Wuss. I'm a proud 3G owner who still uses the 3G!!!! (... and won't buy another iPhone anytime soon for the same reason... lol. :grin
I hope Apple learned its lesson. I know they received quite a few complaints about it as they made it a point to mention speed improvements for the 3g iPhone's updates after 4.0 If you're jailbroken, you can downgrade the OS if it ends up crippling the device. Regardless, 2+ years of support software wise is all you can really ask for. That's the normal length of contracts, plus no one else in the industry is offering updates that long down the road.
Hah, I'd probably still be on my 3G if a buddy of mine hadn't given me his 3GS when he upgraded to the 4. Now thankfully my 3G is somewhere at the bottom of my desk drawer :grin: EDIT* A lot of website are reporting the iOS5 supports all the same devices as iOS4.3; i.e. the 3GS is supported. I'm still waiting to see if becomes a laggy piece of crap though. True but Apple's biggest mistake was allowing iOS4 on the 3G in the first place. They should have just said 'not supported' and it would have saved everyone some headache.
So now that I've had a chance to check this out finally (all the news today has been crazy, between this and E3), the simple number of improvements they made with iOS is pretty impressive. It's a nice mix of new stuff and things that people like on other phones that they've wanted in iOS for years. These are just some of the changes. Lots of people are testing out the developer beta and are finding even more stuff they didn't mention in the conference: iOS 5: -New notification system, notification drop down across all apps and listed on lock screen -Twitter integration with system, including photo, Safari, youtube and maps -iMessage universal messaging system across all iOS devices -New reminders app with location aware capabilities -split keyboard -wireless Airplay mirroring for HDTVs Spoiler Spoiler 'PC Free' -No longer need to own PC or Mac to buy iOS devices -Wireless syncing and backup -wireless setup of iOS devices -OTA software updates, no longer require whole OS download Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Camera -quick access to camera from lock screen -allows camera functions with hardware volume buttons -photo editing on device (auto enhance, red eye reduction and cropping) Safari -tabbed browsing -Reader integration to save articles for later browsing on all iOS devices iCloud: -free access -iTunes storage in iCloud, allows access to library across all devices -iTunes Match service ($25/yr) that will scan music library and match any songs into cloud even if not purchased through iTunes. Can upload anything missing. -purchase history available on all devices -MobileMe access included. -automatic wireless daily backups of music, books, apps, camera roll, device settings, and app data. When you buy a new phone, everything will be loaded automatically for you during setup. -automatic document syncing with new iOS iWork suite. Documents stored and can be pushed to any advice, updates on all devices when changed. -iCloud storage APIs available to developers (also multi platform) Spoiler Spoiler
"Support" is not the same as "not crippling my device intentionally". 3G phones never should have seen the 4.0 update, period.
Ah, also looks like the cloud stuff is already being beta tested in the iTunes app. They've added the 'purchased' option where you can see your purchase history and download it from the 'cloud' to your device. I have a lot of stuff on there I forgot I ever bought, lol.
I completely agree. I had a 3G iPhone and I was pissed. I was able to downgrade because of jailbreak though. But like I said earlier, I think Apple learned from that mistake. We'll see how 3GS users respond after the release.
This writer illuminates precisely what I am afraid of and what I was referring to in my earlier post. Iphones and Ipads have a place I suppose, but they're not what I want in a computer.
Maybe. And, to be fair, I think the writer is alarmist: I doubt OS-X will be phased out, but I can definitely see it becoming unaffordable to the average user, thereby relegating the "consumer" market to locked-in blandness that nets Apple massive profit and massive control. The pro crowd will be spending upwards of 3-5k for the privilege of running os-x, and I would bet it gets it's own high-powered version of the appstore...
I hear you, but that all sounds a bit extreme to me too. I'm more concerned they will whitewash whatever they do on the phones and plaster it as the new OS for desktops than I am that they would find a way to somehow both alienate and elevate the desktop OS to a superpro (corporate? those aren't the trends, as you and the author stated) 3-5k version as the only escape to what is now swimming in a sea of icons and swipescreens. Things change quickly though, and it will be interesting to see the devices and OS's evolve, all while hoping you don't get alienated as a user of either/any.
