The Guardian’s Charles Arthur offers up a handy “guide to knowing what Apple’s going to release next” and explains what to “expect in iPhone 2.0.”
• A three-megapixel camera
• Video
• WiMax (only about a 5% chance of this)
• 3G
• Better Bluetooth profiles
• Voice and speed dialing
As for “what won’t be there,’ Arthur writes:
• SMS forwarding. Americans don’t understand SMS, and aren’t about to start now.
• GPS. Expensive, sucks power, imprecise, and isn’t standard on the vast majority of phones, so Apple isn’t losing by not using it.
• a cheap one.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “The Macolyte” for the heads up.]
It won’t sell in Japan without GPS.
exactly what am I supposed to be suprised about here?
Chrissyone , are you some sort of export on japanese buying habits ?
I don’t see hello kitty having GPS but it sells like toilet paper when the plague is in town
If she truly is an export then she may well be in the know
one more thing…
I’m sure GPS works really well in the concrete jungle of Shinjuku station….
FWIW, I tend to agree on the GPS side of things. Some folks seem to forget that the “S” in GPS is Satellite. And that the iPhone would need line-of-sight to make and maintain a connection.
This seems like a PIA to me and wouldn’t work in the case I’d most like it where my beloved iPhone is sitting next to me in my car. Unless, of course there is some kind of antenna dongle. In that case, my objection would move from, “it won’t work.” to cumbersome, inelegant, and annoying. Three characteristics I’m betting Apple will avoid.
There is GPS built into it. My AT&T;corporate rep for my company said they were only told 2 things about it… 3G and GPS.
The writer is a loser trying to get hits.
GPSatellite…
Whereas the tower triangulation method currently employed works WONDERFULLY and ANYWHERE I can get a signal.
After actually USING iPhone’s method o’ mapping (which works even in the basement of our office, and I’ve used it to plan out routes before even setting foot in the car- As well as during a drive), I think that using a satellite to get your bearings is a step backwards.
Actually GPS stands for Global Positioning System
“SMS forwarding. Americans don’t understand SMS, and aren’t about to start now.”
You Americans don’t understand SMS? Are you serious? Is he serious?
GPS is imprecise? They land planes with it, drop bombs through windows with it, and it takes me to within a few feet of the latest geocache. I wonder what the author would consider as precise, and how would anyone get it?
I am skeptical about built-in GPS, especially when those who need it will have 15 3rd-party external add-on choices soon. Perhaps improved triangulation location on their existing software would do the trick using much less battery power. The iPod didn’t put FM internally, but provided an external solution for those who wanted it. Don’t be so disappointed if the new iPhone doesn’t have GPS.
I want it to have 3GPS.
No, wait.
eLEVen GPS….
I would be disappointed if it doesn’t have GPS. That seems to be the feature that I most miss. I like the software emulation that currently exists, but it is not quite accurate enough. Last week, I got lost and it could only get me within four blocks of my actual position. Since I had no idea where I actually was, I still had to stop and ask for directions. Its the first time I’ve had to do that since I bought my iPhone.
The feature I want most is a spam filter for email…then I could use my iPhone for my email…NO MORE MALE ENHANCEMENT ADS!!!
Cire,
next time that happens, look around, find an address, and then search the map for it. That should get you pretty close…
It will have GPS, but it will be external, by a box that can be connected via iPod connector or bluetooth. The GPS box will need (and have) its own power supply, and it can be planted in your car.
The iPhone should not have any new features, just add more memory. Apple should charge $200 above current prices, and then immediately drop prices by $200 a month later.
That way, Apple customers get used to the activity of paying even more at the initial release to get the latest and greatest.
Let’s hope it doesn’t add anything new, because new things drain the battery. Faster data network speeds drain the battery. GPS drains the battery. Video and games drain battery life.
So say no to anything new to the iPhone! New and useful is bad!
If this guy can get off saying that us lousy Americans don’t understand SMS, then I can get off saying he’s a fucking tool.
The great thing about social networking is that a collection of people with no knowledge or expertise on a subject can all come together and pretend they know everything. I love America!
Actually, the full article is pretty good; it is about more than simple predicitions. So, if you just read the MDN synopsis, go back and link to the full article.
I’m with Cire on the need for spam filters. Perhaps we will now be able to add a 3rd party app, like SpamSieve, to do it. The requirement of deleting unwanted mail ONE AT TIME on the iPhone has been my only real disappointment (or gripe) with the product. Copy/Paste could certainly help in many cases, but mail is virtually crippled by the amount of time it takes to clean out mailboxes.
“SMS forwarding. Americans don’t understand SMS, and aren’t about to start now.”
Excuse you?
Spam? Get a Gmail account…:-)
Spam? Spiral slice it and get some cloves. Mmmm……
i’m not buying one if it hasn’t GPS, no way.
and i want google earth (3D)