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Next-gen iPhone photos leaked?
The iPhone blogs says they've uncovered the very first photos of a brand new version of the iPhone (the pictures are watermarked from a site called UMPC Fever), and while there's no actual indication that they're real (at the very least, it wouldn't be hard at all to make a picture and load it on the iPhone stream), they are worth a look, if only as ideas. The pictures hint at what's basically a dream roundup of new iPhone hardware: a camera with autofocus, a digital compass, and there are hints at a CPU log as well (which may be a developer function of some kind).A few people note that there is a percentage near the battery, but that's actually a known function of 3.0, and it's been possible on jailbroken iPhones for a while as well.
To add to the mystery, commenter Dstreelm in the comments over there took a look at the metadata on one of the photos (the one supposedly taken by the iPhone), and it was taken near Hong Kong, just a day or so ago. It's definitely all rumors, so take it all with a grain of salt, but it does lend more credence to the idea that we'll be seeing a new version of the iPhone hardware very soon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
iBearTouch said 5:40PM on 5-31-2009
Hmm I wonder how those compasses can come in handy? (Thinks of the US War Machine) Map marching to the objective while listening to your favorite playlists, and making Facebook posts... hoo-wahhh
Fighting terror? There is an app for that. :)
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GLaDOS said 6:37PM on 5-31-2009
made me lol, im not proud of our War Machine, but that would be a sick commercial
Erick said 9:03AM on 6-01-2009
@Galdos
I am.
jason said 7:26PM on 5-31-2009
So they go to the trouble to take fuzzy pictures of an interface we already know about, but not any pictures of the hardware itself? yawn...
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airmanchairman said 7:55PM on 5-31-2009
Used just before loading the Quran app, devout Muslims wherever they are in the world will know exactly what direction to be in to face mecca for prayer time...
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airmanchairman said 7:57PM on 5-31-2009
Or better still, the app developers behind the Quran apps will include code using this API for helping the prayng Muslim face Mecca...
homagetogorto said 8:16PM on 5-31-2009
The "CPU Activity" page looks very much like the Unix 'top' command.
I do like the mystery the blurriness imparts, though. I think I saw Bigfoot's reflection in one of the pictures.
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kajoob said 8:52PM on 5-31-2009
And also to locate the direction of tall buildings in New York City
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SIP said 1:59PM on 6-01-2009
you're a sicko...
Jon said 3:07PM on 6-01-2009
Shhhhhh! You'll make the NYC people run in fear!
iphonerulez said 10:33PM on 5-31-2009
Somebody had complained that they think the compass is too detailed or too fancy-looking and takes up too much screen space. Same for the voice recorder. I believe this is the way Apple wants the UI to be. Make it look as close to the real thing as possible.
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iBearTouch said 11:20PM on 5-31-2009
With proper GPS why even bother with a compass... Is it some kind of geocaching thing?
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Christian de Saint Preux said 2:06AM on 6-01-2009
a compass helps a lot with directions... I would sometimes had to move in order to know which direction the map wanted me to take.
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michael said 2:12AM on 6-01-2009
@ibeartouch - gps tells you where you are, compass tells you which way you're facing even if you're not moving.
Some great augmented reality apps on android show it's use.
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iBearTouch said 9:28AM on 6-01-2009
Hmm yahh true day. Not a GPS owner here, although I have it on my non-iPhone. Perhaps I should do some Googleage. ;-)
Franz said 4:39AM on 6-01-2009
It looks pretty nice. I can actually imagine that apple would put more details in the iPhone interface. A more accurate battery indicator and symbols for silence and unread e-mails, MMS, SMS or calender events are very helpful. On my iPhone 3G I have these notifications trough jailbreak and a app called 'notifier'
http://photonzone.net/
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AlexTW said 4:56AM on 6-01-2009
Awesome! I look forward to WWDC where Apple could tell something about it. http://www.itcenter.vn/bv/di-dong/smartphone/nhung-tin-don-moi-nhat-ve-chiec-iphone/6692/
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jonathan said 3:35PM on 6-01-2009
anyone notice the slider on the bottom of the camera app? looks like u can switch from camera mode to video mode.
(idk if this is news or already known, but i'm hyped!)
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EdRandom said 4:55PM on 6-01-2009
Autofocus appears to be buggy on the new JesusPhone ;-)
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xiiixiixiiix said 6:50AM on 6-05-2009
Looks like these pictures were taken with the Palm Pre.