major issues with battery life

What were the notifications doing? Setting badges, launching apps? (I've not run the beta so I don't know the possibilities here, but it might not be the notifications so much as what users try to do with them).

From at least 3 other testers, no appreciable hit on battery life at all. However, they all seemed to be getting different notifications, at different frequencies, so who knows what was going on?

I share your frustration. You may have noticed in other stories that PRE has been posting quite a bit of hatred. I wouldn't even bother addressing this person. PRE appears to only have interest in getting folks annoyed and upset. It's not worth your time.

In a side note, I enjoy reading your posts. I've learned a lot from them. Thanks for your contributions to TiPB.

None of us here own stock in any company, so we all just swallow your nonsense about shareholder inside information like its the Carved In Stone truth.

We are all idiots here and far to stupid to buy stock or do anything complex and scary like that.

Thanks for your enlightenment and wisdom.

Rene, its time to step down as editor, we have found the new TiPb Messiah.

All hail Pre.

The software can’t be released seperate from the device

Sure it can. There are VERY good reasons to do this. Holding current user updates to New Phone Release day is a recipe for disaster. They did that once, and I don't see them doing that again.

First you have the problem of filling the channel with Version 3 phones, which could take some time. If these things were sitting the the back rooms at ATT stores and Best Buy and Walmart it would have leaked out by now, so we know the channel is not yet full.

The plan that makes the most sense: (my best guess)

1) Release the new software and get the current user base all swooning and blogging about how cool it is. (Pump up the hype). Get the problems handled in Apple stores prior to the new phone appearing.

2) Announce availability date of two to 6 weeks ahead (Make people salivate and dig out their Tents and Camping gear)

3a) Drop the price of the Version 2 phones. (Clear inventory) -OR- 3b) Recall all Version 2 phones in the channel for redistribution to Apple Stores as warranty replacements. (Clear Channel inventory)

4) Leak a few phones to Media writers - (More hype!)

5) Start a count down to release date in the press (More tents) (More Hype).

6) Fill the channel with inventory. (Make a big show of it)

7) Release!

Profit.

But most important, the very LAST thing you want to do is release new phones and new OS on the same day and utterly swamp the Apple store geniuses with tech problems and run the risk of spoiling the launch in the view of the mainstream press.

Iphone hardware will be the same except changes in storage configuration in 16 and 32 GB.

We already know that is NOT true.

(Read a few blog entries from TiPb before you post something so obviously wrong).

The software can't be released seperate from the device , what would be the point. People would probably think the new hardware is not worth it.

I wouldn't like to wait until July but that's now it is