Comments on: Apple Unveil iPhone 3GS Handset

By: Simon Perry

Simon Perry — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:49:46 +0000

@Andy – Wow. Yet to have our hands on a Pre. Perhaps they’re doing what Nokia did the the N95? Release a less than finished product in one market; let them suffer it; then widely release a much improved product to the rest of the world.

Kind of happy the US is the guinea pig rather than the UK this time.

By: Simon Perry

Simon Perry — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:47:08 +0000

@Charles … I mostly agree with you, but am awaiting the full dismissal after seeing it. Particularly I think the most interesting enhancement is the video side – shoot _and_ edit on device (with their Final Cut experience) sounds like a very interesting step.

Apple have by default/allowance of an open platform enabled audiocasting via apps like AudioBoo … if they get video-capture sorted, they’ll stretch their lead in media capture way ahead.

Now … if they could only put a proper keyboard on the thing, then it would be a killer piece of kit :)

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:21:22 +0000

I have an iPhone 3G and had a chance to play with Pre. The Pre hang on me while I was trying the much touted multitasking/cards feature. Also, it feels slower. I think that the current iPhone 3G is better than Pre.

I also had a sneak peak at the 3G S. It is a worthy update!

I think all the buzz about Pre is going to fade out soon. People were just desperately looking for the next iPhone killer and Pre seemed to be the best contender. In few weeks everybody will get it: it is an unpolished beta-quality product, and while Palm gets it fixed (if ever) Apple will be two years ahead. Move to the next iPhone killer, please!

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:33:56 +0000

A lot of what you mentioned above are part of the 3.0 firmware, not the 3Gs. Yeah, it makes it even less impressive in a way. Really, there isn’t much to it. Faster speed if it’s supported, hardware for the compass feature, faster processor. The iPhone is mainly all software. This is a minor hardware update to add some new features and those that want them enough will fork out for it. The rest of us will probably be happy with what we have.