WWDC Live Blog Tomorrow – New 4g iPhone

Uncategorized | Thursday June 11 2009 12:53 am | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Tomorrow is the big day! As you can see on the right, there are only a few hours left until the big announcement. What?s going to be announced? Well, I have my opinions?
I?m pretty confident that the name of the 3rd iPhone will be called ?iPhone Video?. There?s strong evidence in the iPhone 3.0 Beta firmwares to support this:
This screenshot seems pretty real to me. It would make total sense to have one app run both the still image camera and the video camera. Just toggling the switch into video mode would change the button to a red dot kinda like the red light on the front of most video cameras.
There?s a lot more that goes along with video, one of the best is a new camera/lens. A big rumor is an upgrade to the camera to 3.2MP and the addition of auto focus. This would be really nice for me because right now I carry a DSLR and a Flip Video along with my iPhone. I would like the iPhone to replace the Flip. I doubt it will ever replace the big digital camera. I NEED ZOOM!
Other screenshots show MobileMe video features and even one with buttons that allow for minor editing of the video right on the iPhone. A big wish of mine is the front facing camera to make video phone calls. This seems to good to be true. Maybe someday with the 4G/LTE network. I really do think there will be video recording with the new iPhone.
There are rumors of physical changes to the device too. One is replacement of the chrome bezel to black. I?m not sure why Apple would do this. Both first iPhones have the chrome. Not really a big deal to me but I guess it?s false. Another thing I don?t think is going to happen is the rubberized back. I used to have a incase rubber case for my iPhone, and while it did help me hold onto he iPhone, it made it hard to get in and out of my pocket. I think Apple will continue to resort to cases to allow the user to customize them.
There are all kinds of rumors flying around about the price of the next set of iPhones. The biggest one is a $99 4GB model. This would be a big seller for the device, but the monthly plan is the bigger concern too. There are, of course, rumors about the data plans becoming cheaper too. I think the $99 iPhone is very likely (with a 2 year contract of course). Data plans changing would be nice, but anything less than unlimited SMS/MMS and Data are not going to happen with me.
Standard feature upgrades like more battery life, speed, memory, storage, OS update all seem expected.
Some final features for our list may be good ideas, but I just don?t see happening. They include a glowing Apple logo on the back, dedicated shutter button, background running apps, Adobe flash, 802.11n, FM Transmitter and a compass. How about the return of Steve Jobs? (also a rumor)
I?m sure there are more and more but we?ll get to that tomorrow. We?ll be live blogging all the info we can get, tomorrow, noon central time. Goodnight, sweet dreams.

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