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Zeichick's Take: All iPhone, all the time


By Alan Zeichick
June 12, 2008 — 
The predictions were a bit off. Last week, we presented a list of 20 possible announcements that Steve Jobs might make at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. It looks like only four came true:

1. The next-generation iPhone with 3G features
3. Preview of Intel-only Mac OS X 10.6
13. A major rebranding of the .mac online service
20. Low-end iPhone priced under US$200

We can combine items 1 and 4 into the new iPhone 3G, which starts at US$199 for an 8GB model—about half the price of the current first-generation iPhone hardware. Packed into a slightly smaller phone are both 3G wireless (about 2.5 times faster than the EDGE network support by the current iPhone) and a GPS.

There’s also a new software stack, called iPhone 2.0, which will be rolled out to the current iPhone. It’s supports some good enterprise features, like better interoperability with Exchange Server, and an improved contact manager and calendar. However, the biggest benefit of iPhone 2.0 is the SDK that lets developer deploy native applications, in addition to smart Web apps.

That truly makes the iPhone into a development target, going far beyond any current phone platform, though Google’s Android software stack will give iPhone a run for its money. It will be interesting to see how the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 2.0 software perform when they come out in July.

What about the other Apple announcements? The .mac online service is being renamed MobileMe, and it has some push features. Yawn.

Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” is evolutionary, not revolutionary. The biggest news there is a new API set, called Grand Central, that helps developers aggressively support multicore systems. That’s more interesting, and again, I can’t wait to learn more. Like, is it really Intel-only?

Alan Zeichick is editorial director of SD Times. Read his blog at ztrek.blogspot.com.


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