Google Street View, emoji coming to iPhone 2.2?
MacRumors hears news of some interesting new features that may see the light of day in the next iteration of iPhone firmware.
The Maps application will apparently have support for Google Street View. It remains to be seen if the integration will be as impressive as that of Google Android, which used GPS compass data to dynamically change the street view depending on which way you're actually pointed.
Also included is support for Japanese emoji icons: 461 popular pictures that can be added to text messages and emails. Emoji support is popular on Japanese phones, and including it on the iPhone might give a boost to sales there (described as less-than-stellar by the WSJ).
In a move sure to be popular with non-English users using the English keyboard, the new firmware will also let you turn off auto-correction.
It's not clear when the new firmware will be generally available. Developers received version 2.2, beta 1 on September 25.
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Ok, so I am going to admit it. The iPhone is the greastest phone out there. From being able to make TOAST to editing pictures, it has it all. But the reason I didn't buy one is because of the fact that it can't send Multimedia messages. My work REQUIRES me to send them pictures of my current location. I can't do that with an iPhone. Get MMS and you guys will be unstoppable.
January 01 2009 at 2:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThese news oiia interesting if the application of this map is available for all countries? gee, if it can be very good with using the GPS may also be useful for me for people who often go out of town
October 08 2008 at 5:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThese news oiia interesting if the application of this map is available for all countries? gee, if it can be very good with using the GPS may also be useful for me for people who often go out of town
October 08 2008 at 5:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOf all the chat/blog/threads/etc. I've never read anyone EVER ask for "copy & paste"... All I ever read is of folks screaming, begging, bleeding for something so simple as a little good ol' fashion Google Street View.
FINALLY STEVE, thank you for putting this on the top of your programmer's upgrade list.
p.s. I'd like to be there first to ask for the ability to forward a text... oh, and to NOT have my iPhone muck-up on me everyday, that too would be sweet.
Obvious news !! Since its already on Android, Apple will definately get the iPhone version......
October 06 2008 at 11:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUm... copy and paste?
October 06 2008 at 7:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTwo questions:
1) why does anyone care about Android's "street view" fanciness. Hold up your phone, turn around, and watch the picture on your phone do exactly what you can see around you. Holy wow, fancy technology, but how the hell is it useful? To prove to you that your GPS is working? Seems odd.
2) Now that the App Store is in full swing, I would like to know why apps like Stocks, Notes, Weather, YouTube and Maps (these two especially) and all the others don't get a) published to the App Store so they can be updated more easily, and b) added to the list of apps that we can remove from the device.
I care less about removing the default apps, but I find it really very counter-intuitive that a YouTube.app update can't happen without a firmware update. The bar has been raised in terms of app functionality, and these days it's just plain SILLY that the YouTube app doesn't have subscription listings, contacts, commenting, etc.
Yes, yes, and yes!
October 06 2008 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWith so many bugs to be fixed with the new firmware, they'd rather concentrate on them instead of developing new features, but of course it would be cool to see the Google Street View, hope it will not slow down the iphones performance.
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Re: emoji:
This would be great if the iPhone had MMS capabilities.
I wonder if 3rd Party Push is a part of 2.2...
Can't wait! Now I can spy on everyone with my iPhone!
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