Celebrity is like that: last week we all felt so cool; next week many of us will be has-beens. When the new 3G iPhone finally reaches the market on Friday, for many of us "old" iPhone users the coolness factor will expire like old milk. The drumbeat of news about the 3G iPhone is becoming deafening this week. Not to worry, iPling will still run on your iPhone, either the old or the new model!
A few top technology writers have already published hands-on reviews, including the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and the New York Times's David Pogue. Mossberg says the 3G phone is as fast as you would hope, the GPS is great, and audio is much better, but it's easy to drain the battery. Pogue adds that with 3G, you can talk on the phone while also surfing the web. He says the new iPhone "feels even better in your hand" than its predecessor.
As exciting as the new phone on Friday will be the release of iPhone 2.0 operating system, which opens both old and new iPhones to a universe of third-party applications. There's no telling what innovations these developers will bring to the platform. Stand by to observe a flood of creativity...and maybe the next "killer app" for mobile.
A few top technology writers have already published hands-on reviews, including the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg and the New York Times's David Pogue. Mossberg says the 3G phone is as fast as you would hope, the GPS is great, and audio is much better, but it's easy to drain the battery. Pogue adds that with 3G, you can talk on the phone while also surfing the web. He says the new iPhone "feels even better in your hand" than its predecessor.
As exciting as the new phone on Friday will be the release of iPhone 2.0 operating system, which opens both old and new iPhones to a universe of third-party applications. There's no telling what innovations these developers will bring to the platform. Stand by to observe a flood of creativity...and maybe the next "killer app" for mobile.