There’s a really in-depth article about how Steve goes about preparing for his big keynotes for Macworld and WWDC.
June 2007: Monthly Archive
There’s a speculative article at Engadget Mobile that talks of the need of Apple xServes to be installed at the carrier (that means operator if you’re reading across the pond). You can call me a doubter (and perhaps rightly) but I don’t think it’s there for branding and prevent unlocking and the like, my guess is that it’s for visual voice mail.
I just wanted to let every reader know that I will be checking the links on this page fervently, all week so as to not bring you the latest in iPhone news today. I also intend to not post any thoughts and analysis covering Jobs’ keynote at WWDC today.
Haha, just kidding. It looks to be another busy day here at phone different.
It looks like Nokia is working on making their N-Series mobile computers (sorry, phones) play nice with iTunes via software called Media Transfer. The software only works on Macs and DRM-Free music, and it’s only useful if the Nokia handset supports music. The software is apparently beta, so caveat emptor. Rumors indicate that the iPhone will support at least this much integration with iTunes, if not more, and work on Windows machines as well.
There are rumors floating around of an Apple / Google partnership for .Mac services (also called dotMac).
If you like training manuals, it’s available at Engadget Mobile.
Have-Nots
- no GPS support, though this could be added by software updates
- no MMS support, though this could be added by software updates
- no IM support, though this could be added by software updates. I don’t think this will be added, I recall rumors of a Cingular exec bragging that they kept IM off of the iPhone as part of the agreement.
- no MEdia Mail, MEdia Net, MobiTV, Cellular Video support.
- Browsing the web via wifi while on a call
- vibrate mode
- iTunes will sync with Outlook / Outlook Express on Windows, and Address Book on Macs.
A ban on Qualcomm chips could have upside effect on iPhone sales. Or so the logic goes.
The order will not affect the introduction of Apple Inc.’s iPhone June 29. AT&T Inc. has exclusive rights to carry the iPhone, and the gadget’s first version uses the carrier’s EDGE network, which is not covered by the ITC ruling. Apple doesn’t need a lift from its competitors’ woes anyway, said Michael King, an analyst at Gartner Inc. technology research firm. “There so much hype around the iPhone that I don’t think they will be able to produce enough to meet demand, so this won’t help much,” he said.
Huh, another article about Steve Jobs’ brilliance. He invented the GUI in 1984 and the digital era of publishing with iTunes just a few years ago, and they say he’s going to three-peat his previous two performances with the iPhone. I may as well publish it, after all, it’s 100% correct, and it’s a well-written piece at the Economist. Also, Boom! Another one. [via]
There’s a rumor floating around that states Apple will have 3 million iPhones available on launch day. I’m not sure that I put stock in it, as 3 million iPhones sounds a lot like 1% of the entire US mobile phone market to me. It would be surprising if Apple had an iPhone for every single person Apple initially expected to want one.
But, I can always hope that I’m wrong and the rumor is true. I’ve got to get one, it may as well be on launch day. I’d like to think that an electronics company doesn’t need artificial shortages to build hype, for once. That’s the reason that there’s so much hype around the iPhone, anyway: so far, it looks like the iPhone is worth the hype on its own.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes (any man with a hyphenated name must know what he’s talking about) over at ZDNET blogs posts his rebuttal to Dvorak’s MarketWatch piece asserting that iPhone user will hate the on screen keyboard. Who is right? Find out in this weekend’s cage match between Dvorak and Adrian-Evan-Jacob-Jingleheimer-Hughes, err..that other guy.
