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iPhone OS 3.2: Support For Video Calls, Multi-Tasking, File Downloads, SMS And Handwriting Keyboard

Ever since the Apple iPad was unveiled, theblogosphere has been abuzz with complaints about the lack of Camera and Flash on what Steve Jobs claims is the "most important thing" he has ever done. However, it now appears that there is much more to the iPad than what was demoed on Wednesday. According to fresh rumors, a camera on the iPad is quite likely; at least in the second generation of the device.

Folks atEngadget have gathered vital information from "trusted sources" that imply the presence of support to videocalling and multitasking oniPhone OS 3.2. Additionally, popular iPhone jailbreakers chpwn and Ryan Petrich have also revealed that hacking into the iPad simulator have given them indications of support to a slew of other interesting features that could be supported on iPhone OS 3.2. Here is a list of them. Please do remember that these are still speculations at this point.

Video Calling:

Trusted sources have told Engadget that iPhone OS 3.2 has "rudimentary support" for video calling. This includes features such as option to accept or decline video conference calls, flip video feeds and the ability to run video calls either in full screen mode or in smaller screens.

Multitasking:

This is still an unsubstantiated rumor. However, considering that there is an option to run video calls in smaller screens, folks atEngadget speculate if this is to allow users to work on otherapplications while talking on a video call.

File Downloads:

iPhone OS 3.2 might allow users to download files from the web and use them in other applications.

SMS Support:

Popular iPhone jailbreaker chpwn claims that the iPad could come with SMS support. He claims that there are indications of this inside iPad simulator's code. A screenshot of the hacked copy of iPad simulator appears to confirms this support.

SpellChecker:

There appears to be a comprehensive spell checker that includes the following dictionaries: Apple Dictionary, New Oxford American Dictionary, Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, Shogakukan Daijisen, Shogakukan Progressive English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary, and Shogakukan Ruigo Reikai Jiten and user-added entries.

Handwriting Keyboard:

Jailbreaker Ryan Petrich claims there appears to be prototype support for a "handwriting keyboard" though not much information is available on this.

In addition to those mentioned above, Ryan also claims other interesting features like file upload option on Safari, peer-to-peer support for image sharing and expanded Bluetooth support appear likely though these are not substantiated enough.

What do you make of these speculations? Do you see these features being made available on the iPad and some of them available even on the iPhone? Please tell us what you think.

[via Engadget]

AT&T Claims Drop Call Rates Have Reduced Network-Wide

AT&T's problems with networkcongestion need no introduction. This is particularly true of areas like New York with high iPhone density where dropped call rates of 30% are considered normal.

However it now appears that the company has managed to reduce drop call rates network-wide.

As part of the quarterly results announced yesterday,AT&T claimed that their network had seen significantly improvements inperformanceover the past ninety days and there was also tangible proof for the same. Speaking specifically about dropped calls, Ma Bell says the percentage of dropped calls throughout the network has fallen from 1.41% to 1.05% between December '08 and December '09.

While the company is yet to reach its own "performance objectives" in key areas like San Francisco and New York, the company says they are however closing in on the gap at a rapid pace. The strategy to accomplish the same appears to be three pronged: 1) Increasing the OTA (Over-the-air) capacity across all cell sites, 2) Backhaul renovation and 3) Rollout of HSPA 7.2 3G networktechnology. The company says more significant improvements in thenetwork could be observed across New York and San Francisco areas in the next quarter.

There is no doubt that the AT&T network is improving. A lot of our readers have written to us in the past few weeks observing the same; and with HSPA 7.2 technology expected to be rolled out nationwide by the end of this year, we may expect a much better network in the months ahead.

However, the challenges are far from over. Unlike earlier speculations, the iPad is launching exclusively on AT&T and considering that data consumption over an iPad is likely to be much higher than that consumed over an iPhone, questions on whether the improved infrastructure will prevail over increased data consumption from iPad remain.

What is your view on this?

[via Engadget]

Apple iPad Does Not Support Adobe Flash Like The iPhone

After months of rumors and speculations, Apple finally unveiled their their “latest creation” called the iPad.

According to Apple, iPad is their“most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device”.

It looks very impressive but based on comments from our readers, one of its biggest disappointments is the lack of support for AdobeFlash just like the iPhone.

The lack of support for Flash was revealed (as seen in the image below) while Steve Jobs was giving a demo of the iPad at the media event earlier today.

While we (painfully) accepted the reason that Flash might not be suitable for a mobile device like the iPhone (even though it’s supported on most smartphones), due to its limited resources, we can’t understand the lack of support on a tablet computer like the iPad.

If Apple wants to compete with Amazon’s Kindle then it’s probably understandable, but they’ve pitched it more than just an ebook reader. They consider it to be a better solution than the netbook, which Steve Job mentioned “aren’t better than anything” but even the puniest netbooks support Flash.

We can only hope that Apple includes Flash support in iPhone 4.0but the chances look slim as iPad was the ideal device to announce it.

Let us know your views in the comments below.

McGraw-Hill CEO: Apple Tablet is Based on iPhone OS; Going to be "Really Terrific"

After months of rumors and speculations, we finally have a confirmation from a trusted source that Apple will launch the Tablet at tomorrow’s media event.

McGraw-Hill's CEO Terry MrGraw in an interview with CNBC has confirmed that their textbooks will be available on the Apple Tablet and it will be based on iPhone OS.

When McGraw-Hill's CEO Terry McGraw was asked if their textbooks will be available on soon-to-be-announced Apple Tablet, he responded:

"Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they'll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable. So what you are going to be able to do now is we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95% of all our materials that are in e-book format on that one. So now with the tablet you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific."

You can checkout the video below of that interview below (the discussion about the Tablet starts at 2m 50s):

McGraw's CEO spilling details of the Tablet just before the official announcement is not going to make Steve Jobs very happy, who thinks that the Apple Tablet is the most important thing he has ever done.

We can’t wait to see what all the Apple Tablet can do. What is on your wishlist? Let us know in the comments.

[CNBC via MacRumors]

McGraw-Hill CEO: Apple Tablet is Based on iPhone OS; Going to be "Really Terrific"

After months of rumors and speculations, we finally have a confirmation from a trusted source that Apple will launch the Tablet at tomorrow’s media event.

McGraw-Hill's CEO Terry MrGraw in an interview with CNBC has confirmed that their textbooks will be available on the Apple Tablet and it will be based on iPhone OS.

When McGraw-Hill's CEO Terry McGraw was asked if their textbooks will be available on soon-to-be-announced Apple Tablet, he responded:

"Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they'll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable. So what you are going to be able to do now is we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95% of all our materials that are in e-book format on that one. So now with the tablet you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific."

You can checkout the video below of that interview below (the discussion about the Tablet starts at 2m 50s):

McGraw's CEO spilling details of the Tablet just before the official announcement is not going to make Steve Jobs very happy, who thinks that the Apple Tablet is the most important thing he has ever done.

We can’t wait to see what all the Apple Tablet can do. What is on your wishlist? Let us know in the comments.

[CNBC via MacRumors]