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iPhone 3.0 Predictions 2.0 March 17, 2009

Posted by Michael Quinn in : Apple, Developers, Predictions, iPhone, tablet , add a comment

There is nothing like hitting Publish on a post to unlock a flood of new ideas. Lets add a couple more to the list:

(this is the Wu Method of naming everything you and everyone else can think of, analysts get paid big bucks for this)

  • PUSH
  • Voice Dialing
  • Tethering (I could care less, till I need it)
  • Bluetooth support for Keyboards etc
  • One More Thing…

    Support for larger sized screen - 7 or 10 inch - for Apple Tablet product to be released in September / October (with next iPod rev). If Apple plans to release something like this in 09 - this will be the occasion for developers to be told about it so they can.. develop.

    Oh. And if Voice Play is announced - that one was mine too.

    UPDATE: The silly section.

  • New Version of iTunes
  • Beatles on iTunes
  • Stability updates
  • and Flash support - why is no one talking about Flash support?
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    iPhone 3.0 Predictions March 17, 2009

    Posted by Michael Quinn in : Apple, Predictions, iPhone, xcode , add a comment

    Apple have announced an event to discuss what they are working on in the next version of software for the iPhone - iPhone 3.0. It’s going to be held March 17 US time - in about 17 hours from now. So time for a few quick predictions.

    My SHUT UP List (just do it to shut everyone up)

  • Cut & Paste
  • MMS
  • Landscape Mail
  • Video Recording
  • Turn by Turn GPS
  • To Do list
  • Custom ring settings / profiles
  • I’d be VERY surprised if all of these (except maybe video) wasn’t included. And seriously - after 3 revs of the software - people can rightly feel pissed if they aren’t.

    Improvements to existing stuff

    There are a lot of little improvements Apple could make to existing Apps.

  • Camera - timer / press anywhere to take pic etc. Build in the best ideas from the App Store
  • Better for uploading to FlickR / MobileMe / Facebook
  • Some iLife / iWork / MobileMe integration
  • Faces / Places ala iPhoto 09?
  • Integrated Synch with iCal and Google Calendars
  • Add Google Groups - Contacts Groups sync
  • NEW Features for iPhone 3.0

  • Remote Wipe for the Rest-Of-Us
  • XCode - more templates to make apps even easier (compare number of iPhone templates to Mac templates
  • Wireless Syncing to iTunes
  • And One More Thing - the big one - Core Fart Noises Layer for OSX 10.6
  • It will be interesting to see how many ideas Apple takes from Apps selling in the App Store. Yes it will suck for the developer, but you can’t use that as an excuse not to improve the OS. Not like they haven’t done it before with Mac OSX (Spaces, Dashboard etc)

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    What other new devices are there Phil? WWDC08 Unannounced Product slip? June 10, 2008

    Posted by Michael Quinn in : Predictions, WWDC, iPhone , comments closed

    During Phil Schiller’s presentation of the new Mobile Me at WWDC 08, he made a couple of Faux Par’s.

    OK, the “Active Stink” one was pretty funny. Gotta believe thats a little inside joke at Apple and one that’s going to stick pretty well.

    Hell - if the name fits…. Active Sync sucks.

    But a few minutes later I think he really slipped up - and no one else seems to have noticed.

    To Quote:

    Phil Schiller: 1:08:30 “Mobile Me stores your information up in the cloud. So you can get to it from anywhere, using any of your devices. Using a Mac, happen to use a PC, and most importantly, use one of our great new devices like an iPhone…”

    LIKE an iPhone ?? What else is there Uncle Phil? (Yes I know there is the Touch but I’m pretty sure thats not what he meant)

    New devices coming soon from Apple once the 3G frenzy wears off? See you in August / September.

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