The new update for Facebook App (3.0) has finally been approved by Apple. Upload of videos now supported however video playback within the app is still not available on iPhone or iTouch.
Other new features are ‘Like’ option, ‘Notes’, and ability to add shortcuts to ‘Friends’ and ‘Pages’.
There are two sides to this coin. On the one hand, the handful of pictures that have just popped over on UMPC Fever demo many of the features we’re expecting to see in new iPhone hardware this summer – magnetic compass, autofocus camera, video recording capability, and a battery percentage meter in the status bar. On the other hand, having a good feel for those rumoured features makes it that much easier to mock up ridiculously blurry shots of them in action. The compass seems a little overdone, but then again, it’s not necessarily out of place considering the direction Apple has taken its voice recorder app in 3.0, so we’re going to play the cautiously optimistic diplomat here and say these could very well be real.
It’s possible that we might be looking at two new variants of iPhone hardware here. Note the difference in styling between the phone on the right and the phone on the left? If we’re to believe what we’ve heard about the future of the line, these could be the first photos of what Apple has in store for WWDC. The model on the right might easily be that matte version heard about already… but that thing on the left? No idea, though it would be an insane move on a counterfeiter’s part to fake something so bizarre. What we mean is: it’s almost too weird to be fake.
Here is a tidy little roundup of all the iPhone rumours to date. The latest (pictured) is a supposed top-facing bezel frame for the "Apple iPhone 3Gen 2009." Besides being black unlike the chrome edge of the iPhone 3G, iLounge and others have noticed a repositioned ear speaker, tucked high against the top-edge that could be making way for a front-facing camera or additional sensor(s). iLounge also claims that there will be three new models (3G, enhanced 3G, and mainland China version lacking WiFi?) of iPhones with matte plastic bodies less prone to scratching. Importantly, countries will get the phone appropriate to their telco’s capabilities. iLounge says users won’t have to choose between a fast and slow iPhone, they’ll get what their carriers can support. Each will ship in a choice of two capacity options with 32GB being the top-end rumored. Oh, and iPhone 3.0 will also get into the Nike+ game without requiring an adapter (like the iPod touch). These rumors ride a wave of reports that inventories of the iPhone 3G are running low and component makers are now shipping parts for the next generation iPhone. So Steve Jobs or not, still expect the hardware to be announced at WWDC with possible July 17 launch.
Last weeks influx of rumours about the next gen iPhone were never going to be the only ones, and right on cue we’ve got whispers that Cupertino’s next handset will be announced at WWDC between 8th and 12th June. Featuring an OLED display and a glowing Apple logo, and launching on July 17th(!) There’s also a longer list of detailed specs, but for the most part they’re just a combination of that matte black casing leak from February and those Chinese specs from last week. So are they the real deal? Well, the source and the site they’re on seem almost certain that the latest leak is legitimate, and the specs themselves don’t seem too far-fetched – OLED screens are getting cheaper and more prevalent, and camera resolution and storage is becoming bigger, better, and cheaper almost every day. Even if the new specs are totally made up, I’m thinking that they’re probably more right than wrong. 32GB and 16GB storage (up from the current 16GB and 8GB models) Wowza!
Time will of course tell, but I’m starting to hold my breath…
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