iPhone 3G, Countdown.

... Apple vuole espandere il business delle suonerie per iPhone. Trattative con le case discografiche per incrementare il numero di canzoni che possono essere trasformate in file da utilizzare come tono di chiamata per il suo cellulare sarebbero iniziate da alcune settimane e Cupertino vorrebbe chiuderle prima della WWDC.

Un secondo elemento della strategia passa per la vendita delle suonerie e delle canzoni (comprese le canzoni di iTunes da usare per le proprie play list) su rete cellulare. Questa opportunità è sostanzialmente preclusa in questo momento per la velocità ridotta della rete Edge, ma con il lancio del telefono 3G le cose, almeno dal punto di vista tecnico, cambierebbero. Ma ci sarebbe da superare anche un ostacolo normativo, determinato dal fatto che le case discografiche pretendono di essere pagate di più per la musica venduta "over the air" su rete cellulare.

sources close to the 3G iPhone launch have told Gizmodo that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch.

In Spain, for example, the 3G iPhone will be available for sale at the June 18th grand opening of Telefonica's megastore—an Apple Store-like shop located in the company's historical building in Madrid's Gran Vía— with nationwide availability right the next day or after a few hours. The other European countries with iPhone availability will have similar launch schedules.

Bravo0 ha scritto:

Apple finisce tutti i biglietti per la WWDC con un anticipo di 25 giorni.
Non era mai successo.






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Dany ha scritto:Scusate la mia ignoganza ma che cos'è il o gli wwdc?? Io non me ne intendo....

Bravo0 ha scritto:

Dany ha scritto:Scusate la mia ignoganza ma che cos'è il o gli wwdc?? Io non me ne intendo....

Praticamente è una grossa manifestazione dedicata al mondo della tecnologia, specialmente alla programmazione. Viene organizzata ogni anno, nel periodo che va da Giugno a fine Luglio, e si svolge in America, ed ogni anno Steve Jobs (il papà della Eppol) sale sul palco e annuncia le grosse novità che si porta sempre dietro.

In un anno ci sono due grosse manifestazioni, questa (la WWDC) e il MacWorld che si svolge ogni Gennaio. Ogni manifestazione è un grosso evento planetario per far conoscere e presentare i nuovi prodotti che Stweie sforna.

M09 ha scritto:Ecco che cominciano le gufate...

Bravo0 ha scritto:Tanto che ci si deve mettere dentro? C'è tutto.

Bravo0 ha scritto:Io credo che per me sarà qualcosa di piu di una tentazione ...

The FNAC is the French giant for consumer electronic shops, with several stores also open in key European countries. According to our information, the FNAC could have signed up an Agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone 2 in its shop network.

A new beta of Apple's iPhone Software v2.0 Update released privately to a select group of enterprise partners this week adds a few new preferences and the beginnings of geo-tagging support for the handset's Camera app.

People familiar with the release, reportedly labeled build 5A292g, say location-aware services such as "Maps" and "Camera" now ask the user's permission before transmitting data used to identify their current geographical location.

The addition as it applies to the Camera application is interesting in that it suggests Apple is actively working on adding support for geo-tagging photographs, those people say.

Bravo0 ha scritto:Secondo iPhoneItalia un dipendente di uno Store di S.Francisco, durante una prova interna del nuovo iPhone 3G riservata a loro, avrebbe scattato tre fotografie del sito su cui stava navigando affermando che la velocità è aumentata del 150% rispetto al modello precedente e il sistema operativo stesso è molto piu fluido.

What It Will Have
First, an 3G HSPA network connection — 7.2Mbps speed, which is roughly twice as fast as EV-DO and around 10 times the top speed of EDGE, which is what the current iPhone rides on. AT&T's 7.2Mbps HSPA network is available in 270 markets, and should be in 350 by the end of the year. Plus, AT&T has announced plans to nearly triple its HSPA network speed next year.
Next, we get iPhone software 2.0. Other cellphones enable some third-party application downloads, but none will compare to the flood of inventive applications being cooked up even as we blog. Once downloaded, you'll be able to add a direct access icon on iPhone's home screen. We could see hundreds of third party apps by Christmas, all vetted by Apple and all listed on and accessible from Apple's Web site (as opposed to the unofficial stuff for hacked iPhones that's been circulating since last summer).

What It Might Have
This is all we know for sure. What follows is a collection of what I consider to be the most reliable Web rumors. As such, each should be taken with a boulder of salt. As such, mentally put the word "reportedly" after every "will."
Switchable 3G: That fast Net connection will most certainly tax the new iPhone's battery. To save watts, a settings toggle will enable you to turn off 3G access, a feature we've never seen in any 3G phone from any carrier (though according to some commenters below, it appears in some high-end Nokia models).
Thinner, Lighter: iPhone 2.0 will chuck its sturdy aluminum-magnesium shell for a lighter plastic enclosure. This will reduce iPhone's heft by as much as two ounces from its current 4.8-ounce weight. The new enclosure could further flatten the new iPhone by 2.5mm. Lighter is good, but plastic could make the iPhone feel cheap and more breakable.
HSPA iTunes Downloads: Apple is talking to major labels about allowing consumers to download tracks using the AT&T network rather than limiting iTunes access to Wi-Fi, but the labels want more money per track.
Real GPS: This would supplement the network-assisted location software iPhone currently uses. This would allow third-party development of voice-assisted turn-by-turn directions.
Normal, Non-recessed Headphone Jack: 'Nuff said.
Contact Search, iCal Invite Folder: Both of these will be part of improvements in iPhone's Address Book and iCal compatibility.
Background Application Support: Third-party apps will run in the background, although it's hard to say how this will manifest itself since we don't know what cool apps may be coming.
Web Image Save: You'll be able to save Web images from Safari to iPhone's photo album.

What It Probably Won't Have
What we'd like but haven't heard about is improvements to the iPhone keyboard, the one factor that keeps heavy e-mail users and texters away. What we'd like is a horizontal keypad for e-mail and text mode — in fact, while we're on it, I'd like to be able to read e-mail widescreen — and haptic feedback (where you feel a slight vibration when you touch a screen). Apple is reportedly in discussions with a company called Immersion for vibration response, but it's unlikely to appear in the upcoming model.

What It Will Cost, Hold
As to the most important data: price and memory. Fortune Magazine reported pricing on the 3G iPhones would be $399 and $499 with a $200 subsidy offered only through AT&T stores, which means you'll be able to get an iPhone for $199 with a two-year deal. As to capacity, Fortune reported 8GB and 16GB models, same as the current iPhone. We're of course hoping the rumors of 16GB and 32GB models are true.

Non è nuova l'idea di monitorare gli spostamenti dei dirigenti Apple per comprendere le strategie e le operazioni in corso, compreso ogni singolo piccolo progresso del chiacchieratissimo iPhone.
Morgan Stanley che ha studiato le ore di volo e i costi di gestione del jet aziendale di Jobs per dedurne il futuro di iPhone. Idea e previsioni sono state confermate.
Ora la stessa tecnica è stata utilizzata per investigare sul probabile lancio in Canada di iPhone: un numero non precisato di rappresentanti Apple è stato chiamato a raccolta nel quartiere generale in Markham in Ontario per una riunione di cui nulla è trapelato.
Infine l'eccezionalità dell'evento sarebbe confermata dal fatto che una riunione nel quartier generale è una scelta insolita per Apple: solitamente vengono effettuate conferenze voce e video a distanza.

Since mid-March, Apple Inc. and its logistics partners have imported 188 ocean containers of a product type never before declared on its shipping manifests. [...] On March 19 Quanta delivered 20 ocean containers of merchandise, described on the Bills of Lading as "electric computers," to Apple, Inc. Neither Apple, Quanta, nor any other company has ever used this product description for any shipments to the U.S. [...] Over the last few months shipments of "desktop computers" and other devices did not fall off, indicating that these "electric computers" represent a new product for the company rather than a simple renaming for their Customs declarations.