Apple Watch Apple's Explosive iPhone Update Brian Caulfield, 03.17.09, 9:00 PM ET
CUPERTINO, Calif.--There were many things Apple did not announce Tuesday. It did not unveil a tablet computer with a four-core processor, a touchscreen and a high-speed wireless link to the iTunes media store. Chief Executive Steve Jobs did not come back early from medical leave. Apple iPhone software chief Scott Forstall did not show any signs of suffering from rabies. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak did not appear--shaved and sporting green body paint--as a "special guest" to close the presentation with an interpretive dance. No, Apple was too busy offering up something much more radical, even if the details can be eye-glazingly geeky. Hidden amid the 100 new iPhone software features due later this summer are all the ingredients Apple needs to concoct a monstrously big dose of digital nitroglycerin. Wait for it, because this thing is about to go "boom." The key is the device's ability to become whatever a user needs. Typically, the more a gizmo does, the worse it gets at each separate job. Less is always more. The iPhone, however, is arguably better at everything it does, because it does so much. ... http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/17/apple-iphone-software-technology-internet-infrastructure-apple.html *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
