Quick Clicks: iPhone Updates
Okay. I’ll just throw all of my objectivity out the window at this point.
Apple has released an informative 24-minute video that provides the most detailed look at the iPhone that we’ve gotten (apart from Steve Jobs’ January introduction). I’m drooling.
Highlights include:
- The first look at driving directions and traffic (at last!)
- A first-ever look at settings (I love that Airplane Mode puts an orange plane icon in the top bar)
- You can edit the buttons at the bottom of the iPod area (and possibly others!)
- To delete items in email, SMS, and other areas, swiping to the right and confirming is a great trick
- The headphones are included, and there’s even a great demo of the way the button on the cord works. (Nice fitting the track skip in, Apple!)
- It shouldn’t come as a surprise, since Mac OS X can do it, but the nay-sayers should note: it can read and display MS Word and Excel files.
- The backside of widgets, setting a contact picture, Yahoo! can be the search agent, and more…
Now, pop the popcorn and go watch!
Apple has redesigned the iPhone site again. Now, it is looking more like the finished, day-to-day site, with a similar look to iPod+iTunes, Mac, and Support.
Now, they provide links to look up an Apple Store or AT&T Store location, but no information beyond “June 29 at 6pm.”
One tantalizing tidbit, though: In the upper left, Apple again emphasizes that an iTunes account will be required “to set up your iPhone.”
Perhaps the iTunes store interface will be used to set up your AT&T account and billing! That would be slick. Just the kind of thing Apple might insist on.
I like that theory.
Pacific Catch is now running an iPhone-themed calamari special. So, now you can get calamari there. :) I like these people. (Thanks, TUAW)