Friday, December 28, 2007

iPhone Predictions for 2008


  1. UI will see major changes. In particular, users will be able to alter settings so that the "home" button moves the menu system one step backward, as opposed to just going to the home screen.
  2. There will be over 300 Sudoku games via the SDK for the iPhone by the end of 2008.
  3. Bluetooth wireless keyboard support will be added.
  4. The iPhone will integrate with a new and improved Apple TV product, including the ability to use the iPhone as a remote control, utilizing the iPhone's quick and easy menu selection interface to quickly select from dozens of media files. Either this or a new Apple TV product will ship with (or offer as an upgrade) a touchscreen remote control.
  5. Two new versions of the iPhone. The first will have the basic upgrades (memory, thinner, lighter, 3G, etc), the second in late '08 will feature major repositioning of buttons, including the home button moving to the side, allowing the iPhone to shrink in height.
  6. The second iPhone update will also introduce iPhone colors.
  7. There will be no iPhone Nano or tiered iPhone retail levels (eg Shuffle-Nano-Classic). Instead, there will be memory tiers again (16 gb and 8 gb).
  8. WiFi synching with Macs, with the new Apple TV, and with a new in-dashboard product for cars from Apple to be introduced late '08.

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