[Macworld]

Post your comments for Apple opens iTunes App Store here

[johntkucz]

Sweet! I hope that the apps will be available to non-3g iphone owners. I'm stoked for the remote control, text manipuation, AIM, some organizers, and possibly game apps! Will the iPhone 2.0 upgrade be available for non-3g owners? Hope so!

[bob_t]

Hey Macworld, editors/writers/techs, etc... question for ya:
After I upgrade my old iPhone to 2.0 software, will I be able to connect to my employer's Exchange Server to sync my work e-mail and calendar, or in other cases, connect to our company's Cisco VPN?
AT&T (and everyone else) keeps reporting that to access those features, iPhone 3G owners will need to pay for the more expensive $45/month Enterprise data plan.
What about us lowly original iPhone owners? Will we have to shell out $45/month now too, or more than double what we pay for a data plan, just to remove some sort of AT&T connection limitation and access work e-mail?

[Fribhey]

bob_t said:

After I upgrade my old iPhone to 2.0 software, will I be able to connect to my employer's Exchange Server to sync my work e-mail and calendar, or in other cases, connect to our company's Cisco VPN?

AT&T (and everyone else) keeps reporting that to access those features, iPhone 3G owners will need to pay for the more expensive $45/month Enterprise data plan.

What about us lowly original iPhone owners? Will we have to shell out $45/month now too, or more than double what we pay for a data plan, just to remove some sort of AT&T connection limitation and access work e-mail?

yes, if you want the business features then you have to be on a business account and pay $45.

[ibeetle]

There are butt load of games on the App Store. I look forward to Peter Cohen's in depth and detailed reviews.
I mean that with all sincerity. I really do like his gaming reviews.
If there are many entertainment, music and gaming apps for the iPhone it sounds like Peter is going to be busy over the next few weeks.

[johntkucz]

Actually the 2.0 features I most look forward to are the steady, solid upgrade features (scientific calculator, searchable address book database). The remote free app is just such an awesome free gift for apple to throw in there. So like apple. Awesome! Additionally, while the GPS is a massive feature upgrade esp. considering that navigation is a core value of mine, it's good to know (according to David Pogue) that metal devices (like a car) can obscure the gps. But cool that it's authentic gps on the new phone. Also relieved to hear that even though 3g speeds are top of the charts, you can't even use your 3g speeds in 10 states and only in certain cities that have the at&t coverage. So my good non-3G is still golden.

[hammer32]

Interesting, I was on the iTunes UK store and there was both a direct link to the App Store as well as a rotating advert along the top of the page.

[johntkucz]

Personally, I still follow Pogue as the top mac software reviewer, but after reading one of Coen's applescript columns, I've reconnected with his humor, whit, and overall "good-reviewing" style. But I'm most excited about just the "boring, productivity" changes to the iphone software like apps that can all copy/paste or the G-park one where gps gets utilized to remember your parking spot (or any location of importance)! It runs in my family that we frequently forget where we parked. So if you have that app, no more hours of wandering around in parking lots with that iphone app, haha! I'm just most excited about iPhone 2.0 and the massive source of comfort that the 3G, while a stellar speed increase, still keeps my non-3G relatively cutting edge.

[jr250r]

No native terminal server client. That is the only thing that is keeping the iphone from being perfect. The web based clients are terrible, plus you have to load software on the computer you want to control.

[ibozhu]

Come on, Apple! It is like I got my Macbook Pro without battery, then I was told to get the battery the next day or even later!

[bob_t]

Isn't this a complete rip-off? As in, Half as slow, Twice as much.

Since when did TCP/UDP service ports 691 become "business features" worthy of filtering from an Internet connection? On a so-called "unlimited" data plan, btw.

Verizon Wireless and Sprint do not filter those service ports.

Sounds like a stinky way for AT&T to unfairly charge for something you normally get on any other Internet connection, mobile or static.

[mississippiphonefan]

I cannot find an application that has turn by turn audio directions like a Garmin or TomTom might provide.
Have any of you found an application with audio turn by turn directions?

[johntkucz]

uhoh I was getting a Token programming error for a bit, but now that's resolved. Apple should include a link to the store on the homepage of itunes and add in a "Purchased Free App" notification. Seeing "Purchasing App_name" (even when you know it was free) is a little misleading and nerve-racking. But bottomline the app store looks awesome.

[MacOldHand]

After installing iTunes 7.7 I do not see an applications section in the store.