News From Apple's iPhone Event 392
Apple is currently announcing various things about a new iPhone; the CNN Live has coverage as it is happening. Watch for updates as more information comes in. For those of you who like to read instead of watch, PC Magazine is^W was^W is running a live commentary stream (it broke and then unbroke). The New York Times also has a working live stream which seems more reliable.
Update: 10/04 19:04 GMT by U L :Unexpectedly, Apple did not announce an iPhone 5, but rather an incremental update. CNet has a decent article about the features of the iPhone 4S. Additionally, all major carriers except T-Mobile will be getting the phone October 14th.
One thing's for sure... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:shocked (Score:3, Informative)
Give it a couple days, then everyone can scream "dupe!"
Streams are hosed. (Score:2, Informative)
It seems to be all of them. Gizmodo, Ars, PCMag...
A dull event covered poorly. Yay!
Re:Live? (Score:1, Informative)
But then I'd miss things like them announcing you can take pictures using the "volume up" button on the iPhone!
Yep. The "volume up" button. Rather than add a proper camera button like every other phone in existence since cameras were added to phones, you use the "volume up button."
But since Apple's doing it, it must be intuitive and user friendly! ...Wait, isn't the camera on the same side as the volume controls? So wouldn't using that button mean you have to hold the phone such that you're covering the lens?
Oh, right, Apple never makes mistakes like that. Instead everyone's just holding the phone wrong.
No, really, I'm not making this up, they announced that the "volume up" button will be the new camera button. And this was important enough to be the highlight of the talk so far!
Re:Wow (Score:2, Informative)
And the tragic truth - so far at least it has been a nothing announcement. They've stuck the iPad 2 internals in the iPhone 4 case, and called it the iPhone 4S. Whoopdy doo. Oh and they tweaked the camera a bit...
Re:Wow (Score:4, Informative)
Yep. The thing is over now, so here is the sum total of the announcement:
1. New camera. Has more megapixels. White balance may no longer suck. (That's the tweak.)
2. You can now take pictures using the volume up button. (Really? Not with a camera button? Really: double tap the home button, press the "camera" icon, press the "volume up" button. That's "ease of use," apparently.)
3. Remember how Android has a voice activation feature? iPhone is getting that now. Unlike the old "voice command" this one can now be used to search the web and enter text into text fields. Wasn't this available in Android 1? And as an app for iPhone?
4. "New" processor (it's the iPad 2's)
5. "Better than console game graphics." No, really. Seriously! They said that!
6. Remember how the iPhone tracked your location, and everyone got upset about it? The new one uploads the location to iCloud and this is, somehow, a feature. So you can locate your phone through the cloud. (It's in your house! Thanks, GPS!)
7. Antenna was redesigned. So you might be able to make calls and browse the web while holding the phone.
8. Now supports Sprint.
And that's it. That's everything.
Re:No iPhone 5, just iPhone 4s (Score:5, Informative)
The good news is that the original iPhone 4 is now cheaper.
If you want new features this year, I think October 11 (Google/Samsung launch party) is the place to be.
Re:Wow (Score:3, Informative)
Yep. The thing is over now, so here is the sum total of the announcement:
1. New camera. Has more megapixels. White balance may no longer suck. (That's the tweak.)
2. You can now take pictures using the volume up button. (Really? Not with a camera button? Really: double tap the home button, press the "camera" icon, press the "volume up" button. That's "ease of use," apparently.)
3. Remember how Android has a voice activation feature? iPhone is getting that now. Unlike the old "voice command" this one can now be used to search the web and enter text into text fields. Wasn't this available in Android 1? And as an app for iPhone?
4. "New" processor (it's the iPad 2's)
5. "Better than console game graphics." No, really. Seriously! They said that!
6. Remember how the iPhone tracked your location, and everyone got upset about it? The new one uploads the location to iCloud and this is, somehow, a feature. So you can locate your phone through the cloud. (It's in your house! Thanks, GPS!)
7. Antenna was redesigned. So you might be able to make calls and browse the web while holding the phone.
8. Now supports Sprint.
And that's it. That's everything.
So you're saying that Steve left because he was too ashamed to be part of this announcement, and that whole sickness thing was just a coverup?
Though really I'm not sure what people expected. You know, other than an iPhone 5 instead of 4S. Do you think Apple's marketing department was crapping themselves with all the talk and excitement on the web for iPhone 5, knowing that there would be massive disappointment when they revealed... iPhone 4.1?