March 21st, 2009 | Posted by Shane Burley

Apple’s Generation “i” – What’s Next?

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For many users and tech industry insiders the iPhone is less of a product and more of an entire branch of technological development. This is a field unique in its own right and does stand on the same platform as any other format. The iPhone stands alone in its specifications and allowances. In this way people are constantly looking toward the future for this device on many different wavelengths. This includes game design for it, new iPhone editions, and service changes among a host of other additions. Recently there have been a number of announcements that have produced roundly excited responses from a variety of phone geeks.

Recent news has revealed that a surplus of RAM has been stashed in a stockpile by Apple to be added to the upcoming generation of iPhones. The gadget blogging community has noticed this because the excessive purchasing of RAM by Apple has caused a massive shortage in all areas of computer and mobile device construction. This could end up with a very large increase in computer memory in general, and could extend to higher prices for computer devices in general.

This news about memory seems almost contradictory to the most recent rumors of a cheaper version of the iPhone. A $99 dollar model has been discussed quite a bit, which will likely give credence to the rumors about the iPhone nano. This is one of the more major developments Bernstein Research mentioned during its discussions with Apple leaders. They have not given any more details, but have tried to rid themselves of the baggage of the iPhone nano rumors. Along with this pricing development is the possibility of an even better touch screen on the horizon.

To continue the rumor denial is the 4G network, which has been mentioned to be in development and possibly up by some time next year. This “super network” was going to bring a mystical power of more than 50 mbps and more reliability. The reports stated that they wanted this smart network to be working by the time the winter Olympics board up in February of next year, but that has been firmly denied by AT&T.

The application gat has been opened up much more so in the last several months, and it is bound to stay that way. Unfortunately, they are continuing a rampant form of censorship straight from the App Store. Apple has asserted its unfair application dominance with the recent rejection of the South Park application that was designed to be added to the App Store in iTunes. The application was designed by the South Park team to provide different elements for fans. Since Apple has listed the application as “potentially offensive” it has finally denied the application’s distribution after many attempts made by developers, though it has kept on number of “fart” applications and several inspired by binge drinking. Many fans are outraged, stating that there is little chance of the content being considered offensive because it is only people that are current fans of the show that would even engage the application and that it would likely have an age requirement.

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