Comments on: Apple Says iPhone Bullish, iPhone nano and Hard Keyboards Just Bull

By: Javier

Javier — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:45:08 +0000

Yes. We all want an upgraded iphone. We all want real bluetooth compatibility. And yes, we want optional qwerty keyboards. And, of course, we all want a better world. I personally think that as a PC programmer for more than 20 years, Apple has widen my vision of programming. Apple has launched not only a product, but a challenge for many pc programmers to migrate to a new environment.

By: Sean Peters

Sean Peters — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:01:08 +0000

I don’t have any problem with Apple decisions not to build in a physical keyboard. What annoys me is that they won’t provide the capability, even for a third party developer, to produce an external keyboard. I’m guessing they’re afraid that an iPhone armed with an external keyboard would cut into Macbook sales too much – but all that really accomplishes with respect to me is make it less likely I’ll buy another iPhone in the future.

By: Frog

Frog — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:04:04 +0000

It’ll be great if theres more colour choice. I’d like a green, for example.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:00:12 +0000

@Luke:

Yes… I always buy a new Mac no matter how much, or how little, changes… I’ll also buy a new iPhone no matter how much, or how little, changes. And there’s no wifey to stop me or give me any sh*t about it!

By: Luke R

Luke R — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:53:43 +0000

We will never see a physical keyboard on the iPhone. Apple has shown little interest in what the general public is asking for. Apple already knows what it envisions the iPhone to be and I doubt well see very much evolution. Remember how few the changes were between the last generation and the 3G. We got 3G, GPS, and more storage. What revolutionized the revolutionary device was firmware 2.0. What will be seen with a new generation iPhone? 32gigs storage, better/faster CPU and memory, maybe better power management/battery, maybe higher resolution, maybe 802.11n maybe a better camera. I am certain that we will never see a hinge on the iPhone or any buttons added to the device at all, that just isn’t the Apple way or what the iphone is meant to be. What will revolutionize the next generation iPhone will be the firmware 3.0 that is released with it. I doubt at this point that we’ll ever see ‘push’ and we all know what email push does to the iPhone’s battery so no thank you anyway. But multitasking is something that the phone could really use so lets hope for that and yeah copy and paste would be nice to, not to mention completely necisary on a device that can multitask. The most perhaps that we can hope for, with regards to a keyboard, is better Bluetooth support that may lead to the ability to sync wirelessly to a keyboard device (This is the only way an iPhone keyboard could be done right.) But once again we are talking about Apple, so no one be suprised if this summer we get 32gig iPhone 3Gs in seven new colors and 3.0 firmware just barely cool enough to keep us all interested for another year (and just for the record I’d still buy it.)

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:17:17 +0000

I think Apple will make a flip / slider phone eventually but with screens instead of physical keyboard. Something akin to a Nintendo DS.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:13:40 +0000

@Steve,

Given the general law of internet fact inversion, we’ll see more sliders and clamshells than ever..

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:41:49 +0000

So, does this mean that guy will finally stop making his ridiculous iPhone concepts with those garbage sliding and flipping keyboards now?

By: Dday

Dday — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:15:33 +0000

I’m thinking push notifications will be a centerpience with the next phone, and I think Apple needs better hardware for that. If not, we’d have it by now.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:27:44 +0000

Much as I like my iPhone if Apple won’t address the features I’d like such as copy/paste, turn by turn nav, tethering and a better keyboard then I’m definitely looking at a Palm Pre.

By: Rey

Rey — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:04:18 +0000

Better battery. More RAM.

By: Léon

Léon — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:43:52 +0000

@Allen: ME TOO! just got mine in august! so i want another year with mine before trading in!

By: Frog

Frog — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:41:44 +0000

The hardware is lacking right now. It needs more for multi-tasking, more storage, and better battery life. These things will require a hardware refresh.

By: Allen

Allen — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:53:14 +0000

I hope just 32gb cause then I won’t want a new iPhone this year haha

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:04:06 +0000

Software is brought up again, begs the question, will we see a major upgrade in hardware or will it simply be a bump up to 32 gig in storage with a major software update…