Apple's 4th-generation iPhone revealed

[Mr Robert]

3GS, it is nowhere near being able to handle the new OS.

 

[Pekka]

Did you JB it? Try a clean re-install of iOS 4.0x via DFU-mode. On my old 3GS (which I gave to my GF), it works like a charm, too.

 

[Centurion]

Apparently iOS4 only works like a charm with the iPhone 4. I wonder why Apple even made it available for the older iPhones/iPods since it's pretty obvious it's too heavy for them.

It's as if they did no beta testing at all. Vista worked the same way, fantastic on laptop that came with Vista pre-installed and had the perfect drivers. On everything else, it was shite. Sluggishness and lockups are wide spread amongst 3G and 3GS owners. Apple better address the issues during next month's keynote when they'll take the wraps of the new itouch and IOS4 for the iPad.

If they fail to make IO4 run like a charm on my device then I'll do everything in my power to make them upgrade me to a new itouch. I've successed in similar stunts in the apst so I'm not worried.

 

[siko]

3GS, it is nowhere near being able to handle the new OS.

Imagine the 3G!!!!!!!!

I've already mentioned in earlier posts my dissatisfaction with iOS4... since my last post I must say the problems are getting more frequent and I seem to be dropping calls a lot lately ("call failed").

The phone came close to be tossed up against a wall on many occasions!

 

[Centurion]

3GS, it is nowhere near being able to handle the new OS.

It works the other way too my friend. Ios4 is a resource whore that cannot accommodate legacy iPhone models. The source code needs to be optimised.

 

[Cashmere]

I also upgraded my 3GS to OS4 and its terrible. Wish there was a simple way to revert back to 3.1.3.

I am going for the Nokia N8 and Symbian 3 USB ON THE GO alone makes it a "no contest" buy for me. Not even going to mention the camera sensor on it. And it looks good.. in black

Nokia has always given the people what they want in terms of hardware but I could never stomach how sluggish SymbianOS is and how imprecise their touchscreens are. Nokia need to realise that they're no longer the front runners in the industry. The only thing that can save Nokia is if they shift to the Android platform. Sadly the clock is ticking (rather fast) and they still want to experiment with Meego. By the time they realise Meego isnt quite the game changer they are looking for, it might just be too late.

 

[NarutoRamen]

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The phone came close to be tossed up against a wall on many occasions!

Aah. I actually did that once, but with a motorola. NEVER bought a motorola after that.

 

[go0gle]

Nokia has always given the people what they want in terms of hardware but I could never stomach how sluggish SymbianOS .

I think Symbian 3 takes care of that with hardware 3d acceleration throughout the UI and single tap optimization. look at this short video, and remember that this is still beta

YouTube - ‪Nokia N8 Hands-on Preview‬‎

 

[Zonda]

Bought mine unlocked in Denmark, will be deivered on the 31st

 

[Centurion]

Apple are hitting the first barrier of fragmentation and I suspect the iPad will be the biggest core for that. It's a powerful tool with great capabilities that will be further elevated by multi-tasking and it won't be long before people will want to use it like a computer and clamor for moer power each year. If next iPad coming in 6 months features a processor greatly more powerful than the A4 then that will cause quite an issue for developers, but also users.

 

[siko]

I'm about to nerd rage!!!

Apple... please bring back those stupid lame @$$ Mac vs. PC commercials, because your current create-fake-sentiment sappy ads are so infuriating that I want to destroy my television every time they are on.

End of nerd rage.

 

[Wolfgang]

Some news updates for iPhoners:


Mercedes Announces Media Interface Plus!

Coming soon from Mercedes-Benz Accessories… The Media Interface Plus (MIP)! MIP will expand the basic functions of the factory option Media Interface Cable (Option Code 518) in some great new ways. The old cable would allow you to plug in most, but not all, iPods as well as supply an AUX jack for non-iPod audio sources. The new MIP cable will be plug & play providing

• Listening to Pandora Radio via an iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4
• Playing iPod/iPhone audio and video files
• Phone book download to COMAND/audio system
• Streaming audio via a Bluetooth connection A2DP
• Charging mobile phone via a mini-USB adaptor

In the future, there will be a software upgrade that will read aloud and answer e-mails and text messages! Pricing and launch date are not yet available but I will get one as soon as I can and test it out!

BenzBlogger » Blog Archiv » Mercedes Announces Media Interface Plus!http://www.benzblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIP.jpg

 

[HighestOfHigh]

 

[Wolfgang]

Bosch NAV APP launched yesterday.





Navigation from Bosch

Experience you can take advantage of.

Bosch developed not only the world’s first navigation system for series production in 1989, it has also supplied all the major carmakers with innovative navigation solutions for the past 20 years.

With the iPhone and its new iOS4 operating system, there is now also a mobile platform that is able to meet the demanding needs of navigation technology from Bosch. While other navigation systems for the iPhone focus on individual aspects, e.g. on the graphics, Bosch combines the expertise of two decades in one application.

iPhone Navigation | Bosch - iPhone Navi App

 

[Wolfgang]

A bit of history, Bosch's first volume produced NAV, the 1989 Travelpilot IDS.

Pic source: Blaupunkt archive via AB

 

[bmwownage]

Anyone thinks there will be an "improved" iphone 4 in January? Apparently it seems quite real, with apple ordering CDMA chips and I got a friend who works in Apple suggesting there will be a new one coming soon (despite here in Australia there isn't CDMA, so it looks like the update is universal. I also heard from a friend from somewhere else that upon ordering an iphone4 from apple store (which takes 1.5months for delivery there), the receipt states that Apple will reimburse the difference should the iphone 4 drop in price, and the "only" reason for the iphone4 to drop in price is if a new one is released.

 

[Wolfgang]

apple ordering CDMA chips...

More CDMA rumors.

» NEW: The Next Apple Inc (AAPL) Killer Device May Already Exist

 

[Wolfgang]

The BOSCH NAV APP runs on the iPhone or iPad, with INRIX traffic.

iPhone Navigation | Bosch - iPhone Navi App

http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/bosch-navigation-d-a-ch/id397121514?mt=8

 

[HighestOfHigh]

White iPhone 4 goes on sale Thursday

The white iPhone 4 can really, truly, finally be yours on Thursday.

A full 309 days after it was supposed to be launched, Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) said it has discovered the secret sauce to manufacturing its smartphone in a white casing, and it is ready to put the device on sale at Apple, Verizon (VZW) and AT&T (T, Fortune 500) stores across the country.

"The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it's beautiful," Phil Schiller, Apple's chief marketing officer, said in a prepared statement. "We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we've worked to get every detail right."

Apple simultaneously dropped another major piece of iPhone news: Its explanation of the location-tracking data file researchers discovered and publicized last week. Apple released a Q&A on the issue Wednesday morning, calling it an unintentional glitch.

"The reason the iPhone stores so much data is a bug we uncovered and plan to fix shortly," Apple said. (For more on Apple's location-tracking comments, see: Apple blames iPhone tracking file on 'bug')

The mythic white phone: The black iPhone 4 went on sale June 24, 2010, but the white version was unavailable at launch. Apple released a press statement that day, saying the white models have "proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July."

A month later, Apple said it was still working out the bugs in the manufacturing process, and devices wouldn't be available until "later" in 2010.

Then, in October 2010, the white iPhone finally became available for presale online -- for exactly one day. Then Apple retreated and pushed the date back to the spring.

Eventually, Apple just took the white iPhone off its website entirely. It finally reappeared on Wednesday with an official statement from Apple that it is ready to go on sale.

Apple never stated exactly what troubled the white iPhone 4. The iPhone 3GS was available in white, as is the iPad 2. Rumors have circulated that Apple had trouble getting the white pigment just right, that light on the white iPhone 4 was leaking through its glass back, or that light leakage was interfering with its ability to take accurate photographs.

Even though the iPhone 4 has been on the market for nearly a year and about 57 million black iPhone 4 devices have been sold, some analysts say the white version will be a boon to sales of the iconic device.

"The delayed launch of a white iPhone has created a certain mystique around the product," said Brian White, analyst at Ticonderoga Securities. "We expect incremental iPhone 4 purchases due to this launch, driven by replacements, upgrades and/or new iPhone 4 purchases."

White expects the white iPhone to incrementally increase iPhone 4 sales by between 1 million and 1.5 million per quarter until the iPhone 5 is launched.

- White iPhone 4 goes on sale Thursday -- really - Apr. 27, 2011

 

[klier]

I was just about to post this, lol.

I have to say, it looks sweet in white. MUCH better than the 3G in white. Would be great with my new iPad (white too), but I am going to wait for the next iPhone now.

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