA phone to EU and they will just throw it away even if you give it for FREE.

Bottom line, thanks to the GSM network and a large customer base, AT&T will ALWAYS have an edge over VZW when it comes to phones; Like this

by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:39 AM PDT

OMG!!! Sims!!!

*gush*

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by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:45 AM PDT: Not a Sims fan (or iPhone fan at that ::) ) but That's cool about Ipod Library through your sims radio :); Like this


by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:50 AM PDT: Tergon, if you already have itunes on there to play your music this "feature" is utterly stupid.; Like this


by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:44 AM PDT: Loving the ESPN - I'm envisioning seriously diminished productivity during fantasy football season....; Like this Reply to this comment

by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:47 AM PDT

:Wonders: if the Server based Notification system still means no Cool Alarms Programs (Good you guys would love being able to have HobbyistSoftware's Butler :) )

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by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:49 AM PDT: oops the "Good" above got ripped from typing something else :Grumbles about Focus Stealing Applications on his PC:; Like this


by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:49 AM PDT: oops the "Good" above got ripped from typing something else :Grumbles about Focus Stealing Applications on his PC:
I agree with German: "I'd like to see one umbrella push system for all linked e-mail accounts. The functionality seems to be a bit scattered as they're currently describing it."; Like this

by Obama98 March 17, 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Blackberry bold and storm are lightyears ahead anything Apple has. iPhone is like a stoneage device compared to the innovation that Research in Motion brings to the market

Apple will continue to play catchup to the Blackberry Storm and fail in doing so

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by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:54 AM PDT: "Apple will continue to play catchup to . . . Blackberry (and Palm)"

yes because iPhone is a Fledgling Device, Think of the Problems both of our companys (BB and Palm) faced when they first started (BB had an advantage b/c of it's bacvkground in Email, and palm had a leg up b/c of PDA just as the iPhone was a ready made MediaPlayer immedatly (which you BB users are just now getting); Like this


by seven7dust March 17, 2009 12:17 PM PDT: which is why the storm was released 1 yr after the IPhone !
and now they r adding a appstore too sounds awfully familiar to me !
so who's catching up again ?; Like this


by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:51 AM PDT: This diabtetes app is scaring me. If it is not 100% failproof and reliable they are opening themselves up to lawsuits.; Like this Reply to this comment


by mclaurin10 March 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT: So does this bluteooth thing mean A2DP bluetooth? Im hoping for wireless headphones!; Like this Reply to this comment

by 1812dave March 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT

damn! games, games, games, that's their focus today. I want REAL IMPROVEMENTS to my Touch!

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by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:55 AM PDT: All fluff and no substance so far; Like this


by jCounsel March 17, 2009 10:54 AM PDT: Yes, but can the iPhone call EMS when bloodsugar levels get below 60 mg/dl and send a googlemap of the patient's location?!; Like this Reply to this comment

by von1945 March 17, 2009 10:54 AM PDT

Thanks apple for disappointing us, this app bologna is great I guess but where is the real wanted things ... cut and paste, flash, goodies.

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by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:56 AM PDT: So far they are zerioing in on the casual users and not business related items persay. Games and more apps which will amount to Fart 2.0 app; Like this


by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:58 AM PDT: *pouts*; Like this

by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:55 AM PDT

*** nothing for 6 minutes?!

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by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:57 AM PDT: He may be feverishly typing about a new app that measures your stool sample for consistency.; Like this


by homercles82 March 17, 2009 10:58 AM PDT: "a virtual pet game and a first-person shooter"; Like this


by Brunogirl March 17, 2009 10:58 AM PDT: LMFAO; Like this


by Tergon March 17, 2009 10:59 AM PDT: heh heh Tom did you fall asleep :-?; Like this


by somebodytldme March 17, 2009 10:59 AM PDT: i have awaited an update that i really want...; Like this Reply to this comment


by atici March 17, 2009 11:00 AM PDT: All that stuff about multitasking eats battery is nonsense. That means Apple is doing sth wrong with their OS. In a proper multitasking (mobile) OS, the OS wouldn't be wasting cycles on apps that are not doing anything. Therefore it can't really eat more battery (but it will eat memory). Their OS development team must be total bozos.; Like this Reply to this comment


by kyler March 17, 2009 11:00 AM PDT: i'm still confused on the maps feature... there's a picture of a legit-looking GPS, is that apple's map app, or a 3rd party already for sale?; Like this Reply to this comment

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