Friday, May 29, 2009
When iPhone 3.0 is released it looks like TV shows, movies and music videos will be available for purchase and viewing directly on the new device. Three mobile ads from Apple were found in the latest version of TwitterFon that linked to "iTunes Movie Rentals," "iTunes Movies" and "iTunes TV."
When touched, the ads led to a video area in Apple's mobile store that was under construction. Screenshots of the portal show various genres and featured items, however video content is not yet available.
The screenshots were verified by a further discovery of direct links to the iTunes video store-in-progress that worked in iPhone OS 2.2 and 3.0 beta, but were later made inactive by Apple.
iPhone 3.0 will feature the 802.11N Broadcom BCM4329 Wi-Fi chip, making possible wireless downloads of up to four times the speed of 802.11G. To save bandwidth for carriers, it's likely that Apple will restrict video downloading to iPhones that are connected via Wi-FI.
The devices already features iTunes for music purchases and the AppStore for software downloads. Apple currently allows free video podcast downloads to the iPhone and iPod Touch when connected via Wi-Fi.
Expanding the video options available for purchase will increase profit for Apple as they deliver even more content to mobile devices.
When touched, the ads led to a video area in Apple's mobile store that was under construction. Screenshots of the portal show various genres and featured items, however video content is not yet available.
The screenshots were verified by a further discovery of direct links to the iTunes video store-in-progress that worked in iPhone OS 2.2 and 3.0 beta, but were later made inactive by Apple.
iPhone 3.0 will feature the 802.11N Broadcom BCM4329 Wi-Fi chip, making possible wireless downloads of up to four times the speed of 802.11G. To save bandwidth for carriers, it's likely that Apple will restrict video downloading to iPhones that are connected via Wi-FI.
The devices already features iTunes for music purchases and the AppStore for software downloads. Apple currently allows free video podcast downloads to the iPhone and iPod Touch when connected via Wi-Fi.
Expanding the video options available for purchase will increase profit for Apple as they deliver even more content to mobile devices.
The iPhone 3.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) includes new programming interfaces that will make it possible to embed Google Maps directly into applications. iPhone software developers will be able to use Google Maps for creative new purposes, displaying spatial data such as radar and cloud cover or real estate prices over the built-in mapping capabilities of the iPhone OS.
The Maps application itself has not changed as of iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5.
Turn-by-turn directions are another added feature of the iPhone 3.0 firmware. Unfortunately, licensing restrictions prevent developers from using Google Maps along with turn-by-turn directions. Regardless of this limitation, software developers can use their own maps to create new GPS applications for real-time navigation.
It's possible several GPS applications from major companies could hit the AppStore soon. Combined with the ability for built-in subscriptions or pay-as-you-go upgrades there could be several opportunities for GPS software developers to cash in on iPhone users.
Along with the addition of an azimuth sensor, iPhone 3.0 will soon know its position and orientation in space more accurately than you do.
The Maps application itself has not changed as of iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5.
Turn-by-turn directions are another added feature of the iPhone 3.0 firmware. Unfortunately, licensing restrictions prevent developers from using Google Maps along with turn-by-turn directions. Regardless of this limitation, software developers can use their own maps to create new GPS applications for real-time navigation.
It's possible several GPS applications from major companies could hit the AppStore soon. Combined with the ability for built-in subscriptions or pay-as-you-go upgrades there could be several opportunities for GPS software developers to cash in on iPhone users.
Along with the addition of an azimuth sensor, iPhone 3.0 will soon know its position and orientation in space more accurately than you do.
Great work, especially using only a few photos of the black iPhone bezel as a basis for the concept. The shape of the black bezel is clearly different from the iPhone 3G, with the speaker much closer to the edge of the device.
Online wholesaler China Ontrade was discovered to have a menu item labeled iPhone 4G Spare Parts, and claims to have stocked two parts from the not-yet-released third generation iPhone.
One of the parts is the bezel frame shown in the rendition above, and the other an LCD screen. The bezel frame sports a different shape and color than the iPhone 3G bezel, and runs $79.27.
Some are speculating that a built-in front facing camera is now more likely, considering the extra space available behind the glass touchscreen under the ear speaker.
With only a few more days until the WWDC keynote address, every piece of information that leaks builds more anticipation for Apple's next generation iPhone.
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