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12/06/2007, 9:15am, EST
Thursday, December 6thiPhone 1.1.3 to bring voice capture, disk mode?
Apple may be preparing a significant update for the iPhone as early as this weekend that will have some heavily requested features, according to a claim from CNET France. The site points to multiple reports that a 1.1.3 upgrade for the iPhone will appear by Saturday which adds both a disk mode for storing general data on the device and a voice recording mode for capturing lectures or voice memos. The disk feature behaves like the equivalent for iPods and will still block users from simply dragging and dropping content to load the phone with playable music, CNET says. Enabling disk mode should still allow knowledgeable users to browse the content on the phone, though this is not expected to be of any use to the hacking community, which has already gained access to the phone's software.
While unverified, the reported release would come roughly a month after the 1.1.2 update that added international keyboard support and other minor upgrades to the iPhone for its launches in Germany and the UK. The release would be at least partly consistent with Apple's past practices, as the firm released the 1.1.2 update towards the end of the week.
It is also likely to break existing modifications to the firmware that allow the iPhone to run third-party code or unlock the device to run with carriers outside of those approved by Apple.
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Can't wait for current contract to expire...
Since the price is pretty comparable, I'd think this would help Apple quite a bit.
iPhone can read PDF from emails (not sure about web site).
The last time I checked, iTunes allows PDF files, so you can have a smart play list of all your PDF in iTunes. I know it works on iPod, never tried on iPhone.
Flash support is pretty useless. Flash is used mostly for annoying ads.
Maybe if they add new features that actually aren't just trying to catch up to other offerings you can start crowing how apple's changing the world. There's still no way to edit calendar items and sync them back. Mail is still too cumbersome to use. No copy/paste.
BTW, I believe people with Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices can get upgrades too. Oh, and they allow other software to be installed, so you don't have to wait for the OS maker to give you the capability.
Yeah, because when I think of reading and storing my PDFs, I always think of storing them in iTunes.
vasic pretty much nailed the gist of it.
Oh, and regarding Windows Mobile devices being easily upgradeable, that certainly comes as news to most of friends stuck with them. Yeah, sure you can jump through hoops, take it to dealers, or follow complicated instructions to update your Windows Mobile device ... or you can synch your iPhone.
Lastly, Apple is providing added features at their own pace, and based on their own predefined roadmap -- not based on the whims of pimplefaced idiots suffering from ADD. You seem to labor under the false impression that, if it were up to Apple, v1.02 would be where iPhone should have been stuck for all eternity, and we only get new features from Apple because the valiant hacking community forces them to add these features...
Don't make me laugh!
While it's certainly nice that you guys spin a fantasy of feeling that important, in order to giver your insignificant lives meanings, but the reality is that you're not that important, or significant. But, it sure is nice that you dream....
As it was officially stated Apple is watching what home-brew developers produce for iPhone. Of course, they will use the ideas they find successful.