It's pretty much the eve of Apple's big
WWDC press conference, and
Daring Fireball's John Gruber is back at the eleventh hour to chime in some more on
his previous (and perhaps
well-informed) iPhone predictions. He sticks to his previous wagers -- twice the CPU speed, twice the RAM, a heavy emphasis on a new video camera (no word on if there's an additional
front-facing one), and $199 / $299 for the 16GB and 32GB models, respectively -- but additionally chimes in that the new device's codename is... drumroll, please... the iPhone 3GS, which he surmises is probably going to be the final product name, as well. Kind of a yawner, if you ask us, but it'd sell like gangbusters no matter what it was called. As for that
lowered-tiered iPhone, he's expecting it to be the current 3G model with a price drop to $99. Also on the table is iPhone tethering, which we already know was
built into OS 3.0, likely for a fee chosen by each carrier. Teasing farther into the future, he suggests "Marble," codename for an OS X visual overhaul, and the tablet are very much real projects but that there's little to no chance it'll be at WWDC. No clue what the "S" stands for (speed, perhaps?), but at this point we're pretty much counting the minutes to tomrorow's keynote, and our clocks can't tick much faster.
posted Jun 7th 2009 6:15PM
wow. nice. maybe the "S" stands for "Special" :p
and i hope the 3.0 brings out the best in developers. im thinkin someone whos extra amazing could make an external keyboard? ;) ill pay mad $$$ to them :D
Back in the 80's apple had the Apple ][gs. If I recall the gs stood for graphics and sound. Also, I don't think the computer was that great of a success.
I am sure GS doesn't mean graphics sound. that wouldn't make sense in this day and age.
In the words of the great Strongbad. The S is for sucks.
(dont flame i am a iphone 2g owner)
3GS hmm how about S3G? i.e. for all the SLOW 3G you will SEE... haha
or
3GS 3G on Sprint HAHAHAHAHA
or
3GS being plural 3 G's costs ya 3 Grand hahaha
B O R I N G.
iPhone is so Yesterday and stunk from the day it set foot in the Market.
Hey guys, if you hate it soo much why come into a Iphone related thread? Shouldn't you be ignoring anything Iphone? Ah my bad, logic doesn''t run in the troll family.
wow firewarrior you are so right. what were people thinking? let alone the trolling that goes on in threads that doesn't relate to the iphone, since you know every phone is not good enough compared to the "jesus" phone. you are one sharp spoon in the drawer.
"It's getting close to go time guys what do we call it?"
"I dunno just add an S on the end of it, that'll throw 'em for a loop"
An Infinite Loop
OMG OMG OMG OMG! I CAN'T WAIT!
I am so excited!!!!!
Can anyone please tell me what the average IQ of an engadget commenter is in an iPhone thread... 12 and 50 you think?
I hope this announcement is either really good or really lame. For maximum comment board entertainment.
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Hello, the S standands for Second edition (as in 3G second edition). Der.