iPhone 3.0 Thoughts

If you haven’t heard yet, the iPhone 3.0 software will be previewed next Tuesday, March 18th. There are so many features that the customers of the iPhone have been wanting for so long and iPhone 3.0 looks like a great chance for all of these things to be included in the iPhone.

The first feature that everybody wants desperately is copy and paste. For months now many consumers in the tech industry have been criticizing the iPhone for not having copy and paste when many other phones already have it. All smart phones should have copy and paste including the iPhone.

Another big feature that could come in the 3.0 upgrade is the “push notifications” feature that Apple promised us back in September. Since Apple wanted to “get it right the first time”, they have been putting the push notifications off for a while. I for one am very excited about the feature coming to the iPhone because this would work great for applications like, Twitter or AIM on your iPhone. Hopefully this will get added as soon as possible because it is over due.

MMS. Come on Apple! This should have been in the iPhone OS long ago and everybody knows it. It is very sad that the iPhone hasn’t had this put in yet. Even the most basic Verizon and AT&T phones have this, and have had this for years now. This should definitely be put into the 3.0 update and should have been in long ago.

The last feature that could be added to the 3.0 firmware is tethering. This would be very nice to have on the iPhone. Personally I don’t think the iPhone will get this right now, at least not for the 3.0 upgrade. There haven’t been many rumors about it and I really don’t see Apple doing this just yet.

I am very optimistic about the new 3.0 update to the iPhone. I think they could put in so many valuable features and improve the stability all around. I would love to hear what all of you think, so please leave a comment.

iPhone clones

I’m getting pretty tired of all of the iPhone clones. If you haven’t noticed there are so many new phones coming out that don’t have a stylus and you just touch them with your finger. Let’s name them! Blackberry Storm, LG Voyager, LG Dare, G1, and some Nokia phones. Just like Apple and Steve Jobs wanted it to be. It just seems like everyone is coming out with touch screen devices, but the touch screens on them are absolutely terrible.

Now personally I love touch screen phones, if they work. I just recently went to my local Verizon store and tried out the LG Voyager. I don’t want this to be a complete bash on the LG Voyager but their touch screens are absolutely terrible. I really don’t think I could get use to that touch screen because it is a lot worse than the iPod touch. Which is what I use for my touch screen device. For all of you who have an iPhone or iPod touch here is a question for you. Do you feel that all of the other touch screen phones and devices are terrible quality compared to you iPhone or iPod touch?

I certainly do. I think that every company with a touch screen device just rushed their product out the door to compete with the iPhone when they should have took their time and actually made a quality touch screen. I would love to hear you thoughts on this, please leave comments.

Do you want to learn about Steve Jobs?

I just recently bought iCon: Steve Jobs off of Amazon for only a couple of dollars. iCon is a really good book for anyone who wants to know about Steve Jobs and what he did before Apple and Pixar. The book even tells you some very interesting facts about when he was very young and still in school. I have learned many things about Steve through this book and I’m only on the first couple of chapters!

This book also talks about the other people that made Apple possible. Mainly Steve Wozniak, they talk about him and Steve and how they became friends. Another interesting thing that you find out in this book is Steve’s earlier jobs before he even came close to starting Apple. I thought it was very interesting. I really like this book.

I would suggest this book to anyone who is interested in Apple as a company. And if you are interested in Steve Jobs and want to know a lot more about his life and how he came to “power” in Apple. Here is the link to Amazon to buy iCon: Steve Jobs.