I believe this was due to the 2 year contract that would have to be broken. There has been some discussion about this in other forums. So if you've got most of a two year contract on your current phone and want to break it to get an iPhone it's going to cost you. This is probably an AT&T thing (in the states) rather than an Apple thing.
CB Larry Wanger wrote: > I've been looking in to whether or not VO and some of the newer > features of software version 3.0 will run on the older iPhones. It > sounds like the hardware between the new iPhone and the iPhone 3G > aren't that different. However, I can't tell for sure about iPhones > older than that. My wife has the model that came out just before the > 3G did and it looks like she's upgrading so I may try to use her older > phone. Not sure if that will work. > > What I have found out is that the new iPhone is not priced as neatly > as they claim it is. Those under more recent contracts with At&T will > need to pay much more for the new phone. > > So, for example, my wife and I have 2 year contracts. I priced out the > new iPhone if I purchase one on my line and its $499 for the 32GB > model. Meanwhile, my wife got her iPhone in April of last year and can > get an upgrade price of $299 for the new phone. I don't understand > this arrangement because I don't even have an iPhone and I purchased > my Samsung Blackjack II 2 months before she got her iPhone. > > In any case, the software comes out on the 17th and we'll see what I > can do with it. > > > > > On Jun 8, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think it will be. >> >> They will be upgradable for $10 for all the firmware. Unfortunately >> they did add CPU power, ... So who knows about VO running on the >> older phones. >> >> Regards, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 8-Jun-09, at 8:07 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote: >> >>> Well, I'm guessing it will be...I mean wouldn't it be part of the >>> OS? We'll have to wait and see... >>> On Jun 8, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: >>> >>>> The iPhone 3.0 software update will be available on June 17 from >>>> what I heard. I don't know though if voice over will be included in >>>> that. >>>> On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh, and now that I think about it, does anyone know if existing >>>>> iPod touch or iPhones can be upgraded to the new system? They all >>>>> have the necessary touch screen, so hypothetically VO should be >>>>> able to work on them, unless Apple added a lot of processing power >>>>> and memory to the new iPhones, which makes accessibility viable... >>>>> >>>>> Ignasi >>>>> On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:28 PM, glenn wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello >>>>>> Does anyone know of any demonstration videos showing the addition >>>>>> of Voiceover? >>>>>> Any word whether Voiceover will be available for the ipod touch? >>>>>> >>>>>> Glenn >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> *From:* Josh de Lioncourt <mailto:overl...@lioncourt.com> >>>>>> *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, June 08, 2009 6:54 PM >>>>>> *Subject:* Re: voice over comes to the I phone >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm still kind of in shock. This is beyond fantastic news. >>>>>> I'll have to get me an iPhone as soon as I >>>>>> possibly can. This is just tremendous. >>>>>> >>>>>> The description of how it works sounds very inuitive. I >>>>>> absoltuely cannot wait. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Josh de Lioncourt >>>>>> …my other mail provider is an owl… >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt >>>>>> Music: http://stage19music.com >>>>>> Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com >>>>>> Blog: http://lioncourtsmusings.blogspot.com >>>>>> GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/Lioncourt >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:41 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Read. >>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
