http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/ Engadget Comments for Magnetometer finding its way into next iPhone? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Just a guess.]]>May 7th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/which means the whole thing is fake.]]>May 7th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
It's much more likely that they've had it planned since rev 1 but it was cut out for planned obsolescence. The same reason a better camera wasn't used and video recording capabilities aren't already present. Im sure every iPhone user would be pretty pissed if they knew how many features about to be released were basically ready to go for the first version but held out just to make upgrading that much more desirable. Those bastards and their desire to make money.. ]]>May 8th 2009 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Apple cannot be seen taking inspiration from another product?

If another product had it first then its because Apple held off to sell more phone??

Can someone help me out im confused.]]>May 8th 2009 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
I remember seeing the compass-enabled street view in Android and looking forward to apps that are not only location aware but could tell which way you were facing. Street view could also act as an augmented reality program where you hold you phone up and see the names of places superimposed over the street view.

Unfortunately they haven't put anything quite that ambitious out yet but there are programs in development along those lines.

Regardless, the compass was one of the gee-whiz features of the G1 when it came out. To somehow discount that because one's preferred device added it later is just being deliberately obtuse.

I never get these people who are so concerned with their preferred brand of gadget staying on top of the heap that they would rather see innovation stall than admit any other company can put out a good product or develop a cool feature.]]>May 8th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Yes, the G1 has a magnetometer, but does anyone really care? I think they sold a million of those paperweights in six months and about a dozen people actually found the magnetometer feature useful. Once Apple puts the magnetometer in the iPhone, the word compass will have a new meaning and every handset manufacturer will be scrambling to put one in every handset they make. That's the difference between the iPhone and Google G1. Maybe all the Muslims will buy iPhones to face in the proper direction of Kaba.]]>May 8th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
my buddy showed me the compass on his g1 .... when it actually works its okay .... could care less if the iphone gets it]]>May 8th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/

*Stifled laughter.*]]>May 7th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/(looks at picture trying to figure out your comment)
but then i (got the joke and) lold.]]>May 7th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Well, Apple has proven that lacking a physical keyboard does not limit sales. Also, about the price, how is $199 anything to get all hot and bothered about? Did you want it for free?

As for multi-tasking. Point taken. But, unless the technology gets to the point where battery doesn't plummet and performance doesn't tank, then I don't want multitasking. We'll see how the Palm Pre does, but, I predict significant complaints in this regard.]]>May 7th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Come on, not even you can believe that. At least throw out something like WebOS or Android, No one in their right mind would belief that Windows Mobile holds a candle to them, let alone iPhone OS 3.]]>May 7th 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
As far as price I wasn't referring to the subsidized price of the phone. I was referring to the cost of a plan on ATT. I pay around $85 a month for unlimited minutes, unlimited text, unlimited 3g data, unlimited turn by turn, etc. I would pay a decent amount more per month for the same set of services on ATT with an iPhone. I understand that the difference may not be a lot for some people but I try to be a smart shopper and not spend more than I need to. On ATT I would pay $99 for unlimited minutes, $30 for data, and $20 for unlimited text. That's $65 a month more and adds up to over $1500 more over the course of a 2 year contract. Even without my work discount I would be paying $100 vs ATT's $150 for a savings of $1200.

This is just my personal preference. I would imagine some would gladly pay that in order to use their preferred device. I remember not too long ago when people thought I was nuts to pay for data services of to spend $200-300 every couple of years on a new smart phone. Different priorities for different users.]]>May 7th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 8th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
With push notifications, I'm not really sure true multitasking is much of a necessity. As it is, Apple's apps run in the background (memory permitting for some like Safari). The only multitasking option I think Apple should open to third party developers is audio playback. Obviously the phone can run just fine with the iPod running in the background, so if an audio app (Pandora, Ambiance) can run using no more power than the iPod, there's really no reason not to allow one at a time to run instead of the iPod. As catachip mentioned, the Pre may have multitasking, but Palm STILL hasn't released battery life information, so we'll see if it's much of an advantage.

As for the difference between a physical and virtual keyboard, I prefer the virtual. Sure, there was a learning curve, but after only a couple months, I was typing much faster on my iPhone than anyone with a traditional smartphone keyboard. Diff'rent strokes, I guess.]]>May 8th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/Or not.]]>May 7th 2009 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/iphone-3-0-video-recording-interface-compass-support-spotted?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget]]>May 7th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Or did I miss something?]]>May 7th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/also +1 internets, too to you.]]>May 7th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/Ok now to time fo rwm bb nokia motorola of samsunf etc to start their cloning machines! ]]>May 7th 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
**Motion** = Maybe a multi-axis rate gyro??

With an accelerometer and rate gyro, you could get pretty much one-to-one motion control capability --- the same capability that Wii MotionPlus adds to the Wiimote.

Could be cool.]]>May 7th 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/May 7th 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/magnetometer-finding-its-way-into-next-iphone/
Not sure what's wrong with your phone. But mine has never had those issues and I have 8 pages full of apps...]]>May 7th 2009 9:36PM