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Last updated: Friday, June 25, 2010

With the release of the iPhone 4 yesterday, we can expect to see a lot of change in the app store.  It’s for sure that we’ll see entirely new apps that ill be custom fit to the functionality of the new iPhone.  But what about the apps that were already out?  What can we expect to see in terms of updates and upgrades? Chances are we’ll see a lot of them updating to be more functional in conjunction with the new tech the iPhone 4 brings to the fold (if developers want to stay competitive, that is).  I’ve already discussed predictions about video and photo editing apps, but what kinds of upgrades can we expect from such apps that already exist, as well as from other old apps?  I can’t say for sure, but here are some guesses: Mirror Apps I always thought of these kinds of apps as mostly useless because they don’t really act like mirrors.  Up until recently, they relied on the reflection off the the screen to give you a mirror image.  But now, with the front camera, the iPhone 4 can breathe new life into these apps.  Now, hopefully, we will be able to see a clear and accurate mirror image of ourselves thanks to mirror apps that take advantage of the front side video camera. Compasses The new gyroscope will bring improvements to the accuracy of these apps.  We can also expect to see better positioning from GPS apps with the new capabilities packed into the iPhone 4. Newspaper and Website Apps With the new retina display (4 times the pixels compared to the previous incarnation of the iPhone) reading small print or viewing large websites will become easier.  Zooming in will produce less pixelated text and will make reading easier.  The featured pictures of a site will also look much better thanks to the improved resolution.  As for changes by the developers, we’ll most likely see them increase the amount of text and images on the screen and maybe add higher resolution images. Games With the new gyroscope, the iPhone 4 is better than its predecessors in terms of motion detection.  This means that games utilizing the gyroscope will most likely update their motion sensing programs, making games more accurate and reactive to your hand motions.  You’ll feel more in sync with your games. Photo and Video Apps These apps will most likely see updates in their customization effects.  Effects will be sharper because the pictures and videos themselves will be sharper due to the new camera and high resolution display.  Phone will know not only the geo-position of the camera, but also an exact view angle at the moment when picture is taken. Other than that, though, existing apps might not see major improvements outside of being made into totally new apps. It’s hard to say exactly what changes will occur.  App developers, I’m sure, have been thinking about changes to their existing apps since they first heard about the new iPhone 4G.  But it hasn’t been all that long so they’ll still be planning these changes for awhile.  What they come up with might fit these predictions perfectly, or they might surprise us all.  I wouldn’t put it past the third party developers to come up with new innovations to bring their old apps back to the top of the app lists.

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Old Apps on the iPhone 4G: What Can We Expect?

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