iPhone rumor roundup: New handsets in June, background tasks, and more

Admit it!
This is an awesome device. It has changed your life! You love it! And then all you can do is bitch about what it can't do ...YET!
Is there anything you wait for? Great BBQ? No! I bet you are a griller! Or a microwaver? Gotta have instant-gratification in your self-important-entitled lives?
Just wait...if you can... and it will have everything!
And then you'll want more still...
Magic elves aren't making this happen. REAL PEOPLE LIKE ME at 80 hour weeks and no social life are working our asses off for your needs. Be patient or try to design this yourself!

Should I wait on purchasing an iphone until Fall 09? If I purchased an iphone today, would I be able to upgrade to the next gen iphone immediately? Or would I have to wait until my contract ends?

I have a few comments,

1. If you want a phone that will let your drop it from the empire state building and still work, get a "brick" A.K.A. a nokia bar phone. It has a calendar, and jazzy polyphonic ring tones!

2. A lot of us can afford iPhone 3G's. You don't have to be rich to own one, either have a good credit card, or save your money, WOW WHAT A CONCEPT!

3. You're right, a lot of people will be mad when they find out that when we were told last June that we couldn't upgrade for 2 years that AT&T ACTUALLY MEANT IT! So we'll have to buy one full price, and sell our 3g's to the poor people who can't afford $200 or $300

4. As far as being pissed at Apple, b/c you don't have push notification yet, well HARD CHEESE! They have had it developed for a long time now, but they are trying to improve it so your battery does not die after 40 mins, b/c then you'd be bitching about that! This is not like the Personal Computer, the iPhone is a totally new piece of equipment, and they are still working on it. I love mine, so if you want to bitch, then go get a crackberry or a Palm that will restart on you every 20 mins!

All of you 3G owners are going to be mighty disappointed in June when AT&T tells you that you've already used your subsidy, so a new phone will be $500.

Sounds like Apple got wind of the new Palm Pre coming out, which will give the IPhone a run for its money. http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/

Don't get me wrong, I think the Iphone did alot for the venue, but I want the ability to multitask, and replace my own battery.

Who can afford these things anyway?

Instead of letting a whole app run in the background, why doesn't Apple implement a way of letting certain portions of an app run in the background? For example, take GPS Tracker. There's no need to let the whole app run in the background, only the small part that collects the GPS data may need to run in the background. So I would open GPS tracker, there would be a switch somewhere saying "Collect GPS data in background", I exit the app as usual but it still continues to collect GPS data. A small icon somewhere on the home screen, perhaps a badge attached to the app icon could inform the user that there's still something running. I don't see a need to have whole apps run in the background, especially on a fullscreen-only device, but having small functionality parts of a program remain in the background _if the user wants it_ would be nice.

I can pass on video conferencing, or even a new design. I just want an iPhone with double the storage space, up to 32gb, faster processor, and stuff as much ram as possible in there (from 128mb to 256mb or 512mb). Then, allow background applications. Backgrounder on my jailbroken phone is incredible and implemented well -- why won't Apple do something similar?

The more ram is the absolute most important thing for me. It results in far fewer crashes and more background applications. When there isn't enough ram to show a simple web page while streaming audio in the background, there's a serious problem.

I want push, but I want it free, and on the calender and contacts dang it!

Also, I was thinking the other day it would be nice to have a ruggedized iphone, along with the sleek hotness it is now. Something for campers and kayakers, and skiers, also would be great for factory workers and farmers (could see a push to talk version if sprint ever get there grubby hands on a license for it) , not quite the otterbox, but something mud resistant and and bit more dingable. I think there'd be a market for it, as the phone become more ubiquitous

Hardware enchancements?

Apple, you're starting to piss me off. This is something we were promised long ago. Man up and do what you said you were going to or DON'T and say so. Maybe say you are sorry for leading all us 3g owners along and send us a free cleaning cloth or something. I don't know.

Just don't ignore us like you do old iPod firmware.