Apple done presenting iPhone OS 3.0 - over 100 new features

17 March, 2009
Tonight Apple presented the latest reincarnation of their iPhone OS, which brings new and exciting features to the already capable OS. Another significant change is that there will be 1000 new APIs that will give...

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  • 18 Mar 2009

Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009Based on reviews and on videos on YouTube. It shows that th... morepart truth mostly lies, about the touchscreen which is still a prototype. being different on the touch is not bad so therefor it's not a copy of the iphone. you are cool, i'll give you that but wait until the final version is release then we'll se what the n97 is like

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    • 18 Mar 2009

    Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009You call smart a phone that needs to be updated continously... moreThe iphone has features out of the box that other smartphones don't have either. It's just that the iphone has a different view of how they prioritize which features should be included first. The iphone is not the only one who provides firmware updates, although I say that Apple is the best when it comes to delivering updates to its users conveniently and seamlessly. Your jealousy and bitterness is making you dumb =)

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      • 18 Mar 2009

      daret, 18 Mar 2009pay attention first before you respond. first of there is n... moreBased on reviews and on videos on YouTube. It shows that the N97's touchscreen is not at par with the iphone's. Even the reviewers attested to that and mentioned that it is not as fluid and responsive as the iphone's screen. Also, it uses resistive technology, not capacitive. Capacitive is the more responsive. It is also newer technology for touchscreen. So there. The iphone can survive without itunes, but for integration of services, itunes becomes an integral player, and there is nothing wrong with that. As for the missing features, all phones have missing features, not just the iphone. It was only a matter of time until they incorporated those missing features in, and they did, and we don't have to buy a new device either. As for the App Store, developers need to get paid for their labor. It's as simple as that. You are obviously not a developer, but a cheap consumer who wants to get every app for free or go for pirated stuff, ewww. The iphone already has features that other phones do not have, and now with the missing features added on, it's even better, and you're just too jealous and bitter to accept that =)

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        • 18 Mar 2009

        WOW, it's actually funny how ignorant people can be...

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          • 18 Mar 2009

          Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009Some devices uses the same processors, but their OS designs... morebuy a new battery who cares about the drainaged if not tell them to build a better battery.

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            • 18 Mar 2009

            Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009Nokia smartphone sales down by 16% Apple smartphone sale... moreYou call smart a phone that needs to be updated continously to finally catch up with features and specs MOST devices in the market include out-of-the-box? Shows just how "smart" the iphone really is!!! But then again, it may be a smartphone for dumb people... Are you one of them?

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              • 18 Mar 2009

              Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009What's funny is, you desperately discouraging people to buy... moredon't get mad at what someone opinion is which is more truth then opinion. dosen't sound as though this person is detering someone from buying the iphone but going against your statements with facts. you gotta love this site for which we debate about phone companies neither of own. they're like pimps and we the hoes that sign up.

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                • 18 Mar 2009

                Momo, 18 Mar 2009Lol itouch uses the same processor as the Nokia phones N9... moreSome devices uses the same processors, but their OS designs are different. That explains why some devices perform or render pages better than the others. Iphone does multi-task. You can web surf and listen to music at the same time. So it can. The iphone can expand its multi tasking capabilities as well, but if you listened to what they said on their keynote, it's impratical because it would drain the battery quick, so they used a different approach to this and utilized push notification instead, which does the same thing w/out compromising batt life.

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                  • 18 Mar 2009

                  Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009What's funny is, you desperately discouraging people to buy... morepay attention first before you respond. first of there is no nokia touchscreen here in the states as of yet thats why on the nokia site is say's preorder, so therefor how would you know how the touch screen is. second of all you still using itunes for support for a phone that lack features which is why they release this new software,which most phones come with straight out the box at first purchase. for as this store crap it's a money pit and if i was a developer,heck i would love it to-make money off the consumer. apple was smart for that and other phone companies seen that and therefor jump on the bandwagon. wouldn'nt you? it lacks all that the 3.0 os is coming out with this summer that most phones have now an in the past

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                    • 18 Mar 2009

                    Momo, 18 Mar 2009nokia is to high class for apple's high browed attitude plu... moreNokia smartphone sales down by 16%

                    Apple smartphone sales up by 245%

                    2008, source. Gartner.

                    Nokia based their latest S60 browser on WebKit which was developed by Apple, welcome to hell poor little Nokia fanboi...

                    ...mwhahahaha!

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                      • 18 Mar 2009

                      kitch, 18 Mar 2009It seems apple has paid you to become die hard fan of apple... moreIt seems like Nokia has paid you to desperately promote Nokia in iphone posts, lol. Have you heard of the term "consumer's freedom of choice"? People will buy the product that they think is good for them. So what is your problem? You are a joke :)

                      Nokia and Samsung has nothing on the iphone. User experience is not as topnotch as the iphone's. Nokia and Samsung has been releasing phones with the same old features all the time, so what's your complain about the iphone releasing a new phone with similar features as the older one? LOL. You're not making sense. Jealous? Envious? Bitter perhaps that the iphone has finally added on the missing features that you guys have been using to attack the iphone with? LOL.

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                        • 18 Mar 2009

                        dare, 18 Mar 2009funny how you iphoners act as though you own apple. the iph... moreWhat's funny is, you desperately discouraging people to buy the iphone, lol. Apple has changed the trends in mobile industry. Are you blind? Can't you see all of those iphone copycats? LOL. They're even copying itunes and the app store, lol. How can you say that the iphone is far behind when it's the best performing phone out there. Lacks? There are 100 added features on 3.0 OS, and only a few of them were revealed, how do you know exactly what is lacking? Why? Is there a phone out there that has every possible feature imaginable? It does give you full internet experience minus the flash for practical reasons. A lot of phones do not have flash support either, so please. Blackberry Storm does not even have wifi. Sorry, but Nokia, SE and Samsung does not have smooth UI's. They also do not have over 25,000 apps, they also do not have itunes, and they also do not offer wide integration of services, but hey, get the phone that works for you best =)

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                          • 18 Mar 2009

                          daku, 18 Mar 2009its apple's first phone and they don't rush things they alr... morenokia is to high class for apple's high browed attitude plus there at war cause apple started flawnting there crap and nokia is answering back just like Lg,Samsung,HTC and RIM
                          since apple is a computer company

                          and Nokia will never shake hands with the devil lol

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                            • 18 Mar 2009

                            Apple isn't a phone company per se. I mean they make the phone..but what they have done with the services is pretty darn smart. It would be hard for Nokia Ovi to simulate what apple did with it's app store...and that my friends is where the bigger pie is going to be in the future...
                            The phone is OK. I am not a big fan of the phone...but for 1st timer on touchscreen..it did pretty good and created a standard. Most new touchscreen phone are considered as iPhone killer...and then they vanish somewhere. I am waiting for a phone where people would say...that's the iPhone killer both categories...Phone and service..If you look in the details of the sales number, you would notice that the 80% sales of iPhone has been from North America market..that tells me that the phone is a big hit in NA market where typically high-end phones from Nokia, HTC Samsung phones have trouble negotiating deals with the carriers.


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                              • 18 Mar 2009

                              Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009Iphone was named Gadget of the Year, both by Time and Stuff... morePlease don't tell me u r actually reffering to Stuff Magazine who has ladies in bikins and such when u go on to their website. Why don't u get your stats about football players from Football Manager 2009 on your PC while ur at it. Tamaguchi and that little cute mechanical bear was also "gadget" of year i Stuff Magazine, and what do Times know about Mobile Phones, i read that article Times and it's about the most sought after "hype" or "gadget" in America that year It was not about how good the Iphone was or what it can do, it was about the "product", cause u do know Times is a financial and political magazine, right? Experts and High Profile Reviews all see the Iphone as a gadget, not a proper device for the modern mobile industry. Any review you will see iphone is always reviewd seperately as a gadget, not with other real multimedia and office phones. Apple tried to enter their Iphone to the Global Mobile Awards but were not permitted cause it had a price class of a high end phone, but the software and build quality (hardness) of a low range phone, so they could not fit in to any category. They actually offered Apple to enter the Iphone in the awards anyway but as a low end device as long as the subsided price would be incognito. The Iphone is a fun piece of gadget, as long as u see it as a gadget, don't expect too much, and not see it as a phone. That's why all experts and reviews call it a Gadget, and not a complete mobile device.

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                                • 18 Mar 2009

                                its apple's first phone and they don't rush things they already had perfected their hardware but for their software their just starting but from time to time they will also perfect their OS but i hope i doesn't take forever to wait. iphone change how user interact with their mobile phones and they perfected or almost perfected it? using our own body part that we used everday of our lives our fingers. i hope one day nokia & apple would merge and will make a evolutionary phone hehehe...

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                                  • 18 Mar 2009

                                  Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009i congratulate apple on finally giving the features that hv... moreLol itouch uses the same processor as the Nokia phones
                                  N95 has 2 ARM11 CPUs
                                  itouch runs at 400Mhz
                                  N96 has dual ARM9
                                  so why can't iphone multitask
                                  cause apple Mobile OS is incapable of doing cause it's Unix based
                                  and Nokia's S60 is Ubuntu
                                  And OSx are both Linux based phones
                                  but Ubuntu is superiour to Unix cause Unix is discontinued XD
                                  so they are going backwards apple that is
                                  They took 2 years to make drivers for an Old OS that No One can use same with there OSx 10 and all the other versions

                                  Very sad company

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                                    • 18 Mar 2009

                                    shaza , 18 Mar 2009stop talking crap ya badgers i-phone is a far better device... moreIt seems apple has paid you to become die hard fan of apple products. Haa haa ...
                                    Iphone is just a joke. Apple as a whole can't compare to nokia capability or even samsung, lg and SE. Apple has hypnotized their customers over time when their sale starts falling down then they release a newer version with nearly nothing new features. Come on wake up kid. Grow up and be guidied by ur daddy ...

                                    I see apple fanboys had spent lot of money on crappy iphone so they somehow want to show that iphone is best device. But u fuls have already fallen in the trap created by apple.

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                                      • 18 Mar 2009

                                      Anonymous, 18 Mar 2009You are not making sense. I really doubt if your E70 takes ... moreDude i have a E70 as well and i took a pic of the same object with an iphone 3g and the picture just looked better on iphone cause the display was HiRes compaired to the E70 but untouched and and put on a computer or made in to a digital phone Nokia has the upper hand cause they actually use devoted chips for the camera on nokia phones
                                      iphone uses software

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 18 Mar 2009

                                        i congratulate apple on finally giving the features that hv been present on other phones for 2+ yrs to iphone (now that is staying ahead of the game lol).
                                        when are they actually gna improve the hardware and not just the software cos the iphone is really all about software. i mean add a better cam (more settings would be nice and a flash), maybe a physical keyboard, a front facing cam which can be used for video calling and like a web cam. also the resolution could be increased. the 3" screen on xperia has 800x480. the processor shud be replaced to a faster one. the ipod touch for example has a faster processor. also give the iphone more memory say 32gb or let it be expandable by card slots. these r things apple cud achieve. r they gna do it? dont think so.