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Apple Lists iPhone OS 4 Compatibility, Excludes Original iPhone and 1st Gen iPod Touch

Thursday April 8, 2010 3:08 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Apple has posted a preview page covering the various iPhone 4 announcements today. Notably, they list device compatibility for the iPhone 4 OS:

iPhone OS 4 will work with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the second- and third-generation iPod touch this summer, and with iPad in the fall. Not all features are compatible with all devices. For example, multitasking is available only with iPhone 3GS and the third-generation iPod touch (32GB and 64GB models from late 2009).

The original iPhone and 1st Generation iPod touch are excluded from iPhone OS 4 compatibility, while the 3G and 2nd Generation iPod Touch exclude multitasking abilities. Customers will have to have an iPhone 3GS, 3rd Generation iPod Touch, or iPad to access the full feature set including multitasking.

iPhone OS 4 is due this summer. To gauge how many of our readers will be able to take advantage of the new OS, we've created this simple poll asking the latest iPhone or iPod Touch hardware you own. Note that we've purposefully excluded the iPad in the interest of simplicity:



Detailed differences between models are listed here: iPhone, iPod Touch.
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diamond.g
24 months ago
I guess it is time to move on for those (wife included) iPhone 2G users. :(
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ouimetnick
24 months ago
Not a big deal... But the 3G can run fine multitasking, and so can the 2nd generation iPod touch. It must be jailbroken though
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pdpardue
24 months ago

I guess it is time to move on for those (wife included) iPhone 2G users. :(


yeah, no love for my 2g iphone

~paul
http://www.paulparduephotography.com/index.php
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ob81
24 months ago
3gs here. Jobs did say that the older versions were not capable of running multitasking, but in the same breath, they kept video off the iPhone when we saw it work quite well on the 3g iPhone (jailbreak).

This will undoubtedly force many to upgrade to the new iPhone.
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J B
24 months ago
Will there be a new iphone model coming out with the OS 4?
if not, when will it be expecting an upgrade?
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Andronicus
24 months ago

Will there be a new iphone model coming out with the OS 4?
if not, when will it be expecting an upgrade?


Yes, in July.
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enberg
24 months ago

Not a big deal... But the 3G can run fine multitasking, and so can the 2nd generation iPod touch. It must be jailbroken though

If by fine you mean "works, but it's really laggy".
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Robert M.
24 months ago
This makes sense, a new iPhone is coming out this summer so of course they're leaving the 3G out. Next year when they release 5.0 it'll leave the 3GS out! Haha they want 3G users to upgrade... :rolleyes:

And really if you have a 3G this will probably be a worth while upgrade. I'm sticking with my 3GS but next year when it's not compatible with 5.0, I'll upgrade it!

Edit:Leaving the 3G out of multitasking...
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usasalazar
24 months ago
And I have another year left on my 3G contract.:(

--- but what I really wanted was a tablet that runs the full OSX -- On Verizon! This Tuesday!:p
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Reed Rothchild
24 months ago
OS 4 seems quite progressive for Apple. Looks like they've been learning a lot from the jailbroken iPhones out there. One day they may even catch up :cool:.
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