Steve Jobs: No Upgrade for iPhone 2G
4/13/2010 12:58:00 AM
kenmouse
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Now that the iPad is out and iPhone OS 4 has been announced, it looks like Steve Jobs is taking a little time to catch up on his email -- in addition to taking up the new SDK rules, it appears he's very tersely confirmed what we sadly suspected all along: the first-gen iPhone won't get an upgrade to iPhone OS 4. That makes a certain amount of sense, given that Apple's subscription accounting model for the original iPhone only booked free upgrades for 24 months, but really, that's just paperwork -- we don't see why Cupertino couldn't at least allow for an iPod touch-style paid upgrade, especially since the upgradeable iPhone 3G runs essentially the same hardware. And let's not forget that first-gen iPhone owners paid more or less full price for their devices, so if this is true, Apple's summarily dead-ended a $400 phone just under three years after it launched. Of course, none of this is officially confirmed yet, so anything can change -- we've pinged Apple for comment and they haven't responded yet, but we'll let you know what we find out.
Coming back into the music scene, Jay Chou will be performing at the Taipei Arena on July 11th and 12th. To him, being able to create music with multiple types of instruments isn't a rarity, it's the package of the whole stage that makes it cool. Many singers have called upon 3D special effects for their stage, to this, Jay says, "(I) have already played with 4D at the press conference, certainly this time has be even more special." Therefore, he will be utilizing the newly introduced "360 degrees 3D suspension in air" that costs more than NT$40,000,000. The high production costs for this concert are reflected on the ticket prices that will be ranging from NT$800 to NT$5500. But fans will be able to experience a mind-blowing effect.
Browser maker Opera Software is announcing a milestone today: 100 million people are now using Opera’s browsers. Interestingly, half of the audience are using the mobile version of Opera’s Browser, Opera Mini. As of March 2010, 50 million unique active users were browsing on Opera’s desktop offering on Windows, Mac and Linux computers and 50 million people were using Opera’s mobile browser. And out of the 100 million users, there’s not a single user that uses both desktop and mobile browser from Opera.
