Comments on: What iPhone OS 3.0 promises users and developers

Apple's released its third generation smartphone operating system with two constituencies in mind. Here's how it's likely to fare on both counts.

[hamedhemmati]

none of these features would really work on the current iphone. They are just trying to create a hype so they can take away media attention from other phones that are coming out. first of all Push has been talked about for a year and this phone just isn't capable of doing that. they introduced exchange support and made everyone think that it came with push not realizing that it actually syncs every few minutes and has no push support. Plus the phone has a huge battery problem activating push and a2dp even if they are successful would mean carrying around big bulky batteries to attach at the bottom of the phone cause i doubt you would get more than an hour of usage with those features working at the same time.

they would have to introduce a new hardware capable of doing all of this other than that this is all just talk just like before. remember apple promising 3g on their first generation until everyone bought their phones and found out there was no 3g.

[zvonkman]

I have a mobile me account, and push works perfectly. So your suggestion that "this phone just isn't capable of doing that" is ill informed.

I charge my battery every other day. A lot more often than my previous phone (Sony Ericsson). But in all fairness, I only used to use the Sony Ericsson for the occasional phone call or SMS. My iPhone is used for phone calls, SMS, MMS (third party app that works very well), email, web browsing, and games. All in all, I'd estimate that I use the phone 20x more than I did my old Sony Ericsson. So understandably, the battery isn't going to last as long. Like I said, I have Push with mobile me. Always on. Bluetooth is also always on (as I'm constantly getting in and out of the car, and can't be bothered switching it on and off), and guess what... with Push and Bluetooth always on, phone calls, SMS, MMS, email, web browsing and games, my battery lasts two days. Your suggestion that Push and A2DP always on will only allow an hours use is idiotic to say the least. At worst, the extra juice needed to power A2DP will mean having to recharge the phone every day. As I don't live in the jungle, and have access to a charger whilst I sleep, or whilst I'm driving, I've never been in the situation where the phone has switched off because the battery had run out, and I doubt I ever will.

I'm all for pointing out genuine problems with the iPhone. A2DP was a big gripe for me (which thankfully is being rectified), as was copy & paste, but to start thinking up imaginary problems where they don't exist, is kind of scraping the barrel, don't you think?

[kelmon]

I cannot say that the announced end-user features particularly interested me. What I am much more interested to know about is what sort of capabilities 3rd party developers will now have access to and to see what they can do with them.

[CDubber]

Wow, Apple's competitors have their astroturfers out in force today. Methinks iPhone 3.0 struck a nerve...

[mike.gw]

Nice to finally have the added features. I wish someone would explain why Apple left out MMS in the first place. Love my iPhone, but the lack of MMS was a glaring omission for me. That said, it seems like Apple is making the iPhone more and more of a platform, however, I hope the added functionality does not result in a less stable OS. I would hate to see the phone lockup or require to be rebooted frequently.

[The_happy_switcher]

3.0 will result in further RiMM and MIcrosoft roadkill products as Apple pulls even further away from its 'rivals'--if you can call them that.

[edgedesign]

This is all great news, but where's the native Quicktime VR support?!?

Embedded QTVR should play the same way Quicktime movies do now on the iPhone - open full screen and play once tapped. Apple pioneered QTVR.... why wouldn't they add it??

Cut/copy/paste and landscape email (which worked from day 1 on Safari) is probably the biggest oversight in the history of earth (e.g. 1.0 & 2.0), but probably one of the smartest marketing moves. It has those hooked wanting 3.0 even more, creating added buzz that spills over to non-iPhone users, at a low cost for something that could have easily been in 1.0 and should have been in 2.0 (given all the user clamoring). This is carrot in front of donkey... to the nth degree.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Steven Jobs it turns out , say many in the tech industry , is suffering from a Palm Pre-induced ulcer as well as pancreatic cancer .
It must be killing him every time David Pogue demos it on CNBC or Jimmy Fallon demos it on Late Night.
Matter of fact the Pre is getting the same kind of positive word-of-mouth advertising (from techies and Hollywood) that Apple has enjoyed over the years. Game on !!! And Apple is about to take a slap shot to the nuts.

[zvonkman]

The video demos of the Palm Pre I've seen on youtube are quite impressive. Although there were moments when the phone did lag a little - but hopefully that will be sorted out before they launch. (No date set as of yet)

I for one am hoping that the Pre lives up to the hype, when it eventually arrives. It will mean the Apple will have to work harder to keep their share of the market, and that can only be good for the consumer. But I have a horrible feeling that the Pre might end up mirroring the Blackberry Storm. The Storm looked great in the demos, but when released, proved to be clumsy and unresponsive. Just ask my brother. He handed the Storm back after 2 weeks and bought an iPhone instead.

[DizzyZ69]

When will the Iphone support/connect to Verizon???????????????

[DizzyZ69]

When will the Iphone support/connect to Verizon???????????????