“For iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G users (as well as second- and third-generation iPod touch users), iOS 4 will add useful functionality that will make your device more useable than ever,” Cheng reports. “For the purposes of this review, though, we used iOS 4 on an iPhone 3GS—the most current iPhone available ahead of the iPhone 4 launch.”
“The most exciting part about iOS 4 is really what third-party developers will do with the 1,500 new APIs. After all, the iPhone experience has become one that is almost defined by its apps, and Apple has opened up a new world of possibilities with its latest API offerings. As we go into the second half of 2010, we’re sure to see plenty of new apps that do creative things with Game Center, multitasking capabilities, the camera, and more,” Cheng reports. “So, unless you have a specific reason to hold back—jailbreakers, we’re looking at you—or you’re a poor, abandoned original iPhone owner, we can’t see why you wouldn’t want to upgrade your iPhone or iPod touch.”
Read the full, comprehensive (as usual) review here.
I wish I could have as good an experience with iOS 4. My iPhone 3G cannot even connect to iTunes after the install. I keep getting “errors”. My iPhone is rendered USELESS. All I get is the Apple logo with an empty progress bar below it on the iPhone and iTunes repeating that it has an error after it says it’s been restoring apps.
Hrumph!
How do i get quick access to my favorite phone numbers?
@Davey: you’re too impatient. I saw my phone doing that same thing, went to eat dinner and it was done.
@MacDoc: Really? Favorites was part of the original iPhone 1.0 OS. Gimme a break.
Okay, that’s seriously retarded… No wallpaper home screen for 2G Touch?! Really?! That’s BS. I could understand multitasking, but not this. Apple has pissed me off way too much lately. Can’t wait to get a Droid…
Even as an art student, I can find a way to slum it with Windows or even Linux. Sorry Apple, but you really are crippling for no reason to make us upgrade! I’m done with all their products.
@Tommy Boy: I’ve been trying for 16 hours! How much patience do I need!
@MacDoc:
Settings > General > Home Button > Phone Favorites
@ee –
What does iOS4 have to do with Windows or Linux? Is a home screen the most important feature in your little world? What kind of narcotics are you on?
You sound like a 12-year old girl art student. get a grip. start by realizing that nothing in the world is perfect, and if you take the time to solve problems yourself, or at least understand that not everything is designed exclusively to match your highness’ pleasure, then these oh-so-major disasters in your life won’t turn you into a PMS monster and ruin our lives too.
You can now ask Voice Control, “What time is it?” and it will tell you.
Yeah, my 3G took way long to update and even so, the “restore” failed twice so I had to tell it not to restore and then just let it update it from the selections in iTunes. It finally finished and now I’m almost (almost) sorry I did it. I have songs that it skips, music videos (bought in iTunes) that won’t play, back tracking fights with me (on some songs I hit the previous track button and it goes back and immediately forward and won’t play the song (again bought in iTunes). Really disappointed in the music player. If you have a 3G, I’d say hold off until a service update comes out.
@Jeph
Before one opens their pie hole they should make sure that they know exactly what’s about to come out. 1 your comparison couldn’t be more incorrect. Jailbreaking is a SOFTWARE modification, not a hardware modification. Nor does jailbreaking even remotely put your hardware in harm’s way. Example: my wifi antenna fails on my 3G, I restored to the stock OS, brought it into the Apple store, and walked out with a new one… You see… Because it was a hardware failure, not a software failure.
Number 2, and perhaps MOST importantly, everything that is giving you that unfamiliar tingling down there over iOS4’s new features can be traced DIRECTLY to Apple standing on those “frigtards” shoulders. I’ve had multitasking, categories(folders), spell check, custome “wall papers”, and COUNTLESS other “new” features for over 2 years now. And guess what those “frigtards” aren’t upset with apple for “stealing” their ideas, code, etc… You know why?! Because those “frigtards” only want a better product for EVERYONE. The vast majority of these brilliant developers don’t even charge a penny for their services. So “frigtards”?! More like trailblazers, envelope pushers, and innovators. But heck, maybe they’ll take your ignorance and tiny bulge in you pants over what they originally created as a thank you. I prefer to just say THANK YOU to all those “frigtards” out there. Without you we’d all still be using iPhone 2Gs without an app store.