Comments on: Surprises on July 11th http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lode http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/#comment-329013 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:05:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3657#comment-329013 An iPod touch with GPS integration today won’t make much sense, as free WiFi coverage isn’t nearly as ubiquitous as would be needed to provide a constant connection to Google maps for turn by turn directions and updating of the map.

It would be possible however if there would be a standalone app from the likes of TomTom or Garmin, with a map saved in memory.

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/#comment-329014 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:40:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3657#comment-329014 One vote here for a 64Gb iPod Touch with GPS. The price of the iPhone coupled with the extortionate call plans here in NZ means that even though I work a few hundred metres from the Vodafone store in Auckland, I’m not going to be in the queue!!

]]> By: Michael http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/#comment-329016 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:17:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3657#comment-329016 Ernie,
Baig did mention it on the left panel sidenote, saying:
“Unpublicized feature: Developers can take advantage of the iPhone 2.0 software to provide tactile forced feedback. This is known as “haptics.” When my vehicle crashed inside Cro-Mag,the iPhone 3G vibrated.”

So while it is not a standard feature on the iPhone across the board, it does seem to imply that developers can take advantage of it.

]]> By: Michael http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/#comment-329015 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:03:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3657#comment-329015 I’m hoping for a larger capacity iPhone 32GB would be nice but 64GB would be perfect! That’s the one thing keeping me from running out Fri and getting an iPhone 3G from Fido – what happens a couple of months from now when Apple releases a larger capacity model?…

]]> By: Ernie http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/#comment-329017 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:45:47 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3657#comment-329017 Where are you hearing this Haptic Feedback!!!! Cause none of the 3 major reviewers (WSJ, NYT, USAToday) reported this! I wish this is true!

]]> By: chrisM http://gigaom.com/apple/surprises-on-july-11th/#comment-329018 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:37:27 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=3657#comment-329018 don’t forget about the iTunes remote control
functionality aluded to in dev copies of iTunes 7.7. I am hoping for a few “one more things” waiting for us from apple in the app store. The top two being a navigation app, and the iTunes (and hopfully appleTV) remote control app.

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