Apple to introduce iPhone OS 4.0 on April 8 - Page 6

I mean google map. Bing Map are not as good as Google Map, I think.

I sincerely hope they include support Mobile Augmented Reality. Tracking object markers real-time through the cam. Not just data overlay w GPS/compass.

The problem for Apple probably comes in that here in Apr 10 they still sell iPhone 3G.


True but not as broad as Siemens and certainly less products than Sony. Apple's issue is that Steve's time is a bottleneck.


Nice list. I'd add to the iPod app and say i prefer the iPod touch Video and iPod apps. When I'm in another App a double tap of the home button on the iPod would always start music playing. On the iPhone if I watched a video last it quits the current app and loads a video.


What am I missing about T-Mobile that's special in the USA? iPhone has a Quad Band GSM radio and UMTS for 3G which Wikipedia suggests is what T-Mobile USA uses.


+1, the screen rotation is increasingly bothering me and I'd like to remove just incorrectly dialled numbers without all my recent calls.


I've given up on this. Apple is piss poor for not having done this in 2007.


802.11n seems very logical this time. I don't think we'll see USB3.0. Until USB3.0 is common on PCs and at least present on the Mac there's no point on the iPhone. I'm speculating but I'd wager most iPhone users charge their iPhones overnight by their bedsides and so WiFi syncing would make more sense than the much slower and more range limited BT.

I'd like to see better video output from the iPhone - perhaps DP and VGA connectors and hopefully the ability to view the whole screen not just the photo or video you're watching.


Yes the 4.x updates will be free too.


I'd like location based profiles rather than time based. When I'm in the office my games can disappear from the home screen and my ToDo app can be more obvious. (All apps could be loaded via Spotlight if needed outside the profile for the current location).

I'd like to see shortcuts to Settings on the Home screens. 2G to 3G is my standard battery saving technique quickly followed by a few notches down on bridghtness, notifications off etc.



Oddly I do send myself one or two word emails to remind myself what to do once I arrive at work (or home!) - I'd rather have a usable ToDo app though!


I've mention this elsewhere on this site but I think a manometer to give height above sea level will allow Augmented Reality apps to work in buildings and on Underground systems where GPS can't work. The Manometer would also allow for local weather forecasting (no network) or from the Cloud of iPhone users extensive information about surface pressure.

I expect 4.0 to deliver multi-tasking by two different means.

I am expecting fast suspend and restore behavior will be implemented entirely in the OS.
This feature alone will address most of the gripes people have about multi-tasking.
It would allow users to leave any app - do something else - and return to the first app in exactly the same state. We know there's enough memory, even in the older phones to support at least 3 or 4 apps.

I think this (app switching) feature is achievable with no changes to existing 3rd party software. So every app would immediately benefit.

The other aspect of multi-tasking, the ability to run code in background is actually less valuable. For many applications it is undesirable for the app to continue to run in background.

But for a handful of specific uses, some degree of background processing would be very valuable indeed.

So I think Apple will introduce a new API to allow safe "good-citizen" background processing. But this will need developers to create new 4.0 apps to take advantage of it.

C.

Lots of good suggestions.

T-Mobile USA uses the 1700MHz band for their 3G, which is why even the unlocked iPad won't work on their network, except for GPRS and EDGE data.

I like the idea of a manometer. Any idea how much this is, size, system overhead, or any mobile devices currently including it?



I'm on the same page. That seems like the only sound way to push this onto the average consumer. If/When this comes to pass I wonder how many mobile OSes will follow suit. They all seem to have adopted the Push Notification Service after they stopped calling it useless. \

Another addepndum...

• Allow developers to offer trial periods of apps. They already offer exploding media in the movie rentals so the technology is already there

Production schedules. Once they committed to what the iPad's feature set would be on release, that's that, with the new OS being developed alongside it and the handheld devices, which take precedence at this point. All three products that use this OS will be in sync when the new handheld models are released, thus three fresh new hardware products with nearly matching new feature sets for 2010. That's why they do it like that.

I hope it has a counter under "usage" for text message and MMS usage... that would be helpful.

This is easy to check on your phone, at least with AT&T.

It's called a phone bill right?

yes, but you can check before your cycle is over, too. Two options...

1) User dial pad on AT&T connected phone:

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http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/ba...arservices.jsp
2) Install AT&T app, which is an easy way to pay your bill. There website is so slow that it's best to avoid it at all costs:

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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/at-t-...309172177?mt=8

As I am not an AT&T customer I can not say for sure but I know there has to be a way that is not necessarily needed to be hardwired to the OS.

Seems to me, however, that you WANT to be the theme here, as you project this image of entitlement from others to do research to refute anything they have to say.

THAT is indicative of a troll, which, from an earlier post of yours you seem to take exception to.

You offer no value to this thread other than contention in no constructive way. Perhaps if you would put the box of twinkies down, lose a little weight so that you could get off your arse and test these things yourself as well, you would:

1. Be a happier person
2. Live Longer
3. Figure it all out

I know, it's ok Joshy, we ALL understand that asking you to actually DO something constructive AND lose the prepubescent mindset at the same time, may well extend far past your intellectual and physical fortitude, and I promise we won't hold any of it against you.


All that said, give me multitasking and direct printing and I will be as happy as a Joshy at DrakeCakes.



AB1

When I heard manometer I thought it is something that measures how manly you are. \

Too bad I can't stay up late tonight (where I am) to follow the liveblog. Got to go hiking with the gf the next morning. \
...You know, secretly I always wanted to be able to say gf on forums and tweets and what nots.

LOL... Honey, does this iPad make my butt look big?
"Nah, OS 4.0 will fix that..."

That's called a Solipsometer.

Seriously though, I'd never heard of a manometer before. I"m familiar with altimeter and know they make digital altimeter chips. I think both measure air pressure so i don't know the difference is.