Looks like the new iPhone has officially been announced.
As usual, it looks like and the new features are excellent, features we wanted are still missing and logical things that Apple could do like make MobileMe free (to spur wider use) still haven’t happened, although it is rumored.
Even though I did go ahead and get an iPad. I WILL not get the iPhone 4 until they offer more carrier options. There’s no way in hell I will go back to AT&T, so hopefully the fall release of a CDMA version for Verizon and/or Sprint, along with other smaller local carriers, will happen. That is the only way myself and tens of millions of others will get the new iPhone.
Two other things that would be nice:
- Upgrade the iPod touch to the same form factor and feature set minus the cellular radio, or even include 3G data like the iPad for those who don’t want to switch or already have a good cellular plan.
- Make the whole experience more “open”… I’ll leave it at that. Being tied to iTunes just to get the Apple Experience sucks. I use a Mac, but not primarily, I use Linux a lot, Windows is almost out of my home-office IT Ecosystem. Put it all on the device with ties to “the cloud”.
Otherwise, I hope Apple keeps up the innovative edge in design and function. I look at a lot of devices and there is nothing that appeals to me more than their design, even though sometimes it doesn’t seem as feature laden as some other devices.
Simplicity+Function = Winner
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