iPhone Roadmap Possibilities Until 2012

The future Apple iPhone generations will generate huge waves of innovations. Tomi T Ahonen argues that June 2007 marks a watershed moment in time. He is certain that the mobile telecoms world will count its time in two Eras. The Era BI: time Before the iPhone, and the ERA AI: time After the iPhone.

What are the possibilities in the Era AI?

2007 iPhone

• Samsung ARM SoC 620 MHz 1176 running at 412 Mhz + PowerVR MBX 3D GPU
• Trustzone security for sandboxing
• Advanced Power management
  
• 128MB RAM
• 8 or 16GB Flash storage
• 320×480 3.5” 163 DPI display with multitouch input
• 100 Hz Accelerometers
  
• 2 Megapixel camera with Micron CMOS
  
• Quad band GSM + EDGE
• WiFi 802.11 b/g
• BlueTooth 2.0 EDR
• Web applications
  

2008 iPhone 2.0

• 3G/UMTS
• Wireless USB
  
• Open SDK
• Cocoa Touch
  
• OpenGL ES 3D graphics
• OpenAL 3D surround audio
  
• Applications like
  
• Google Earth
• Facebook
• Ebay
• Twitter
• Home automation / remote control
  
• Games like
  
• Spore
• The Sims
  
• Second Life
  

2009 iPhone and iCar

• Next generation 45 nm SoC with advanced processing and multimedia
• 512MB RAM
• 64GB flash memory
• GPS
• 5 Megapixel camera with Image Stabilizer
  
• iCar integration
  
• HDMI TV/video interface to work as a personal AppleTV or videopod
  
• Next generation LCD with embedded scanner functionality
• NFC radio interface for contactless applications like
• Access
• Payment
• Ticketing
  
• Personal 3D display as iPhone accessory
• Games
• Social, Location Based and MMORP Games
  
• Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications
• EveryScape

2010 3D iPhone

• HSPA 3.5G
• Autostereoscopic 3D LCD display
• High resolution stereo camera
  

2011 iPhone, iPhone Mini or iWatch

• WiMax/LTE 4G wireless networking
• Alternative iPhone Mini or iWatch form factor
• Embedded pico projector
  

2012 iWow

• Terabyte iPod or iPhone aka the teraPod
• What else do you need in an ultimate iGadget?
  

If you like this post check out this fun iPhone roadmap forcast until 2010 in The Red Ferret Journal.

Disclaimer: based on my own ideas and research - and not Apple information

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