Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Also Stands for Speed — of Adoption

By: Roger Kent

Roger Kent — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:47:06 +0000

IPhone 4.0 coming after summer.

1)Flash player support 2)Quick back option without going to home screen while switching between apps. 3)File browsing and storing 4)Option to attach images, file etc from email app itself. 5)Multiple signature options 6)Manual rotate gesture option 7)Notes app should be more powerful word process (fonts, text size etc) 8)All Grouping of contacts for test message e.g. friend and family groups. 9)App for grouping key social networking sites(for posting universal photos, text to all social networking sites together. 10) Auto spell check in safari browser (like mozilla) when adding text in twitter, facebook leaving comments at blog etc. 11)Build in Flash in camera for night photo shot 12) Front facing camera for video Chat 13) Use cover flow for using multitasking third party apps (limit to 5 apps, not to drain the battery life) 14)Thin quick time player app to run video downloaded from web. 15)Group notification alert or not attended tasks(missed MMS, SMS, PHONE, Chat message, meeting, event etc)on single screen.

Roger Kent

By: Rajiv

Rajiv — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:53:04 +0000

The thing I don't understand about the 3.0 OS update for iPod Touch is that iTunes doesn't verify that you've actually purchased the update - if you shift-restore with an appropriately downloaded IPSW for the Touch it'll work without a hitch. That's what my friend had done, and I was suprised that it had worked.

Perhaps the adpotion rate would increase if more people knew about this work-around?

By: icebike

icebike — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:08:52 +0000

Note: The above was not posted by me.

This site allows people to post with any name, even posting as Rene Richie. It really should be locked down a little more.

By: Ridlaw

Ridlaw — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:46 +0000

I don't know about other countries but here in the UK I got a text message directly from O2 telling me about the 3.0 upgrade just after the event. I'd already upgraded but I was surprised to see it.

Just about every customer of mine that has an iPhone had already upgraded by the time I mentioned it to them on my next visits.

By: Icebike

Icebike — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:21:56 +0000

The other point of interest is that adoption rate by iPod touch users is at a snails pace according to appleinsider.com.

Apparently the $10 fee outweighs virtually all the advantages of 3.0 for touch users.

By: Joe McG

Joe McG — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:12:40 +0000

@iShirk & zeagus

P.S. I love the iPhone. Not bashing Apple. Just trying to be the voice of reason

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:41:05 +0000

@ iShirk & zeagus, Joe’s got a point. If Apple had delivered both cut/copy/paste and Push Notifications (I’m leaving out MMS since nobody on AT&T can use it yet) in earlier releases would the adoption rate have been what was reported? Maybe, but maybe not. My sense is that it would have been similar as the 2.X releases – enthusiasts would upgrade immediately, those who wanted a specific feature would too but the masses would wait until they had time or were prompted to do it by iTunes.

By: zeagus

zeagus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:54:30 +0000

@Joe McG – I don’t really see anything in this post that is patting Apple on the back. This site makes no bones about what 2.x was lacking, so your comment seems kinda misplaced.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:16:54 +0000

3.0 also runs so much better than 2.2.1. Animations are staying smooth longer, keyboard not lagging in safari, and things moving along pretty snappy moving between apps. On top of the features and enhancements 3.0 is just plain better.

By: iShirk

iShirk — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:07:37 +0000

@ joe.

Please go away

By: Joe McG

Joe McG — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:02:18 +0000

Well, I Think this is more due to the fact that the 2.2.1 software lacked so many obvious features. Let's not pat Apple on the back too much here.

Also, there was a lot of media coverage on the update.