While
pointedview is holding a candle for the Pre, I'm sitting here wondering why Apple bothered with the 3GS at all. From what I can tell from the surprisingly light coverage today, we aren't getting multitasking, which I guess means we aren't getting real IM clients. That's a big disappointment, one of several that all seem to have a common component - except for the still-unconfirmed landscape mode keyboard, there don't seem to be any software upgrades that don't require the 3GS device to work - faster processor, more memory, new camera, compass, etc.
Looking for a bright side, I have no strong urge to foolishly upgrade just five months into my contract, so there's that ...
EDIT: OK, the blogs failed me. Apple's site actually has
the detail I was looking for, and it's pretty better news than I was suspecting. Highlights:
- Copy and paste
- Landscape keyboard
- Search
- Voice memos - I have an app for this, and it's decent and free, but this was an easy no-brainer for Apple.
- Note syncing!
Tethering and MMS are still hung up in AT&T hell. I'd love to see some judge hand them a ruling telling them to enable tethering under existing unlimited data plans (judicial activism you can believe in!) but I'm honestly not sure I'd use this very much if I had it. Same with MMS, which I'm sure is hung up because they want to figure out a way to make us pay more for it.