Apple plans to unveil new iPhone features tomorrow. A bit earlier than usual to steal some thunder away from Microsoft's Pink announcement
Analyst Rob Enderle wants amoung other things, multitasking, Flash in the iPhone OS 4.0
Apple will unveil the next version of the iPhone OS tomorrow.
A tat earlier than the previous 2 generations launched in past Julys, in order probably to steal some thunder from Microsoft, that is coming next Monday with yet another phone operating system – this one targets at the youngest crowd – code named “Pink.”
Instead of speculating on what the iPhone OS 4.0 will look like, we asked analyst Rob Enderle – the world’s most quoted tech analyst ! – to share his thoughts on the iPhone’s next new features.
The phone functions should be simpler and easier to use, a common complaint (and joke) is that the iPhone is wonderful at everything but being a phone.
Multi-tasking has been turned off and for a device like this that has been a problem. This should be turned on in a way that doesn’t adversely impact performance and the user interface should be updated so this capability doesn’t impact ease of use. This should likely come with some kind of a performance manager so that performance hogs can be identified by the user and Apple and addressed.
Stronger power management/better battery conditioning. One of the common complaints is dead batteries or batteries that have worn out prematurely this could be improved in the OS and should be.
Voice-to-text Google pioneered this in their phones, Apple has Voice Control but it isn’t as good, and given this has no real keyboard better voice to text is critical to saying up with Google.
A single in-box option for folks who want one place to look for email, this is a common complaint with the current product and should be addressed.
Improved phone Sync, SugarSync on the iPhone has been very successful. This likely should be a native feature in this next operating system.
Better support for native music streaming. Third party applications do this but you can’t do it from iTunes. Apple bought LaLa, this should be integrated in the OS this round.
Improved browsing experience. This is a moving target and Apple currently has one of the best experiences but Android is arguably better now with their leading phones. Personally I think they should bite the bullet and support Flash, since this is a “should” not “will” piece I’d include Flash on this list.
I really disapointed I am going to have buy a new Ipod Touch because the multitasking option isn’t going to work on my current one. Other then that the OS looks pretty sweet. Nice post *Thumbs up*
Great article! Very useful and intresting. Will check out more of your posts in the future..
Hey, I’ve read some of your past entries and they’re all the same, intresting and informative. This post in no different
Keep posting, I look forward to more!
Great write up. The iPhone is truly revolutionary and I don’t like being without it. This time last year I had jumped in a pool with my iPhone and it was dead. I had to wait 9 days before I was able to get a new one. The phone I had was a cheap go phone. I really love all the games that can be downloaded to the iPhone. The best part about the iPhone to me is the ability to check emails on the go. Thanks for the information.