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RUMORED iPhone Updates Before Leopard Release

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Apple Insider posted this article on supposed software updates the iPhone will receive before 10.5 is released in October. If they are correct (especially the file browser and mini-iChat parts), I won't feel so bad about waiting until January for my Verizon contract to expire. But either way, some interesting stuff...

Some of these updates may arrive within weeks. A true instant messaging client described as a mobile version of iChat, will arrive "very, very soon" and certainly before Leopard, the designer says. Customized ringtones were also set to appear within the same timeframe.

But fall 2007 is when the iPhone's features are set to expand in earnest, he adds. The iPhone will not only gain a disk mode for transferring computer files but should also receive a full-fledged file browser that lets users store and open documents. Its omission from the iPhone software made available in June was supposedly made primarily because the company wants a fully developed browser very similar to that found in Mac OS X Leopard, including the option of Cover Flow browsing.Leopard itself will also allegedly include hooks for the iPhone, opening an enhanced file window in Finder for dragging files to and from the device. Like the iPod shuffle, users will be able to set aside a certain amount of the iPhone's flash storage for iTunes content and the rest for general data.
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They also mention having iWork on the phone eventually and also support for Flash.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/07/01/apple_planning_host_of_iphone_updates_before_leopard_release_source.html
 
this is why i didn't hesitate to jump in with the first model.

looking forward to the way this develops!
 
I personally do not believe some of this. If they have the phone locked down to only accept iTunes Store ringtones at .99 cents each, why do they have any incentive to opent hat up?

Same with iChat- that would cause their good buddy ATT to loose serious cash on Texting... basically pure profit for ATT. I doubt ATT will be very happy if it gets open for free chatting when they are charging extra for the same (roughly) thing...
 
carfac said:
I personally do not believe some of this. If they have the phone locked down to only accept iTunes Store ringtones at .99 cents each, why do they have any incentive to opent hat up?

Same with iChat- that would cause their good buddy ATT to loose serious cash on Texting... basically pure profit for ATT. I doubt ATT will be very happy if it gets open for free chatting when they are charging extra for the same (roughly) thing...
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Are there any other phones that cost this much that only allow texting and no im clients?
 
carfac said:
I personally do not believe some of this. If they have the phone locked down to only accept iTunes Store ringtones at .99 cents each, why do they have any incentive to opent hat up?

Same with iChat- that would cause their good buddy ATT to loose serious cash on Texting... basically pure profit for ATT. I doubt ATT will be very happy if it gets open for free chatting when they are charging extra for the same (roughly) thing...
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Guess they figure Texting is still going to be popular until everyone has iphone like phones...

they got years to make cash from texting still...
 
carfac said:
I personally do not believe some of this. If they have the phone locked down to only accept iTunes Store ringtones at .99 cents each, why do they have any incentive to opent hat up?

Same with iChat- that would cause their good buddy ATT to loose serious cash on Texting... basically pure profit for ATT. I doubt ATT will be very happy if it gets open for free chatting when they are charging extra for the same (roughly) thing...
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i dunno why people dont understand that ATT has HAD phones with aim on it, how can you STILL not get it!?

My sony ericsson used edge, and had its own seperate AIM application, why do people keep tossing this argument out about betraying ATT. A LOT of ATT phones had aim. A lot of them also counted IM messages as text messages, i dont doubt itll be any different here.
 
carfac said:
I personally do not believe some of this. If they have the phone locked down to only accept iTunes Store ringtones at .99 cents each, why do they have any incentive to opent hat up?

Same with iChat- that would cause their good buddy ATT to loose serious cash on Texting... basically pure profit for ATT. I doubt ATT will be very happy if it gets open for free chatting when they are charging extra for the same (roughly) thing...
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my old blackberry had a IM client that ran AIM or MSN without problems ... yet i still paid for SMS too.

my point is, it has been done before with other phones so apparently it isn't perceived as a big threat.
 
I've been playing with other people's iPhones all weekend (sadly not mine).
My biggest complaints have NOT been EDGE (works good enough for me), or that it's only a 2mp camera (pictures are quite decent), but that there's no file system!
My friends have been frustrated by not being able to download anything to the phone, and the awkward way of e-mailing photos to people. A file system would make this a killer (and useful) device. I'm assuming this would finally allow MMS ability too?
 
Rojo said:
I've been playing with other people's iPhones all weekend (sadly not mine).
My biggest complaints have NOT been EDGE (works good enough for me), or that it's only a 2mp camera (pictures are quite decent), but that there's no file system!
My friends have been frustrated by not being able to download anything to the phone, and the awkward way of e-mailing photos to people. A file system would make this a killer (and useful) device. I'm assuming this would finally allow MMS ability too?
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I totally agree. I want to read ebooks and pdfs...

oh well. it's coming....
 
OOOOO IM SUPER EXCITED!!!! I want to be able to recored video. I'm cool if they don't but they sound like good features.

Now why didnt they just do that from the beginning???
 
BigJohno said:
OOOOO IM SUPER EXCITED!!!! I want to be able to recored video. I'm cool if they don't but they sound like good features.

Now why didnt they just do that from the beginning???
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Probably they wanted to get it on the market ASAP. They already had to delay leopard release to get the iPhone out on time.
 
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