More App Store tweaks expected with iPhone 2.2
The iPhone 2.2 software is expected to come with a tweak to the App Store category fields, shown here.
(Credit: AppleInsider)Hot on the heels of the crucial iPhone 2.1 release, Apple appears to be getting ready to release another software update.
We've known that iPhone 2.2 has been coming for a while, with the primary change expected to involve making Safari on the iPhone look more like Safari on the Mac. But AppleInsider has some details on how the interface for the App Store--perhaps the best thing and worst thing about iPhone 2.0--is expected to change.
One notable tweak is that the selection of an application by category on the iPhone will become easier, with wider fields for each category, such as Entertainment or Finance. Apple is also expected to add a "Report a Problem" button to the preview page for a single application.
Apple is making a few other subtle changes to the App Store, such as requiring that all reviews come from people who have actually purchased the application and listing "New" applications according to their original release date (instead of by the date of their most recent update).
The newly detailed tweaks aren't expected to arrive until 2.2 is fully baked, which is expected to take place at some point in October.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
They may change it at some point in the future, but I suspect this may be related to the reason why they don't offer it now.
Implementing security on the iPhone/iPod Touch is easy: admin password, just like with OS X, of which both devices are supposedly running a version. Whatever the reason, I wish that Apple iStonewall would breach just enough to TELL US why they have yet to implement copy/paste, or if they ever will. Or maybe CNET just has yet to report it. Didn't know about the real reason Flash has yet to hit the iPhone till the bulletins today...sourced from ANOTHER website!
No he probably means Mac as in short for Macintosh. A common mistake since PC is an abbreviation for "personal computer" some people use MAC when they refer to an Apple personal computer.
MAC also has a special meaning in networks. All PCs have a MAC
Failing that, at least tell us why you refuse to acquiesce to the demands of most iPhone users.
I guess it's personal usage; I've been using "Palm Pilots," Treos and other smart phones for years; got the original iPhone and now the 3G, and I can count on one hand the number of times I said "Boy, I wish I had copy & paste." A small subset of iPhone users I know all say the same thing; not having copy paste is just not a big deal.
One has to wonder if the "The iPhone sucks because there's no copy/paste" is just a vocal minority. I'd have to say it is.
For those of us who write lots of notes copy/paste is essential and needed regularly.
1. Stereo Bluetooth for listening to music wirelessly.
2. Push messaging. I thought we were supposed to get push messaging in Q3, so Instant Messaging programs would work when you don't have them open.
3. Cut & Paste
4. Land scape mode for text messaging
5. Voice Dialing
Making phone calls without constantly getting "call failed" would be a start.
Also, fix Bluetooth. (I can't turn on Bluetooth now that I have 2.1 installed. It used to work. I restored twice, didn't work)
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by appleaustin
October 12, 2008 11:56 AM PDT
- It's going to be Tuesday when they announce the new 2.2 I bet with the new Macs!
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