Comments on: The Apple iPhone 2 and firmware 2.3 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/ Original comment and commentary, with a UK focus. Not another cut 'n' paste news site. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Unlock iPhone 3G http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-2636 Unlock iPhone 3G Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:58:55 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-2636 What Apple should do is pick up the original true smartphone (a Nokia N95) or one of their latest (Nokia N85 or Nokia N96) and add all the features these phones have that the iPhone 3G is lacking at the moment. Ha Ha Ha! What Apple should do is pick up the original true smartphone (a Nokia N95) or one of their latest (Nokia N85 or Nokia N96) and add all the features these phones have that the iPhone 3G is lacking at the moment. Ha Ha Ha!

]]> By: James Burland http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1892 James Burland Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:36:40 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1892 Rima: That's why I mentioned 960 x 640 pixels. A simple doubling is all that is required to make current apps fit perfectly and without any jaggies. The downside would be a slight softening of the doubled image. Rima: That’s why I mentioned 960 x 640 pixels. A simple doubling is all that is required to make current apps fit perfectly and without any jaggies. The downside would be a slight softening of the doubled image.

]]> By: Rima http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1888 Rima Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:48:46 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1888 Not yet...the app system is too young to trouble it with different sized displays, as programmers would have to know about that quite a while before release to fit their apps. Further I doubt that video capture is that important to apple to be a major spec of a whole new iPhone. And I also doubt they would enlarge the screen in any way as that would cost way too much battery and cpu power. They are more likely to release an "iPhone nano" with less memory and in different colors...still the software would probably remain uniform. So would most probably the display. They could change and reposition the home btn and shrink the upper part so the phone would be as big as the display...pretty much. On the other hand that would make the device a lot unhandier for gaming which would also impact on the appstore. So they might well leave the iPhone nano as nobody seems to complain about the current size. Speculations over speculations...well, time will tell...at least Not yet…the app system is too young to trouble it with different sized displays, as programmers would have to know about that quite a while before release to fit their apps. Further I doubt that video capture is that important to apple to be a major spec of a whole new iPhone.

And I also doubt they would enlarge the screen in any way as that would cost way too much battery and cpu power.

They are more likely to release an “iPhone nano” with less memory and in different colors…still the software would probably remain uniform. So would most probably the display. They could change and reposition the home btn and shrink the upper part so the phone would be as big as the display…pretty much.

On the other hand that would make the device a lot unhandier for gaming which would also impact on the appstore.

So they might well leave the iPhone nano as nobody seems to complain about the current size.

Speculations over speculations…well, time will tell…at least

]]> By: James Burland http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1886 James Burland Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:25:49 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1886 If history teaches us anything it's that we are like to see an iPhone nano. Exactly the same spec as the original iPhone (not 3G), but slight smaller, cheaper and in a range of colours. My question is this; How about an iPhone Pro? Bigger, heavier, but with video capture, a 960 x 640 (making sure that current Apps scale nicely) and a much larger price tag, obviously. If history teaches us anything it’s that we are like to see an iPhone nano.

Exactly the same spec as the original iPhone (not 3G), but slight smaller, cheaper and in a range of colours.

My question is this; How about an iPhone Pro? Bigger, heavier, but with video capture, a 960 x 640 (making sure that current Apps scale nicely) and a much larger price tag, obviously.

]]> By: Rima http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1885 Rima Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:20:06 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1885 My bad...the "high-end" version will of course have 32GB and not pathetic 8gig :-P sry4typo and doublepost My bad…the “high-end” version will of course have 32GB and not pathetic 8gig :-P sry4typo and doublepost

]]> By: Rima http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1884 Rima Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:18:19 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1884 Well, I read somewhere the next releases from apple would be iPhone 3G's in different sizes. There is going to be a "low-budget" version with 4 GB memory and a "high-end" version with 8 GB. To release that many serious improvements as described in this article would be a stupid thing to do from apple, as it would finish off the 3G before it would have started to throw off some real profit. So I guess they'll just release some software improvements as well as minor hardware updates to reach out to more people. What might well be included in FW 2.3 could be those upgrades to text editing, such as copy/paste and horizontal keyboard in messaging. I sort of doubt Apple would ever oficially allow themes on the iPhone, since not even Mac OS X supports them. But changing the homescreen backgound could also be good enough for "non-jailbroken" devices, for now. Well, I read somewhere the next releases from apple would be iPhone 3G’s in different sizes. There is going to be a “low-budget” version with 4 GB memory and a “high-end” version with 8 GB.
To release that many serious improvements as described in this article would be a stupid thing to do from apple, as it would finish off the 3G before it would have started to throw off some real profit.
So I guess they’ll just release some software improvements as well as minor hardware updates to reach out to more people.

What might well be included in FW 2.3 could be those upgrades to text editing, such as copy/paste and horizontal keyboard in messaging.

I sort of doubt Apple would ever oficially allow themes on the iPhone, since not even Mac OS X supports them. But changing the homescreen backgound could also be good enough for “non-jailbroken” devices, for now.

]]> By: Charles_N http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1871 Charles_N Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:07:11 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1871 Steve, That was really nasty of you. I went looking for version 2.3 whilst reading the article. And then ... I came back down to earth with a bump. Steve,

That was really nasty of you.

I went looking for version 2.3 whilst reading the article.

And then … I came back down to earth with a bump.

]]> By: Matt Radford http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1870 Matt Radford Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:23:25 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1870 Oh and James - your MacBook Nano is a 11' MacBook Air. Netbook convenience at Apple prices! Oh and James – your MacBook Nano is a 11′ MacBook Air. Netbook convenience at Apple prices!

]]> By: Matt Radford http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1869 Matt Radford Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:22:23 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1869 I have to agree with Nikolay - the new iPhone won't be released until the middle of 2009. Other than that, there will be a slew of improvements I'm sure. I'm slowing realising that there will always be things lacking from Apple devices that I'd really love to have, but the overall experience makes up for it. I'm sure the next iPhone will have a better camera, and should therefore come with video recording. But I don't see background apps happening - a degraded experience that users have of a device that *can* do everything at once, except when it *can't*, because it doesn't have the juice. That isn't the Apple way. I have to agree with Nikolay – the new iPhone won’t be released until the middle of 2009.

Other than that, there will be a slew of improvements I’m sure. I’m slowing realising that there will always be things lacking from Apple devices that I’d really love to have, but the overall experience makes up for it.

I’m sure the next iPhone will have a better camera, and should therefore come with video recording. But I don’t see background apps happening – a degraded experience that users have of a device that *can* do everything at once, except when it *can’t*, because it doesn’t have the juice. That isn’t the Apple way.

]]> By: Mike http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2008/12/the-apple-iphone-2-and-firmware-23/#comment-1868 Mike Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.allaboutiphone.net/?p=727#comment-1868 What Apple should do is pick up the original true smartphone (a Nokia N95) or one of their latest (Nokia N85 or Nokia N96) and add all the features these phones have that the iPhone 3G is lacking at the moment. Ha Ha Ha! Now, anything they add extra will be a bonus I am sure to all iPhone sheep. What Apple should do is pick up the original true smartphone (a Nokia N95) or one of their latest (Nokia N85 or Nokia N96) and add all the features these phones have that the iPhone 3G is lacking at the moment. Ha Ha Ha!

Now, anything they add extra will be a bonus I am sure to all iPhone sheep.

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