iPhone OS 4.0
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- monospaced
Multitasking has arrived.
- epic_rim0
I'm just glad they upgraded the inbox. managing 3 or 4 email accounts on an iphone sucks right now
- kgvs720
Release the iKraken!
- Seriously. Apple just did and it's going to fuck up their competitors pretty bad.monospaced
- Mimio0
pretty cool...seems like they're playing "catch up" now though.
- lukus_W0
Genius .. release features slowly throughout the lifespan of a product, to keep the product fresh.
- Tell people it took a long time because it was difficult, and you wanted to do a really good job.lukus_W
- 'fresh'...for 1998eieio
- I believe Apple.monospaced
- They know how to play it.lukus_W
- They also know how to build it.monospaced
- its so true. it hurts.benfal99
- the multitasking is actually really an elegant solution.spifflink
- ...that was available in zidia ages ago... even for crappy old iphonesmaikel
- e-pill0
so do i need the new phone for all these new features or is it a download for my current phone?
- It's a download .. but you'll give up yr jailbreak no doubt.lukus_W
- give up what? what is jailbreak?e-pill
- hmm... really?lukus_W
- yes really, i check on google and i dont use that.. why would you think i would?e-pill
- I thought everyone who owned an iPhone did .. sorry - wasn't suggesting you're a criminal type.lukus_W
- There's absolutely no reason to jailbreak an iPhone.monospaced
- I bet someone will come up with a way to give multitasking to iPhone 3G via a jailbreak version of OS4.lukus_W
- no reason to jailbreak? u serious?Milan
- monospaced0
Funny you say that Mimio. They might be catching-up, but they're only months behind, which isn't too bad. Android OS is going to have to play catch-up now that they don't have a ton of features to taunt Apple with anymore.
- ukit0
So does this mean multitasking will be coming to the....*dramatic pause...iPad?
- They run almost the same OS, so I assume it will happen. Let's find out.monospaced
- "the fall"freeskihp
- lukus_W0
iAd .. errrr - well, if there was any chance I was going to buy an iPhone, I think that chance has now disappeared.
- Apple collect 40% - 'industry standard' .. erm...? right.lukus_W
- does that mean you'll stop using the internet too? last i recall it has banner ads as well.spifflink
- I never see any banner adverts.lukus_W
- using adblock? nice! i hate ads too, but you are ripping off the sites that need that income.spifflink
- I disagree.lukus_W
- What would happen if companies that rely on advertising revenue disappeared tomorrow?lukus_W
- the ad companies serving them would get hit hard and most of us in here owuld lose our jobs.spifflink
- well i guess not most of us, just a bunch. its a decent sized platform of apps and sites. those companies would have to charge for contentspifflink
- charge for content. which wouldnt fly.spifflink
- i used to work for company that provided a lot of ad work and infrastructure for sites like that, and we all got laid off for similar user tacticsspifflink
- user tacticsspifflink
- I think the advertising industry is directly responsible for a lot of problems our societies face.lukus_W
- I don't mean to suggest you should be out of a job - but I don't think that advertising is sustainable or just model for growth.lukus_W
- growth.lukus_W
- i agree, and i think companies should be exploring different options and ideas to sustain growth, but it is what it is for nowspifflink
- nowspifflink
- i really don't take exception to apple's approach. its just like other ad supported apps, just more interactivespifflink
- if you want it to be. from what i understand it doesn't pop up without the user wanting it to.spifflink
- eieio0
all updates now only . 99$
- dopepope0
3G iPhone users (and those using the first gens) get pissed on!
- ifeltdave0
glad to see my year old 3G is now a fucking brick in apple's eyes.
- that is pretty shadylukus_W
- we're dried up pieces of cat shit to them now.dopepope
- Dude, that shit is old.monospaced
- Cait Sith from Final Fantasy 7 is what we are now..e-pill
- except for every other feature ever being updated still? its their budget phone!spifflink
- epic_rim0
11:29AM Ryan Block from GDGT: What about running unsigned apps? Steve: You know, there's a porn store for Android. Anyone can download them. You can, your kids can. That's just not a place we want to go.
ha, someone finally shot the jailbreak question
- I'm shocked there's porn on the internet. Would be completely crazy if kids could search for it on iphone.Peter
- lukus_W0
"We tried to buy AdMob, but Google snatched them because they didn't want us to have them."
- lukus_W0
It really is amazing. Every 'negative' can be played as a positive.
E.g. Apple want to introduce an advertising platform to increase revenue further.
The spin:
Many developers are having to give away Apps free or cheap -> difficult for them to make enough money to 'survive' .. we're going to give them another way to make revenue so they can make enough to live. Enter iAds.
I think eventually Apple will get too greedy though - and that'll be their undoing. The Midas touch isn't going to last forever.
- Too greedy? Look at their publishing digital content distribution deals.Mimio
- What about them? I haven't heard .. ?lukus_W
- http://gizmodo.com/5…Mimio
- .. right, they're already too greedy.lukus_W