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This was pretty much my initial reaction after the Event yesterday, just check the post below this one. It hasn’t changed much since then, but after reading up on the iPhone 4S and all the improvements, I think it’s more than a worthy upgrade. Most nerds, tech pundits and the likes won’t recognise this for what it is, but the consumer won’t care. The improved camera alone will sell this to millions of people. Bringing the iPhone on par with the iPad 2 in terms of raw processing power is another thing consumers will only realise when they pick up an older iPhone or any Android device and experience the sluggishness of the UI in general. (via Dead Silence - Comixed - 4 panel comic strip (yonkoma or 4koma))

This was pretty much my initial reaction after the Event yesterday, just check the post below this one.

It hasn’t changed much since then, but after reading up on the iPhone 4S and all the improvements, I think it’s more than a worthy upgrade.

Most nerds, tech pundits and the likes won’t recognise this for what it is, but the consumer won’t care. The improved camera alone will sell this to millions of people. Bringing the iPhone on par with the iPad 2 in terms of raw processing power is another thing consumers will only realise when they pick up an older iPhone or any Android device and experience the sluggishness of the UI in general.

(via Dead Silence - Comixed - 4 panel comic strip (yonkoma or 4koma))

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“Let’s talk iPhone” event recap

I followed the event on Twitter, Arstechnica.com and Macworld.com (as long as their live blogs were up).

I wasn’t overly impressed, but far from disappointed:

  • We finally have a shipping date for iOS 5 and iCloud (Oct. 12th), which is what I was most interested in.
  • The ‘Family and Friends’ feature is a nice addition that will surely come in handy sometime.
  • The new watch faces for the iPod nano might be whimsical, but I think they are a nice touch.
  • I think the Touch deserved some kind of hardware upgrade, not just a new colour, something like a storage bump to 128 Gb.
  • The iPhone 4S is a logical upgrade, with a nice speed bump, longer battery life, impressive theoretical 3G speeds and an incredible upgrade to the camera. The latter feature is the most tempting for me, because I shoot a lot of pictures with my iPhone 4. I really don’t mind them sticking with the design, as I find it to be the best since the original iPhone and one of Apple’s best designs, period.
  • Siri I’m going to have to try in person. As a Star Trek geek I’m excited about the feature, but a bit sceptical; the demo sounded too good to be true.

Wishlist for the Apple press event

I’m not in the market for any Apple gear right now — I’m happy with the stuff I have, thank you very much — but I’m still looking forward to the things that might be presented today.

So here’s what I’m hoping for:

  1. “Mac OS X Lion” — I wonder if Andy Ihnatko might be right by speculating that this might be v11.0 and not 10.7, also; Facetime support in iChat.
  2. New MacBook Air — This seems to be a given and while I hope that it retains the 13.3” form factor, I’m eager to see if Apple manages to lower the price significantly. This is wishful thinking since Apple doesn’t produce anything without making a significant profit, but I’m hoping nevertheless.
  3. iLife ‘11 — I’m not really using much of the included software regularly anymore, but improvements are always welcome.
  4. Announcement of the white iPhone 4’s shipping date — As I said, I’m not in the market right now, but hey “I want to believe!”
  5. Last but not least: I want to see Apple buying Dropbox and integrating the living hell out of it.