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- What first generation iPhone owners can expect
Filed under: WWDC, Apple, iPhone
You may have heard that Apple released a minor update to their line of iPhones yesterday. No big deal, you weren't going to ditch your first generation iPhone and run for the 3G hill, were you? Oh, so you are going to upgrade? Oh well, this post might not be for you then. However, for those of you looking to keep your "old" iPhone, here is what you can expect in the coming months.
Apple will be providing a free upgrade for all existing first generation iPhone owners. You will be upgraded to the exact same firmware that makes the 3G iPhone tick. Apple has posted a web page that details exactly what you can expect from the new 2.0 firmware.
Some of the main features we're looking forward to include:
- AppStore
- Full Exchange support
- MobileMe
- Mass e-mail move, delete and save images
- Contacts search
- Additional language support
- Full iWork and Microsoft Office viewer support
- Scientific Calculator
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - TUAW WWDC 2008 Day 1 coverage roundup
Filed under: WWDC, Internet Tools, Apple, Leopard, MobileMe
That was a heck of a way to start off WWDC 2008, don't you think? Just in case you didn't get a change to read all of our 40 or so posts today, I thought I would highlight a few.
Be sure to check out our WWDC 2008 coverage page for lots more info.
The Stevenote
TUAW Meta-Liveblog of WWDC 08 Keynote: Our award winning coverage of other sites' live coverage of the WWDC keynote
iPhone 2.0 firmware will ship in early July, touch users pay $9.95: iPhone users get the 2.0 firmware for free, while iPod touch folks have to pay Apple ten bucks.
iPhone 3G announced: Did you know Apple makes a phone? The new iPhone, dubbed the iPhone 3G, sports faster networking, longer battery life, GPS, and a flush headphone jack. All of that, and it costs much less ($199 for an 8 gig and $299 for the 16 gig model).
MobileMe announced: .Mac is dead, long live MobileMe. Well, at least that will be the case on July 11. The .Mac replacement offers up push email, calendaring, contacts as well as Web 2.0 apps for checking said things. It still costs $99 for an individual account and $149 for a family subscription (all subscriptions last for a year).
WWDC Reader Q&A Liveblog: You had questions, and we tried to answer them.
Apple posts video of WWDC 2008 keynote: Watch it in the comfort of your own Mac.
iPhone 3G
3G iPhone: What it means - a look at the hardware: Cory checks out what comes in the iPhone 3G box.
Where can I buy an iPhone 3g?: Christina whipped up a very cool map showing you all the countries that Apple will be selling the iPhone 3G in.
AT&T talks iPhone 3G plans, apps: AT&T spills the beans about the new iPhone service plans (spoiler alert, they are more expensive) and talks about the Yellowpages.com app they are working on.
Confirmed: GoPhone is No Go and in-store Activation only: Erica confirms that the iPhone 3G will have to be activated in store, no more iTunes activations for you! Also, the GoPhone plan won't be available for the iPhone 3G.
MobileMe
.Mac to MobileMe: what's the deal?: Apple explains the transition from .Mac to MobileMe for current subscribers.
Get a $30 discount on MobileMe: A little bargain hunting never hurt anyone.
What isn't making the cut from .Mac to MobileMe: iCards will be no more. A nation mourns (or at least a WiFi expert does).
Snow Leopard (aka OS X 10.6)
Apple posts details about Snow Leopard: A press release details some of the features found in Snow Leopard.
Apple posts Snow Leopard website: Even more about Apple's next cat.
Apple posts Snow Leopard Server information: Some information about the server flavor of Snow Leopard, which will include some very cool new features.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - MacHeist bundle extended with VectorDesigner, more
Filed under: Software
In a co-promote with MacRumors Live's coverage of today's little event out San Francisco way, the MacHeist team has spiced up its 12-application retail bundle with a few new additions: VectorDesigner, SoundStudio (yet to be unlocked) and TextExpander. Add those to the original suite and you've still got a great deal at $49, especially for switchers or those new to the shareware universe. As always, a significant portion of your purchase price on the MacHeist bundle goes to support worthy charities (and another portion goes to support thirsty developers).
As a side bonus for those who are ordering the bundle before 10 am Pacific time tomorrow (24 hours after the start of the keynote), there's a lucky 15th app: VoodooPad. If you're up for it, check out the bundle tomorrow morning and you might find something extra in your Mac stocking.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Apple posts Snow Leopard Server information
Filed under: OS, WWDC, Leopard
Many people forget that Apple makes 2 variants of OS X for Macs: client (that's the one you run on your personal Mac) and Server (which is normally found on a server, oddly enough). We've already posted (twice) about the client version of Snow Leopard, but what about Apple's next iteration of their server product?
Head on over to the Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard page that Apple just put up, and you'll find out a thing or two about what your Mac server will be serving up in about a year or so. Amongst the new features we find:
- iCal Server 2: Adds group and shared calendars as well as a way to invite non-iCal Server users to meetings and events. Also includes a web app to let people access their calendars on the go.
- Podcast Producer 2: This little known Apple app makes creating content and getting it into the iTunes Store a snap. This version looks like it adds a number of great features including support for recording both the presenter and the presentation they are giving and a way to locally host your podcasts.
- Address Book Server: This new component lets you share contacts across machines, as well as create a central Address Book without having to have an LDAP server.
- ZFS: The long rumored addition of Sun's file-system is finally coming to OS X Server. Snow Leopard will be able to both read and write to ZFS volumes.
Thanks, Nate.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Apple posts Snow Leopard website
Filed under: OS, WWDC, Apple, Leopard
It is clear that Apple isn't ready to talk too much about the next version of OS X, Snow Leopard, but they are eager to set expectations. In addition to the press release we pointed to earlier today Apple has created a new section on its website explaining the focus of Snow Leopard.
Snow Leopard is all about making sure that users have a consistent experience across Apple products. Apple will be adding full Exchange support in Mail, Address Book, and iCal because it is in the iPhone. Apple is working on shrinking the amount of hard drive space OS X requires, no doubt because they figured out how to make OS X much smaller to run on the Apple TV and the iPhone. We'll also be seeing a new version of QuickTime, QuickTime X which will support 'all modern codecs.'
There isn't a ton of information on the site, but there is enough to leave you wanting more.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - MobileMe requires OS X 10.5.4?
TUAW reader Lee Car noticed something odd whilst reading the Terms and Conditions of MobileMe (I'm impressed that anyone actually reads that stuff). The official System Requirements of MobileMe say that you need 'Mac OS X v10.4.11 or latest version of Mac OS X Leopard,' which isn't all that newsy worthy. However, as you can see above, the MobileMe Terms of Service lists Mac OS X v10.4.11, v10.5.4, or later. Very interesting, huh?
This leads me to believe that around the time MobileMe launches ( July 11) we'll see 10.5.4.
Update: Cory reminds me that one of our tipsters told us to expect OS X 10.5.4 during the second week of June. Looks pretty likely to me.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Confirmed: GoPhone is No Go and in-store Activation only
Filed under: iPhone
It isn't the news we were hoping for after Scott posted earlier. Mark Siegel of AT&T public relations has now officially confirmed that AT&T will not offer GoPhone plans for the 3G iPhone and that activation will take place in-store only.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Quicktime 7.5 is available
Filed under: Software, Software Update
QuickTime 7.5 was released earlier today via Software Update. According to Apple, this update "...improves application compatibility and addresses security issues."
Often, Quicktime updates coincide with iTunes updates. Since we know that the 3G iPhone will require iTunes 7.7, we suspect that's what the "application compatibility" refers to. Apple recommends this release for all QuickTime 7 users. Note that a restart is required.
Thanks, MarkAbre!Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Whither the 1.0 iPhone resale?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, iPhone
If you managed to find a quiet dark place during the keynote, you might have heard several tens of thousands of small cries in the distance. What were those cries? They were the sounds of iPhone resale values hitting near zero. With new 3G models selling at rock bottom prices and iPhone sales rolling out around the world, the poor iPhone 1.0 has gone the way of most other outmoded technology.
Sure the iPhone 1.0 won't die right away. It is full 2.0 firmware compatible, and it is an absolutely terrific device. But I'd be surprised if the first generation units sold for much more than about a hundred bucks after today's announcements. With new 8GB going for $199 and 3G service available, many of today's iPhones are going to become tomorrow's high-end iPod touch units.
Instead of resale I predict that very soon now a lot of spouses and teenage children will be receiving their very first iPhones hand-me-downs. What do you think? Upgrade? Or stick with the iPhone as it is? Let us know in the comments.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - iPhone Calculator gets scientific in 2.0
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone
It probably wasn't the most consequential update of the day, but we did get one big question answered from the iPhone SDK event in February: why the iPhone's calculator icon got changed from round buttons to square ones. Apple apparently had a lot of requests for a scientific version of the calculator, and so in iPhone 2.0, you'll be able to rotate the calc to landscape mode for a sci calc, including squares and square roots, sin, cos, and tan, factorials, and everything else you use to use the old TI-85 for back in the lab.
As we noted, probably not a huge sales point for people planning to pick up a new iPhone (which, at $199 for the 8gb, is pretty much everybody), but the added functionality will be a nice bonus for those of us require a calculator for every little bit of math that needs doing.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - iPhone 3G activation in store only?
Gizmodo is reporting that the days of activating your iPhone at home via iTunes are over. That's right, AT&T says you'll have to activate your iPhone in store either at an AT&T store or an Apple store. The process will take between 10 to 12 minutes per phone. Oh, and you won't be able to order an iPhone 3G online at launch, so you'll be at a store anyway.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - What isn't making the cut from .Mac to MobileMe
Filed under: Odds and ends, WWDC, .Mac, MobileMe
On the surface MobileMe looks like a much better way to spend $99 than .Mac ever was, but there are a few .Mac features that are going to be discontinued. Say farewell to the following .Mac highlights:
- iCards: I don't remember the last time I sent an iCard, but I always liked the fact that I could.
- Web access to Bookmarks: you'll still be able to sync bookmarks across machines, but you will no longer be able to access them from a web browser (in case you wanted to check your bookmarks on some random machine).
- Panther support: this one isn't that big of a shock.
- .Mac slides: I'm not even sure what .Mac slides are, so I don't think I'll miss this feature much
Переслать - Apple posts video of WWDC 2008 keynote
Filed under: WWDC, Steve Jobs
Apple has posted video of Steve Jobs' keynote presentation this morning. The video is available via QuickTime, and covers all the announcements of the iPhone 3G, the App Store, MobileMe, and more.
Thanks, Omer!
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - AT&T talks iPhone 3G plans, apps
Filed under: WWDC, Apple, iPhone
AT&T just posted a press release which answers a few questions about the new iPhone 3G. First off, AT&T remains the exclusive iPhone carrier in the US (though there will be plenty of other carriers in other countries). The iPhone 3G is subsidized, and the revenue sharing agreement between Apple and AT&T has ended (you might recall that Apple got a cut of monthly subscriber fees for the iPhone, though no longer).
But what about the service plans? It looks like AT&T is getting rid of those easy to choose from iPhone plans, and letting people get whatever voice plan they want, with data plans sold separately. The data plans are as follows:
- Consumers will pay $30 a month for unlimited 3G data plus $39.99 a month (to start) for voice.
- Business users will need to pay $45 a month for unlimited data plus a voice plan.
AT&T also noted that they, themselves, are working on an iPhone app. Yellowpages.com mobile is an iPhone app that will let you search the Yellowpages on your phone. Not that exciting in and of itself, but using Core Location, Yellowpages.com Mobile will know where you are and search local listings based on your current position. Not too shabby. It will also have 'social networking' features allowing you to share reviews with your friends and plan events.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Get a $30 discount on MobileMe
Filed under: .Mac, Deals, MobileMe
If you have been waiting for the announcement of MobileMe (which, who hasn't), then you might like to know about two deals we discovered that allow you to get MobileMe on the cheap.
Deal 1
Apple is running a promotion for new Mac purchasers. This deal allows you to get a $30 discount on a new Mac + MobileMe purchase. The discount is applied at checkout, so you won't have to worry about sending back a rebate form.
Deal 2
Amazon is still offering .Mac box purchases at a discount. If you don't want to buy a Mac to get the discount, Amazon is the place to buy .Mac/MobileMe. Since .Mac users will be switched over in "early July" this will save you some money.
Thanks, Nick!Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - .Mac to MobileMe: what's the deal?
Filed under: Apple, .Mac, MobileMe
The above graphic is what greets you when you visit .Mac. Apple is not hiding the fact that MobileMe is the successor to .Mac (which itself was the replacement for iTools, which some might recall was free). Now, many .Mac users might be worried about how the transition from .Mac to MobileMe will take place and what will happen to their .Mac email addresses, .Mac website addresses, and all the information that they have in their .Mac mail accounts, contacts, and so on. Apple has posted a handy little Knowledge Base article which details what .Mac members should expect.
The short version is that your .Mac account email address will work just as it did before, but you'll have a choice of using either username@mac.com or username@me.com. If you have aliases setup at .Mac they will continue to work as well. All your .Mac websites will continue to work at both mac.com and me.com. Your email and contacts will magically be transferred to MobileMe, but you will no longer be able to check you accounts using Mac.com's website: it'll all happen over at Me.com.
Also, the increased storage limits will be applied to your account, but it might take up to 10 days after the migration from .Mac to MobileMe before you see the new limits reflected in your accounts.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - iPhone SDK NDA still in effect
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WWDC, Apple, Developer, iPhone
NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) are very common in the high tech world. Companies routinely make journalists, developers, and employees sign them before disclosing any potentially sensitive information. The iPhone SDK has been under an NDA since its launch, and many developers had hoped that Apple would expire that NDA during WWDC, so that information could flow. A source tells us that the iPhone SDK NDA (try saying that five times fast) will not expire until the iPhone 2.0 firmware ships on July 11th. While this makes sense, it also certainly makes some people's lives just a little bit harder.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Where can I buy an iPhone 3G?
Filed under: Retail, Wireless, iPhone
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While 22 countries will see the phone launch on July 11, 2008, the phone will be hitting other parts of the world as well. Apple wasn't kidding about making the international presence of the iPhone known, from Madagascar to Mali, Chile to Croatia, the iPhone 3G is coming.
You can see the complete list of countries here, but I went ahead and put together a little Google map representing as many of the countries as I could find/fit.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - iPhone SDK beta 7 is live
Filed under: iPhone
The iPhone developer site is back and SDK 7 has gone live. No beta 7 release notes or API changes have yet been posted. They generally appear on the iPhone site at library/navigation/index.html.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать - Apple posts MobileMe Guided Tour
Filed under: WWDC, Apple, .Mac
MobileMe is a brand new service from Apple that will soon replace, and supplant, .Mac. Apple bills it as 'Exchange for the rest of us,' meaning that it offers you one central place ('the cloud,' as Apple is calling it) to store your email, calendar, and address book. You even have a number of different tools that let various devices sync that data. Confused? Worry not! Apple has just posted a guided tour of MobileMe that will give you a good idea of what to expect.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsПереслать
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