scoobydoo

Vagabum

Don't answer that - don't really care.

podgedog

*please let it be that she dumped him and not the other way around.

Barion

Restricting CPU cycles given to background processes isn't enough. As others have pointed out, the big power issue is avoiding having each background process separately turn on the radios whenever they want to communicate on the Internet. Background processes that need to do something online will presumably need to wait until the network is available (e.g., when the iPhone is checking mail).

NormM

brutek

It's BS because iPhone's "full-blown OS" that Apple touted is perfectly capable of restricting the CPU cycles given to background apps. It's BS because most apps need very little CPU in the background anyway, and apps that do will be quickly uninstalled if users don't like that. It's BS because many, many users will happily overlook the occasional 10ms UI stutter if it means their iPhone will actually do what *they* want it to, rather than only what Apple says they want to do.

The only way to "guarantee" anything is to disallow *any* third-party code. But apparently that's not what most iPhone users want, hence the SDK. Why keep fighting it?

Oh btw, @Gofastmazda: 3G lets you keep accessing the Net while you're on a phonecall. It's worth it for that alone.

Namarrgon

nycaviation

aqtrans

jmpol82

>If the 2nd iPhone can't do A2DP, OBEX, sync with any >other device, then all Apple fans should be seriously >apologetic to anyone they made fun of for using Vista.

No. But we will feel sorry for you. How about that?

His_Shadow

Sorry to be a party popper . . .cant reveal my sources but 3G for iPhone cannot be supported for anotehr 24 months. Yes, there will be a "3G" phone for the ill informed suckers for marketing giberrish but that's not a real 3G phone.

You guys have been to Tokyo - who am I kidding? I know what I am talking about. How did we suddenly get 3G by teh way - we dont even have teh freaking network to support that bandwidth. I am still getting dropped calls in the middle of the city outside a huge cell tower.

JJ910

The Great Aussie Evil

monofurioso

jonahman2003

redwingsmonk

u people really believe that? am i the only one who thinks this will force large corps to get licensing from apple? well pay apple really...

keysereble

bandit

MrBlahBlah

I wonder if its even worth buying a new iphone. 4G is already getting started for a couple of carriers there is no point in releasing a 3G iphone if by the time its released everyone is already used to 4G speeds with better or maybe still phones that cant compete but still have the 4G connectivity and that gives them the upper hand.
Why cant we see a Alienware phone??? or Voodoo Phone that'll give apple a real run for its money. Falcon Northwest Phone anyone??? lolx.
I agree the iphone may be one of the best phones and probably the most advanced but bottom line is there is no point releasing something that is already going to be obsolete.
When the 3G iphone comes out WiMax is going to be out and AT&T is going to be sharing its data coverage with Verizon and they're going to have a super network and T-Mobile is still gonna be stuck in the past with 3G but doing way better because the 3G bands arent going to be as clustered.
IDC about the iphone im not gonna get one because im not changing to AT&T any time soon. If it comes out for t-mobile i still wont get one because i dont want to be like the 500 thousand other people that have got the phone within the first 3 days of its release.

SneakerFiend

i4ni

Otherwise - Kevin Rose is a tool_

uberfu

Works fine for me. And I am a business user. DateBK is joke and the previous versions was a convoluted mess.

freakshow1

flunkycarter

There will be vintage t-shirts, fair-trade coffee, mac-books, small women's jeans, and smug looks given out to the first 200 people to arrive!

Saturday night.... BE THEREEEEEEEEE!

atomicafro

le12epilote

Rose put a lot of effort into his previous iPhone prediction, and actually managed to score a big fat 0.

scoobydoo

ParJoe

Mandatory_Field

Andy S.

R2B2

homersays

Actually, you can open Notes while you're on a phone call. Rather simple to do so, in fact.

If I'm on WiFi, I routinely surf the web or check maps while chatting with a friend. It's not that tough to do.

appleeinstein

Yes, he wasn't completely wrong about the iPhone in that he was correct about it having phone functions.

SMG3er

do you have cookies turned on?

Camperton

akamomo

Uh... He wasn't completely wrong about the iPhone, but he was wrong nonetheless. Let's wait and see.

FP ph15h

The lack of MMS, the lack of copy/paste, the lack of being able to multitask (i.e. opening a note while on a phone call) are all much bigger problems operationally than the lack of 3G.

Gofastmazda

SchruteBuck

tivoupgrade

Mandatory_Field

James

Hey, has anyone else noticed that if you run Stitcher (the streaming audio WebApp on Apple's site) that it runs an unusual background Quicktime process that stays active when you turn the iPhone to standby, or when you exit Safari (just like the iPod functionality) and adds a phantom icon to the main screen (you can tell because if you have exactly a full screen of icons, it gives you an empty second screen to flick to). This means background, stay-resident apps can be run right from Safari already. Weird.

bandit

ParJoe

Way

BTW, your RSS feeds ain't working.

lonewolf333

Monty

If the 2nd iPhone can't do A2DP, OBEX, sync with any other device, then all Apple fans should be seriously apologetic to anyone they made fun of for using Vista.

newgalactic

Jesus Diaz

Mandatory_Field

ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT

gadgetchic

nutbastard