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NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the made-entirely-of-raisins-and-sulphur dept.

Achromatic1978 writes "The NYT has a story on the next revision of the iPhone, and discusses what will become of the iPhone, now that the hype is starting to slow (Jobs goal for 2008 was ten million iPhones sold — as of the first quarter, only 1.7 million have left the shelves). The WWDC is the rumored release date for a next version, and Jobs has promised that this year will see a 3G iPhone released."

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  1. you know what that means .... by commodoresloat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    10 million minus 1.7 million means Apple is 8.3 million iPhones in the hole!!! This company is clearly beleaguered!!!

  2. Waiting for release by extrasolar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They have to wait for the latest generation of brainwashed Apple fanboy clones to be harvested before they can give the next iPhone a proper release.

  3. Re:Jobs goal for 2008 was ten million iPhones sold by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't underestimate Steve Jobs, you're talking about the mastermind who after 30 years has managed to brainwash an entire 3% of the computer market.
    There. Fixed it for ya. Go ahead, fanbois, mod me down. You know it's funny.
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  4. Re:My favorite moment... by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    99.5% of all phones could do this for the past few years (why the iPhone can't is well beyond my comprehension)

    I think Maddox the Pirate says it best: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone

  5. Re:It would have helped... by Ihmhi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It would have helped if they had found some way to work with Verizon and other carriers.

    It also would have helped if they hadn't turned their SDK into a complete pile of shit and made jailbreaking that much more of an attractive option. Why code a crippled app for the Apple Store (if you are going to release it for free) when you can create one with no restrictions for jailbroken iPhones? Enjoy your Flash Game clones, my friend with a jailbroken iPhone will have much more fun with his NES Emulator.

    Why companies deliberately lock themselves into agreements with other companies like this is beyond me. Maybe it's working for them. But given how far it looks like they're going to miss their target, it kind of looks like it's not.

    They locked themselves into a deal with AT&T because... well, quid pro quo. They needed a company who would be willing to upgrade their infrastructure significantly to handle things like video calls. In return, nearly every iPhone customer will be paying their bills to AT&T. (Except the aforementioned smart ones who jailbroke their phones). If you RTFA you will see that AT&T is currently building a better 3G network for the iPhone, which iPhone2 will almost certianly be using.

    The iPhone is basically a PSP minus the games and plus a phone. Software updates which only break previously coded apps or accesibility thereof, homebrew scene that relies on old firmware, etc.

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