Awesome post by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber. Infact I have been telling most of my friends this very thing. But they find this amusing. After I purchased iPhone 2G way back in November 2007, I sometimes felt that I might as well replace my laptop with my iPhone while travelling atleast. And as time passed, I stopped carrying my Dell laptop less often and stuck to my iPhone for emailing, checking and updating my blogs etc while on the move. And with iPhone 3G, and cut-copy-paste becoming a reality, I seriously believe that iPhone has replaced my laptop at least while traveling. With QuickOffice app, I am able perform my official tasks easily as well. So why do I need a huge laptop to carry around. iPhone has somewhere replaced my laptop just like laptop replaced my desktop a few years back
Coming to this Daring Fireball’s John Gruber post: Gina Trapani asked her Twitter followers if they were planning to buy a 3GS, and she compiled the 175 answers into a single post for her weblog. I love the first one, from Meg Hourihan:
Yes, iPhone = my computer, and $399 is worth it. Haven’t bought new laptop since late 06 and don’t plan to for long time.
This, to me, gets to the heart of the revolution at hand. A decade ago, my first PowerBook was a secondary machine to the desktop anchored at my desk. Now, my main machine is my MacBook Pro, but it feels a bit like an anchor now. My mobile secondary computer is my iPhone.
So you have been dreaming of developing the No.1 iPhone app. Did you know that it will cost $1,875 a day, according to Adwhirl, which aggregates ad networks to help publishers monetize their apps on the iPhone. Adwhirl has another suggestion:
Develop a free iPhone app that will generate a large user base, and then leverage those users it to drive traffic to your paid app. The idea is not super original. Game companies commonly offer free versions to get people hooked in hopes of converting them over to paying customers. However, Adwhirl does a good job of explaining why.
Today BNET announced that Nokia has lost its overall market share leadership in the worldwide smartphone segment to Apple, based on browser calls for mobile ads. AdMob revealed this pdf report stating that Apple smartphones received 49 percent of ad traffic in May, compared with 32 percent for Nokia.
App developers couldn’t be happier with Apple’s frictionless system and huge customer base, which of course feeds a virtuous cycle of more apps for the App Store leading to more customers for Apple’s iPhone. William Volk, CEO of entertainment and business apps vendor PlayScreen, said on a professional forum posting that “Apple had the advantage of the years of experience with iTunes and their iPods PLUS their own acceptable billing solution and that has served them well.” PlayScreen makes apps for Android and the Symbian S60, and is preparing over 25 apps for the Pre.
Quite a few fake iPhone 3Gs and 3GS are making rounds in eBay. Check this video. Its an absolute replica of the original. You might find one when you search on eBay as well. These guys can fake everything but the OS is difficult to match. Nothing can beat the original iPhone 3.0 OS:
Remember this image? Wired.com had shared this photo of an affected white iPhone 3GS last week:
According to Wired’s Gadget Lab some white iPhones are getting so warm that their plastic cases are discoloring to pink or brown. The article continues with other examples and suggests that the issue could be related to faulty power-management software in iPhone OS 3.0.
Melissa J. Perenson of PC World had a toasty 3GS, too:
And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot — not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well…toasty doesn’t even describe how surprisingly hot it got. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face. No discoloration to report, though; I have the black handset, and didn’t see any effects.
This seems to be interesting news - Sony may be developing a new phone, something like a PlayStationPortable (PSP) made to look and work like an mobile phone. Looks like Sony wants to build a phone that would compete with the iPhone. Moconews says “The device would likely go beyond the “Aino,” which Sony Ericsson unveiled last month, and allows users to tap into their PlayStation 3 while on the go”
Japan’s Nikkei business daily reported this weekend that Sony plans to set up a project team as early as next week that would develop a new product that combines the PSP and Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones, Reuters reports. The device was being referred to as “a cellphone-game gear hybrid.”
(Image from Gizmodo.com)
The Aino project provided the first evidence that Sony phones could use the same brand and tap into the gaming consoles features. Lets wait to get an official confirmation from Sony.
Apple upgraded iPhone 3G with a massive processor and graphics speed to make iPhone 3GS the most powerful mobile phone in the market. With a new digital compass and voice control, Apple managed to persuade first and second generation iPhone buyers to invest in 3GS. Electronista has done a special iPhone 3GS review that focusses on whats changed in this smartphone. Worth a check:
Design Changes - Quite simply, there are very few practical changes to the outside of the iPhone 3GS. We do wish Apple chose a material with better grip and scuff resistance for the back, however, such as the Teflon that HTC uses for the Hero. Without a rubber or silicone case, there’s always a sense that the phone may slip out of your hand if you’re too careless.
Speed: The iPhone’s Centerpiece - Everyone who has had extended time with any previous iPhone has noticed that the near-instantaneous experience shown in Apple’s TV ads have been at odds with reality. Apps take longer to load, websites render slowly even on fast connections and 3D games sometimes bog down.
New Camera and Video - Outside of the CPU and GPU, the 3GS benefits the most from an upgraded camera sensor. The 3.2-megapixel resolution is still well below that of some challengers, which are now often at 5 megapixels or higher, but through our testing it’s clear that the new iPhone’s camera is almost uniformly better than its predecessor and may be more useful than those of challengers.
The Compass - While it positions itself as a technology leader and certainly is one in mobile chips, the iPhone 3GS is actually late to the field in adding a digital compass, also known as a magnetometer.
Voice Control - Again showing Apple trailing behind competitors even as it leads them in some areas, voice commands are also new to the iPhone 3GS despite them existing on BlackBerries and other phones for years.
Postalshack on Youtube shot this iPhone 3GS video at a mall concert:
Hi, I have been using this awesome invention called the Apple iPhone from November 2007 and have gone nutzzz over it. Nuts to an extent that I started this blog which talks just about iPhone and nothing else.
This blog of mine has been getting tremendous response and is being followed by all kinds of mobile phone users from all over the globe. Most of the traffic comes from the US and Europe. Thank you all for making this blog a success :)
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Awesome post by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber. Infact I have been telling most of my friends this very thing. But they find this amusing. After I purchased iPhone 2G way back in November 2007, I sometimes felt that I might as well replace my laptop with my iPhone while travelling atleast. And as time passed, I stopped carrying my Dell laptop less often and stuck to my iPhone for emailing, checking and updating my blogs etc while on the move. And with iPhone 3G, and cut-copy-paste becoming a reality, I seriously believe that iPhone has replaced my laptop at least while traveling. With QuickOffice app, I am able perform my official tasks easily as well. So why do I need a huge laptop to carry around. iPhone has somewhere replaced my laptop just like laptop replaced my desktop a few years back 
