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- MikeonTV, on 05/29/2008, -11/+98Scared shirtless?
- amawg9, on 05/29/2008, -12/+81If TomTom has a milkshake, and Steve Jobs has a milkshake, and Steve Jobs has a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And Steve Job's straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink TomToms milkshake... I... drink... your... …Milkshake!
- bubbler, on 05/29/2008, -7/+683G speeds will be nice, but IMHO the nicest thing will be all of the new applications that will become available with the opening of the platform. Apple has great engineers and they make good software, but now we get the advantage of the entire community of software developers thinking up interesting things to do with the iPhone platform.
- dalkor, on 05/29/2008, -14/+66Great article. I am certainly upgrading for 3G and GPS from my 1st generation iphone. Do it Steve.
- ACityInOhio, on 05/29/2008, -5/+51A really strong fan?
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I'm sorry, but I had to. - StevieJanowski, on 04/02/2009, -5/+48I can't deal with edge data speeds, I really need 3G so I can spend more of my free time staring at my iPhone
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -22/+64Great, another circle jerk title and article.
- EtherGnat, on 05/30/2008, -0/+27Nobody has stronger fans than apple.
- mjhstudios, on 05/29/2008, -0/+24Wouldn't you be spending less time?
- Tenoq, on 05/29/2008, -3/+23And yet with Apple's UI they'll steal some serious GPS market if they include that functionality. See, despite being relatively featureless, the first iPhone sold because it was enjoyable to use (unlike most cells which you seem to fight with to do what you want). The second will be no different: it's just adding the features all the naysayers were whining about the first time around.
- Senturion, on 05/29/2008, -12/+31I love how Diggers take something that is common for them and assume it applies to the other 99.9% of the population.
Most people DON'T have GPS and 3G in their phones, having both in the iPhone will be HUGE for non gadget freaks. - Noein, on 05/29/2008, -0/+19Maybe it's using wildcards.
- Wamzlee, on 05/29/2008, -7/+26If only I didn't have to use AT&T!
- HIFIsamurai, on 05/29/2008, -8/+253g FTW!
- perre, on 05/29/2008, -7/+23"a modest proposal" -- really? Will the iPhone eat the babies of WWDC keynote attendees?
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -3/+18everything can be turned on and off - also, OS is good at regulating power usage.
- HumbleDialog, on 05/30/2008, -8/+23They are probably scared ***** because this is a phone that is actually going to sell. Regular people will spend $500 on it. Most people wouldn't pay that much for other business-oriented smart phones.
- mattnyc99, on 05/29/2008, -3/+18OK, so now that this story seems to make it clear that GPS is a definite possibility with this Jobs update, and that iPhone Nanos could come next time around, this is as good a place to start as any: WHAT FEATURES DOES iPHONE 2.0 NEED TO BLOW AWAY THE COMPETITION?
- MacParrot, on 05/29/2008, -4/+19Substitute 2003 for 2007 and a lot of people said the same about the iPod 5 years ago. With a consistency of design, ease of use, and the iTunes Music Store, Apple pretty much defined the market.
I really wasn't that impressed by the iPhone gen 1 (and therefore didn't buy one) and I'll wait and see what features the next one has. I know what I want and will hold off even more if Apple doesn't deliver it, but considering they had zero presence in the cell phone market you better believe the other makers are paying attention.
Look at how many phones have similar interfaces now. Apple will most likely never become the number one seller of cell phones, but if their presence makes other makers phones better as far as the interface goes, I'm not complaining. We all win even if you don't like Apple. - inactive, on 05/30/2008, -6/+20Wrong. Even without GPS and 3G, iPhone is the best selling smartphone. The numbers don't lie. The other companies have struggled to catch up to iPhone's interface, and have failed every time. Once iPhone catches up in the speed department and adds GPS, Palm and Nokia and LG may as well mail it in.
- thebassmaster, on 05/29/2008, -6/+20the cake is a lie!
- inactive, on 05/29/2008, -17/+31Great article? Isn't this crap and propaganda?!
If it came with GPS it would then by up-to-date with many other smart phones.
Just like them upgrading to 3G - which most others already have and are in fact going to faster networks.
New browsers on the horizon can do the same, play flash, and run java.
New devices on the horizon that have higher resolution.
So to be scared sh*tless, rivals will need something else other than standards they already have and have had for awhile now. - damndj, on 05/29/2008, -42/+55GPS in cellphones is old news too. Welcome to the party Apple. All the cake has been eaten. I doubt RIM is shaking at anything.
- skyshock1, on 05/29/2008, -6/+19Meh... BFD. The HTC Dream (Android) will give the 3G iPhone a solid bit of competition when it comes out. We're seeing a GREAT time in the development of the mobile market. The stagnation in the mobile market is starting to be wiped away.
- cjmal, on 05/29/2008, -3/+16"I recently sat down with the president of a GPS navigation system manufacturer to ask him how he felt about the prospect of a GPS-enabled iPhone. "Scared [expletive]-less," he said."
Helps when you read the article. - inactive, on 05/30/2008, -0/+12This is so win it's unbelievable.
- debuggercll, on 05/29/2008, -0/+12I liked it.
- Typhoon2009, on 05/29/2008, -2/+12Third generation of cell phone technlogies. Literature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G
- skidooer, on 05/29/2008, -1/+11An asterisk can expand infinitely. A question mark or period represents the replacement of only a single character.
- Patori, on 05/29/2008, -1/+10Not quite right...
- Billions, on 05/30/2008, -2/+11Will you come back and post 'welcome to the party, you're late' when RIM adds touch screens and accelerometers a year late? Probably not.
- SatansSpatula, on 05/30/2008, -2/+11"Now there are plenty of theories about how AT&T's HSDPA network will effect the iPhone 2.0"
AFFECT not EFFECT. Not that Popular Mechanics is the finest publication ever, but I expect their copy editors to do a better job than some schmuck software engineer like me who's slacking off at work and reading Digg... - DannyDriffs, on 08/25/2008, -1/+10Black shirtless.
- YodaJones, on 05/30/2008, -4/+12The iPhone is the mobile phone that sets the bar and by which all other mobile phones are measured. With GPS capability it may be the only device you need to carry.
- shank2001, on 05/30/2008, -2/+10Guess what, that is not the point. The point is the interface makes it a joy to use. Have you used google maps on the iphone? It is stellar how easy it is to use. WAY better than my current smartphone's implementation of it. Add GPS and you have a GREAT feature that, while it exists in other phones, Apple did it RIGHT.
- EtherGnat, on 05/30/2008, -3/+11Also GPS is primarily used in a vehicle, where recharging is easy.
- inactive, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7Currently,
ACityInOhio: +24 -5
Strykar: +2 -11
So the score is now 19 to -11. Yay backfire ;) - rpark, on 05/29/2008, -5/+12It will because, Apple is very good at bringing current technology to the masses. I will agree, that Apple doesn't invent a lot of the technology that makes them popular but they have an uncanny ability to bring hard to use technology to jane consumer. So, by making it easy to use and accessible, it will only increase their market share.
I for one plan on buying an iPhone and no other smartphone because of how easy it is to use. Whether you hate them or not, Apple dumbs down a lot of difficult to use tech. - GeekyGerge, on 05/29/2008, -1/+8Okay, but I am NOT filming it this time.
- piratearggghhh, on 05/30/2008, -1/+8I have a feeling most people buying the next iphone are current gen iphone users. Not everyone needs a smartphone and I doubt most people will consider a $70+/month GPS unit over a Garmin so I wouldn't start claiming world domination ... just yet.
- mrthebunny, on 05/30/2008, -0/+7GPS on the iPhone would be even better if it was possible to save maps locally, like Garmin GPS do.
That way it would be usable when travelling (without paying huge roaming fees) or in places where phone coverage is not available. - MrTito, on 05/29/2008, -3/+9It's a network standard that cell phones use. Most phones seem to be either 3G or 2G (EDGE). Right now the current iPhone is only capable of EDGE. The new one will be 3G. Obviously, 3G is faster and more robust being newer than 2G. So basically the new iPhone (2.0?) will be able to do it's internet magics faster than the current one.
Just to clarify from one of the posts above, it's an Apple issue not an AT&T issue. If 3G was built into the first iPhone then it'd run on 3G. It's a manufacturers choice, not a carrier, unless that carrier doesn't have a 3G network. But AT&T is 3G. - JKVM, on 05/30/2008, -0/+6True, Apple is "behind the times" with their technology, but the implementation is amazing. That's what people will pay for and that's why the iPhone is so popular, despite its tech deficiencies.
- judicar, on 05/29/2008, -3/+9... and men have nipples which are completely useless too.
- dysonlu, on 05/30/2008, -6/+12Maybe best selling smartphone in USA. Not true anywhere else. Get out of your Reality Distortion Field.
- bitspace, on 05/30/2008, -2/+7AT&T's 3G network is actually still in the process of being built out. While your point about it being a handset hardware issue is valid, it has also been a matter of AT&T's geographically limited 3G network.
- inspecality, on 05/29/2008, -0/+5What else is it going to eat? Potatoes?
- nicheplayer, on 05/30/2008, -7/+12Also, that thing has a Microsoft Windows logo on it? I think not.
- inactive, on 05/30/2008, -2/+7Google assumes you're smart enough to figure it out like people have been doing for 100,000 years. Yes?
- flinh, on 05/30/2008, -2/+7The iPhone is great for the North American market which I consider to be equivalent to a 3rd world nation - in mobile terms. Heck even a country like Cambodia or Vietnam has better cell coverage and services that actually make it easier on the consumer's pocket book. Simple question...how easy is it for the average American mobile user to roam with their phone internationally?
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