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Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

x23 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:23:03 EST

correct me if i am wrong... but aren't there like 2 "tiers" to the term "Exchange Support"? the difference between using the proprietary MAPI and whatever the other one is (OWA i think?).

one of which is not difficult to implement and one requiring MS licensing or using an MS application?

x23

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

0xdeadbeef — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:22:21 EST

@labrats5: There are only three input modalities - stylus-based, menu-based (either with the standard two-button softkeys, or the RIM style click-and back, with both conventions approaching each other these days), and the now the iPhone, which is really the future of stylus-based.

Designing for various screen sizes and input modes is a hell of a lot easier than than rewriting *everything* for the half-dozen operating systems in use today. A commodity operating system such as Android taking over would be the best thing to ever happen to the industry.

0xdeadbeef

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

92BuickLeSabre — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:34:41 EST

@Noobs-R-Us: Well, it's not really my funeral. It's not like I invested all of my life's savings in RIMM and then did so through a loan shark or something.

92BuickLeSabre

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

jimtravis — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:43:50 EST

@Noobs-R-Us: I did not write the original post, but I have used the finger flick, and scroll, don't like it all. Also tried the piching zoom, and dislike that as well. Tried the gestures on a MacBook Air at BB, and I dislike the gestures even more than on the iPhone/touch. The gestures impress the coffee shop crowd, but not very productive. I take a real, or virtual page down button any day.

jimtravis

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

TheTwinTowers — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:26:55 EST

NO ONE CARE. ITS APPLE GARBAGE

TheTwinTowers

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

EL_RIEL — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:45:28 EST

@doofusgumby: LOL , for verizon you can have LG and Samsung copycats. with verizon OS .. double-LOL

EL_RIEL

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

doofusgumby — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:21:42 EST

for me the deal killer on the iphone is being stuck on at&t's network. around here, it's teh suck. no gsm phone I've ever tried works in my phone closet - only verizon's cdma. so when troubleshooting the pbx...

yes the exchange integration would be nice, but only matters to me when I can get a verizon flavor.

doofusgumby

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Noobs-R-Us — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:14:25 EST

@labrats5: "yeah, RIM will be fine, they make great products and are entrenched in the business sector for the foreseeable future."

Famous last words. Your last name isn't Custer is it?

Noobs-R-Us

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Noobs-R-Us — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:11:55 EST

@92BuickLeSabre: Hey, it's your funeral....

Noobs-R-Us

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Noobs-R-Us — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:58:41 EST

@SchruteBuck: Trackball? Man, that's old school! Have you not used the Apple finger flick and scroll? It's devine! once you use it you'll want to rip out that Trackball like Oedipus ripped out his eyes!

Noobs-R-Us

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

firesign — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:53:04 EST

not only 3g on the iphone, but how about wpa2-enterprise encryption support for the wifi? not like it's hard to add it for godsakes, and it's a stupid thing not to have these days.

firesign

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Uncle Jerry — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:52:05 EST

@labrats5:
then I wish they would bring back a standalone iSight.

Uncle Jerry

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

LankySean — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:27:27 EST

So... no word on a new iMac i guess? I mean i know the Apple Event didn't happen yet but I guess i may as well pick on up today then. :-/

LankySean

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

labrats5 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:11:16 EST

@Uncle Jerry:

I don't think apple wants to compete in the display market anymore. There's not much that they can do to differentiate themselves, and margins are razor thin. I think they are happy enough just selling cinema displays to idiots who want to color coordinate with their Mac Pro.

labrats5

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

TheGeektoriousBIG — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:53:13 EST

When can I get a percentage button on the calculator...Jeesh! Someone SDK that little thing in for me...mmmmmkay!?!?

TheGeektoriousBIG

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

atomo — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:40:32 EST

@Uncle Jerry: Exactly what I was thinking. They are in dire need of an update.

atomo

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Uncle Jerry — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:38:08 EST

whatever happened to the Apple Displays? Are they ever going to bring those back, with maybe a built in iSight. Would love to hook up my iBook or Mac Mini to one.

Uncle Jerry

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Lamont — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:36:50 EST

There is no way 3G is happening this soon. They are not going to release a 16GB iPhone one week and then replace it with a 3G model two weeks later...that would be very stupid.

Lamont

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

uberfu — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:36:27 EST

Also 10.5.2 [maybe]

uberfu

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Lamont — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:36:09 EST

I agree that some form of enhanced Exchange support would be huge!

Lamont

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

labrats5 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:29:52 EST

@92BuickLeSabre:

yeah, RIM will be fine, they make great products and are entrenched in the business sector for the foreseeable future.

All the other players are screwed. Symbian never took off in America, and with the market getting even more competitive, I doubt it ever will. Palm has been slowly dying for some time. Windows mobile made it by as the only US 3rd party smartphone OS for some time, but it sucks and will continue to suck for at least two more years. By that time Android will enter the market and become the 3rd party OS of choice, but this won't help either samsung or motorola gain share over apple and rim, because 3rd party os's don't really belong in the phone market. Unlike the pc industry, where all imput devices are essentially standardized, the phone market is hopelessly unstandardized. Having a unified os doesn't help developers very much when they still need to rewrite their apps to accommodate the hugely different hardware features of every major phone. By tying the hardware and software together in as a single platform, RIM and Apple have an unbeatable advantage over everyone else.

labrats5

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

ARP — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:23:38 EST

3G + exchange support= I buy the second its available.

ARP

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Leonard Nimrod — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:19:18 EST

@chinkbastard: Surely, it's a personal preference, but the feel and usability of the MacBook's "chicklet" keyboard is great.

Leonard Nimrod

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Leonard Nimrod — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:17:35 EST

@yoshi: Steve Jobs did say that there would be one in 2008. Though, he also said in 2006 that Apple wasn't working on an iPod phone. :-\

Leonard Nimrod

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

chinkbastard — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:35:09 EST

apple please don't ruin the MBP by fitting it with the lego keyboard. it looks and feels cheap not to mention black and silver clashes.

chinkbastard

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

yoshi — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:29:29 EST

@Leonard Nimrod:

At least we know AT&T is building out it's 3G wireless network to support "3G" phones.

Let's hope Stephenson was correct in saying consumers will be getting a 3G iPhone this year.

yoshi

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

mangochutney — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:20:20 EST

@Kaiser-Machead: You're probably right. We'll see. That's why the new MBP has to provide some major improvements over the current design (points noted above) to make me spend the money.
I don't do games alot, at least not anymore. The MB would do, but aluminium is so beautiful...

mangochutney

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

SchruteBuck — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:19:46 EST

@92BuickLeSabre: I'm also addicted to the thumb trackball, so I think your stock is safe.

SchruteBuck

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:19:07 EST

@bobdobbs: Scratch the parenthetical, and it's still accurate.

92BuickLeSabre

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Leonard Nimrod — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:18:02 EST

@yoshi: It can't be released on that date, but they might use such an event to announce it's pending release (after the FCC okays it).

I think it took 6 weeks last time. Surely it will drastically hamper sales of the current model to pre-announce it but they have no choice.

Leonard Nimrod

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

SigmundTheSeaMonster — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:17:07 EST

FUD!!!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Adolf — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:16:45 EST

@Pope John Peeps II: Apple Unicorns? Whooo!!!! I'd buy one of those XD

Adolf

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

mangochutney — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:14:11 EST

@SchruteBuck: fanboyism aside, IMO it is ok. I don't have my touch yet, but I use one at work daily. You get use to not having any physical feedback. As well as the intelligent-schmintelligent typing software.

mangochutney

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:13:50 EST

@Noobs-R-Us: I think it's every other company that has to continue to worry.

Even the tightest markets tend to have room for two.

/Not selling (or shorting) my RIMM stock yet.

92BuickLeSabre

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

nachobel — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:12:38 EST

@mangochutney: meeeeee to.

12" even.

nachobel

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

disdes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:07:15 EST

The iPhones on-screen keyboard only took me a few hours to get used too.. afterwards, i was a comfortable and speedy typer.

disdes

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

SchruteBuck — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:05:29 EST

@Noobs-R-Us: But I loves me some keyboard. I have to try the iPhone touchscreen one and see what it's like.

SchruteBuck

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:03:34 EST

@mangochutney: I could sure go for one myself. Unfortunately, the gap between the standard Macbook and the Macbook pro is not as wide as the iBook from the Powerbook, and now the Macbook has some notable design advantages over the now aging powerbook case design of the MBP, so I don't suppose that will happen anytime soon.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

kyledwards — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:01:48 EST

Exchange support, Exchange support, Exchange support... Oh geeze, please be true.

kyledwards

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Noobs-R-Us — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:59:07 EST

@SchruteBuck: That's why it's called the crackberry.

The only competitive advantage it has left is the keyboard. I expect Apple to take up to 50% of RIMMs market share overtime. A very short time!

Noobs-R-Us

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

mangochutney — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:59:06 EST

@Kaiser-Machead: I'm still hoping for a 13" MBpro. Even if it is a hopeless situation.
Still, a redesigned, better cooled, user-servicable MBpro 15" would be very, very tempting.

Otherwise I'll get a white "MacBook Teh Snappy",
meaning 4GB RAM and 320GB HDD (self upgraded of course).

mangochutney

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Pope John Peeps II — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:58:29 EST

9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple will have yet another event on February 26

What, you mean in addition to the already bi-weekly Apple "launch" events? Yeeeesh. How bout you pace yourself Apple. At some point in the near future we will see the following headlines.

"Apple announces: Jobs eats sandwich!"
"Apple announces: Unicorns!"
"Apple feature: Let's just get together and watch Season 1 of heroes on my macbook, kay?"
"Macbooks announces: future of announcements to be announced following this latest announcement!"

Pope John Peeps II

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

fastm3driver — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:57:16 EST

I only want a 3G iphone if the data is $20 a month. $60 a month is a deal killer for me.
I would rather have GPS with built in maps and no monthly fee. This, I would pay double for even with edge.

fastm3driver

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

bobdobbs — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:55:41 EST

Does anybody else find that (because of Apple) their life is now spent either 1) anxiously anticipating or 2) woefully disappointed.

bobdobbs

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

SchruteBuck — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:54:07 EST

@Noobs-R-Us: I'm not ready to give up my Blackberry just yet, but this thing is really coming along.

SchruteBuck

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

MINI Driver — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:53:01 EST

@SchruteBuck:

Anything to stop the incessant whining from MS Whores on this site!

MINI Driver

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

SensesLost — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:51:31 EST

3G iPhone would be great. But when the hell are they going to release the iphone in Canada.

SensesLost

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

olternaut — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:50:04 EST

I've said it once...ermm...a dozen times and yet again I say on FEB 26th it will be the MACTOUCH FTW!!!!!! :D

olternaut

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Noobs-R-Us — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:48:45 EST

@SchruteBuck: Yea, start shorting RIMM stock. We all knew this day was coming.

Noobs-R-Us

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Noobs-R-Us — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:48:15 EST

I hope there will be more free apps.

Noobs-R-Us

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

SchruteBuck — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:46:43 EST

Wow, Exchange support, that's huge. (<-- serious)

SchruteBuck

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:59 EST

If they bring all of the design cues of the standard Macbook (user-replaceable HDD and mag-lid), then I'm sold on the MBP.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

yoshi — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:53 EST

We want a 3G iPhone!

yoshi