Next generation iPhone caught testing, spotted in app usage log
As it seems, the next generation iPhone (iPhone 3,1) is almost here and Apple may well be gearing up for a mid 2010 launch. The new model was spotted in the wild carrying out field tests.
Last time when this number – “iPhone3,1” was spotted (back in March this year), it was suggested to be a beta OS 3.0 firmware build. But this time its an entirely different story. MacRumors reported that iPhone developers, Pandav informed them that an unreleased iPhone have been spotted in the analytics log for their app, iBart which is a public transportation guide for the San Francisco train system. PinchMedia, which provides the analytics for this iBart application detected the new phone using its internal device identification number (assigned by Apple) which was “iPhone3,1″. This identifier does not correspond to any of the current available iPhone models. It was spotted in Pandav’s usage logs during the month of November.
In past also, prior to the iPhone 3GS launch, a phone numbered as “iPhone2,1″ was originally spotted in October 2008 and the iPhone 3GS was launched eight months after this. Field tests are a part of Apple’s practice of testing models before launch and so its highly likely that what we are witnessing is something on similar lines. Whatever it is, one thing is sure, we will soon be having a new iPhone to play around with. Although, nothing can be predicted about the exact launch dates rumours suggest that these phones will be available by mid 2010 from Verizon. Rumours also suggest that the new phone may have multi-core processors. Please Apple, whatever it is, bring it on quickly. Don’t make us wait.
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“Please Apple, whatever it is, bring it on quickly. Don’t make us wait.” What??? Come on, instead of begging them to bring a new phone out, how about fixing the old one first? The first thing, get rid of AT&T’s exclusive right to the iPhone. Second, loosen up on the rules for Apps!
“Please Apple, whatever it is, bring it on quickly. Don’t make us wait.” – Yes, because iPhone owners just LOVE having their shiny toys made obsolete every year and shelling out for new ones. The Cult of Apple is alive and well, I see!
> The first thing, get rid of AT&T’s exclusive right to the iPhone.
AT&T does not have an exclusive right to iPhone. iPhone runs on well over 100 carriers worldwide. In the US, Verizon and Sprint use proprietary networks that can’t run standard GSM phones, including iPhone and about 99% of the world’s phones. That is hardly Apple or AT&T’s fault.
> Second, loosen up on the rules for Apps!
Apple is rejecting less than 1% of apps. Google rejects more websites from its index than Apple rejects apps. Linus Torvalds rejects more code from the Linux kernel than Apple rejects apps.
If you are a computer nerd then of course you think you know better, but most iPhone users are not computer nerds and they appreciate the fact that Apple is watching out for them. App Store is not successful in spite of the way it works, it’s successful because of the way it works. There were apps on phones for 10 years before iPhone but nobody knew about it or cared.
Microsoft could stop all viruses and malware on Windows with a similar system. The fact that they don’t costs us all billions every year, even those of us who do not use Windows, because the botnets are still sending us spam. I think the iPhone app platform is working better than the Windows app platform, so I’m not anxious to see Apple emulate Windows at all.
> Yes, because iPhone owners just LOVE having their shiny toys
> made obsolete every year and shelling out for new ones.
> The Cult of Apple is alive and well, I see!
You should either get an iPhone or a life, one or the other. There is no Cult of Apple, there are just people who appreciate technology that works and most of it doesn’t.