Steve Jobs was “Particularly Involved” in iPhone 3.0 Interface Design
The Wall Street Journal reports that while Steve Jobs remains home on leave of absence, with chief operating officer Tim Cook managing the day to day business, Jobs is still keeping active tabs on the greater strategic vision, including iPhone 3.0:
He regularly reviews products and product plans, and was particularly involved in the user interface of the new iPhone operating system that Apple unveiled last month, these people say.
While Jobs is expected back at Apple in June, it’s unknown if it will be in time for the big next generation keynote, and whether or not he and Apple will decide it’s in either of their best interests to put him on up stage and under the spotlight so soon upon his return (especially considering how stock manipulators and blogeratti both have reacted to his health and appearance in the past.)
Of course, that won’t stop many of us, myself included, from creating elaborate, heroic return fantasies for Jobs, live on the WWDC stage, iPhone HD pulled casually from his jean pocket and held up with a trademark “boom!”
[via MacRumors]
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He has to make sure no sliding keyboard and replaceable battery nonsense is added behind his back.
I hope he comes back nobody can get the lines growing like steve
Please give us iphone 3.0 H & S
Is there really any doubt? He’s coming back in June, WWDC is in June, 3.0 is out “this summer. It all fits. The iPhone is his brainchild, he will be back, without a doubt.
@Steve: I read the article as referring to the 3.0 release of the Operating system, not the next gen iPhone.
If my interpetation is correct, its even more amazing, since it means he’s caved in on almost everything he was (personally) blocking in the past: MMS, Cut/paste, Video, Bluetooth, as well as the features that were just being stalled, like notifications.
Personally, I don’t expect him back in the saddle full time anytime soon.
@icebike:
“Jobs is still keeping active tabs on the greater strategic vision…” “… He regularly reviews products and product plans…”
The article clearly implies he’s remained involved with plans “including iPhone 3.0″ … so, my first comment is perfectly relevant (and was only in jest anyway).
Yeah please no replaceable battery. I love when my phone is dead and there’s nothing I can do about it.
@Cc:
Buy a charger. It’s not complicated.
Steve: yes, because the point of a cell phone is that it has to be plugged in all the time, amirite?
@Mitch:
Not at all. I charge mine at night while I sleep.
@ mitch I mean it’s not run on solar power there is a reason was god made car chargers it dies plug it in for 15 mins and keep it moving
They SHOULD make it a replaceable battery, you use a solar powered one throughout the day, and replace it with a night powered one at around 6:30!
….I’m kidding of course.
….or am I?
Solarpower would be cool.
Think Texas instruments use it on calculators ever since the late 80s.
My worry about solar power, would be leaving the phone in direct sunlight! Couldn’t be good for it.
So your idea of a good cell phone is carrying an extra battery around with you instead of just plugging the dam thing in… uhm Apple, please ignore these idiots and keep moving forward, not backward.
@Frog & Mangu:
Forget Solar. Not going to happen.
The best photo voltaic cells today produce less that 15 watts per square foot. Thats about .1 watt per square inch.
The iphone is 4.5×2.5 or 11.25 sq inches, and a solar collector of that size could produce 1.7 watts.
The iphone charger produces 1 amp at 5 volts = 5 watts.
So you have nowhere near enough area on the phone to charge it, and not even enough to keep it topped of while in use.
Besides, I can’t speak for you, but its dark in my pocket.
There are after-market devices for this, such as the Solio: https://www.solio.com/charger/explore-solio/what-is-solio.html (79 bucks).
However, this device takes 8 to 10 hours to charge its battery, which can then be used to charge the phone, but it charges the phone at below-spec rates: Nominal DC Output: 3V, and even its internal battery puts out only .4amps, which is less than your laptop’s USB port.
@ iAirmanshirk, I’m glad you always have an outlet available when your battery runs low but some of us live lifestyles where that just isn’t the case. A well engineered replaceable battery can retain all the elegance of the original with added functionality. Stop being an iconoclast stuck on only one vision of hat is right or wrong solely based on your own experiences and perception of the world.
@ DJ
Call me a fool but instead of being an immature whiner, why not buy an external battery pack, same thing correct? I think i just nailed you. Grow up and find solutions other than “fix it apple”
Energizer makes a battery pack that charges the iPhone and all iPods with AA batteries. Useful if you are on the go. It is cheap too. I got it at buy.com for less than $20, shipping included. I think the name is energi-to-go. Not a typo, it is an i, I know.
DJChameleon: “… some of us live lifestyles where that just isn’t the case.”
Yes, I’m well aware of those lifestyles…
People today (especially the younger crowd) stare at their phones watching YouTube, sending 400 texts (instead of calling), playing music, and playing games for ten hours a day, while real life passes them by, then expect these ultra-thin, amazingly-convenient, miracle devices (that they cant even begin to appreciate) to be fully charged when an important call comes in.
Your battery issues (and lifestyle) are your own doing. And you’d most likely just kill your replacement battery as well, and continue whining anyway.
Please no replacement battery I like the iPhone how it is
I have the mophie external battery for the 3G and it just about doubles the battery life. It fits well in the hand, has a battery indicator on the back so you know how much juice it has left. Granted it is a little on the expensive side ($90 on eBay). But I found it to offer the best look and function. Plus you can sync to your computer with it on.
@Steve I love you- in a No Homo sort of way @Steve Jobs, I love you as well
I agree with the No battery comments from Steve =D
I have no particular need for a replaceable battery, but once again I’m struck by the tendency of some posters to tell others that they’re stupid for wanting what they want. Steve, et al, if you don’t want a replaceable battery… don’t f’n buy one. But kindly stop telling others they’re idiots for wanting one. And the screed about “the younger crowd” – you forgot to tell them to get off your lawn. Heaven forbid anyone should actually try to USE the features built into the phone… at least more than Steve thinks you should.
I think a replaceable battery would be pretty beneficial for heavy users.
I’m glad I’m not an apple head. Gee whiz, you guys are a little too religious about how you think infallible God … er, I mean Steve Jobs … was with regard to his vision.