DISQUS

squawkBOX · 1 year ago

I think I'll watch the live updates on macrumorslive.com, in the past this appears to have been a good resource. This year, they are also offering (less frequent) twitter updates.

I too am interested in the price and hopefully the unlocking ability will still be there, to allow me to use the 3G iPhone with 3 (which can't be done with the existing version).

Ben Smith · 1 year ago

:-) It can - I know a chap who has several setup like this. It needs to be a PAYG SIM though and you're permanently roaming on Orange which is likely to upset them sooner or later.

Proper official 3G iPhone on 3 would be excellent though.

Mike42 · 1 year ago

I'm far more interested to know how iP2.0 is going to handle existing jailbroken phones. Might have to wait a few weeks I guess.

Apple have made a ton of cash and cachet off the jailbroken market hack-lock-hack cycles, and it's the 3rd-party apps more than anything that have kept the wheels spinning on the iPhone media hype wagon. I don't necessarily want the Apple-approved apps - I like the little guy, the innovator. Google Maps or Navizon? built-in email picture or SendPics?.

Great if their ideas prove so popular that they move into the big time with an official SDK build / deal, but blocking 3rd party apps and making Apple the gatekeepers will do no good.

All this said, the Apple stuff will likely be eye-wateringly nice and simple, integrated and more than good enough for Normobs, so the whinings of one nostalgic for the kudos of early jailbreaks (wow - I broke it in only 3 hours using 10 different scripts!) means nothing.

/m

keith_erskine · 1 year ago

It's hot here near Boston. Do I still have to wear a mock turtleneck and jeans today?

Ewan · 1 year ago

Wear anything else and expect it to be ripped from you. Today is turtleneck and slacks day.

adambird · 1 year ago

http://twitter.com/macrumours though this is probably as big a day for twitter as it is for Apple, relatively.

Actually more interested in whether there's a MacBook Pro announcement, is it sacrilegious to confess that here?

Ewan · 1 year ago

No no, I think a nod toward MacBook Pro and other hardware notifications is
fine... it's all related ;-)

nacho · 1 year ago

Twitter just crashed with Iphone 2.0 tweets

Ewan · 1 year ago

Ah dear. Dear me.