Like any beta, the iPhone OS 4 Developer preview is buggy. Below is a running list of issues that I have run into, or which have been reported by other sources. I’ll cross them out when I find them fixed in future builds. The initial list contains all known bugs from the first beta, build 8A230M.
If I didn’t find the bug myself, credit is given in parentheses.
As soon as Apple announced iPhone OS 4 last Thursday, I was itching to get my hands on it–and it wasn’t long before I installed the Developer beta on my iPhone 3GS.
The beta is categorized as a major release, but most of the obvious new features are minor. It’s definitely buggy, with a few minor issues–although no real showstoppers–and there are applications I’ve come across that don’t function properly, or refuse to run at all.
On Monday morning at 10am PT, Microsoft will be holding a press event in San Francisco. It isn’t saying what the news will involve. But the tagline is “It’s Time to Share,” and the invitations were festooned with photos of young people socializing. And multiple reliable sources say that the company will announce new phones–successors to the Sidekicks it acquired when it bought Danger–that run a version of Windows Mobile but are distinct from the Windows Phone 7 models that will come out later this year.
Whatever happens, we’ll be there–and will bring it to you live at Technologizer.com/timetoshare. Please join us…
I’m at Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0 event. Join me to learn what’s in iPhone OS 4.0, starting at 10am PT.
What’s next for the softwarethat powers the iPhone and iPad? On Thursday morning at 10am PT, we can stop wishing and speculating. I’ll be in Cupertino for Apple’s event on the future of the iPhone OS, and I hope that you’ll join me for our live coverage.
When Apple started inviting journalists to a press event this Thursday to discuss the future of the iPhone OS, I made a mental note to publish a list of features I’d like to see. Then I remembered: I already composed a wish list back in June of last year, on the day iPhone OS 3.0 was released. It’s not precisely the inventory of desires I’d come up with today, after spending many months with an iPhone 3GS and trying out competitors such as the Droid. And if I were asking for new iPhone OS features today, I’d be just as likely to request ones that were iPad-related.
Overall, though, my iPhone OS requests from last June are a lot like the ones I still have. So (after the jump) here’s my original story, with “2010 thoughts” embedded where appropriate. After Thursday’s news, I’ll take a look at how closely Apple’s list of Necessary iPhone OS Improvements mirrored mine.
What would you like to see in iPhone OS 4.0 and beyond?
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It’s the biggest news in name changes since the iPhone 3G S became the iPhone 3GS after its release: Windows Phone 7 Series is now–thank goodness–just Windows Phone 7.
Wow. When I wrote about Palm’s Pre Plus on Verizon one month ago, it was $150 (after a $100 rebate) on a two year contract, and the Mobile Hotspot feature was $40 a month. Now the Pre Plus is $50, and Mobile Hotspot is free. (The Pe Plus’s little sibling, the Pixi Plus, is $30.) The price cuts make the nifty Pre Plus one of the best bargains in smartphones–maybe the best buy.
Turn-by-turn spoken driving instructions–basic ones, at least–are now free on the iPhone…
Hey, this sounds like the Next iPhone which I was hoping might show up to do battle with Sprint’s EVO 4G…
