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iPhone 3G support?
glynor:
--- Quote from: JimH on July 13, 2008, 12:26:22 pm ---A G is an old way of saying "a grand", meaning $1000. As in, "My neighbor just paid 6 G's for a new Cadillac. Can you imagine paying that much for a car?"
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Yep, I got it. Just explaining my reaction. There has been a lot of bru-ha-ha in the tech media about this, and I think a whole lot of it was quite overblown. Either way... I'm excited about it, and I'll let you know when I get one. For now, I'm following my standard Apple purchase rules:
1. Never purchase a 1st Gen Apple device. The second gen always fixes a bunch of the "simple, low-hanging" problems and is usually a much better deal.
2. Never purchase an Apple device on Day 1. There are always problems that get sorted out in the first week or two.
So far, I'm really glad I waited on both fronts. I really wanted one last year, but felt it was best to wait. All in all, four of the big things I was waiting for were addressed: much better audio, GPS, 3G (even though I don't have 3G coverage where I live), and 3rd party Application availability. I still can't believe they haven't enabled cut/paste support, but it'll come. That's a software not a hardware feature.
Next gen is probably going to be mostly about storage, CPU speed, and battery life updates (in addition to shiny new software features that I'll probably get on my 3G version for free). I can live without those things on my phone for a year till my contract's up and then get a 4th Gen version...
As far as MC... My guess is that if 2.5G iPhones with the 2.0 software still work, then the iPhone 3G will work just fine. Anyone upgraded their 1st gen phone or Touch yet?
Magic_Randy:
--- Quote from: glynor on July 13, 2008, 02:07:50 pm ---...Anyone upgraded their 1st gen phone or Touch yet?
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I upgraded two 1st generation iPhones with no problem. For now I'm not trying to sync them with MC. I'll give the JRiver team time to unravel the changes that Steve Jobs put in to try and keep the iPhone closed.
Locally the 3G iPhones are sold out, but I ordered one from AT&T. I'm looking forward to the increased speed and GPS. Everything else is available on the old iPhones by updating the firmware.
glynor:
You haven't even tried? Has anyone tried a sync with MC on a phone/touch with the new firmware?
Magic_Randy:
--- Quote from: glynor on July 13, 2008, 04:53:56 pm ---You haven't even tried? Has anyone tried a sync with MC on a phone/touch with the new firmware?
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OK, you talked me into sacrificing one of the iPhones.
I did a sync using MC12. Everything looked fine from within MC.
When I tried to use the iPhone, I could no longer see the pictures - they were in the list, but it could not display any images.
For the songs and videos, they did not show up on the iPhone, even though I could see them in MC.
When I connected to iTunes, it said it had to be restored. So I restored it.
So, as I suspected, Apple changed something that caused the iPhone to become corrupt when it is synced with MC.
glynor:
Well... Guess it won't support the 3G yet then. Bummer.
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