iThoughts 2.0: New Blog, Same User

This past Monday Apple kicked off it’s Worldwide Developers Conference with the usual keynote by Steve Jobs. Here the charismatic CEO addresses the Mac faithful on the how the company is doing and also introduces new software or hardware. The focus this time was on the iPhone. The new 2.0 software features were demoed, a new mobile and desktop synchronization service announced, and of course the expected 3G upgrade.

So, what do I think of the announcements? I’m very interested in the 2.0 software update and the App Store. Running local programs on the iPhone will be much better that the current Web app solution. The whole iPhone/Mac sync that’s currently available via .Mac is not implemented very well. The new service, MobileMe, will have your email, contacts and calendars sync over the air, which is very cool indeed! Finally the iPhone 3G. I’m kind of bummed that I couldn’t wait long enough for this version to come out. Nevertheless, I have no regrets in getting my current iPhone because I’ve used it to it’s full capacity during the time I’ve owned it. Will I consider the new handset? Not now, but maybe in the future when they upgrade the storage to 32 GB.

Those who were still on the fence because of price, the time to get an iPhone is now!

Well, not exactly now. July 11, actually. Better start getting in line!