Apple previews iPhone 3.0 software
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Cut, Copy, Paste – finally! Apple’s Scott Forstall noted that they’ve been working hard to design an easy-to-use interface. Indeed it looks fine – double tap the text and it will select it, with points in the beginning and end – grab either of the points and move it to select more/less. If you’ve done something wrong, shake the phone to undo. It will be available in 3rd party apps and you can copy/paste from one app to the other. One can also mark several photos and paste them into email.
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Messages menu has been updated with the option to forward or delete multiple messages. However, the “big news” here is the MMS support – no need to explain it, the standard old-school MMS.
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iPhone 2.0 introduced the Search in phonebook, the 3.0 introduces the new Search. There will be an option to exchange the standard home screen with the new Spotlight home screen – it is an universal search that goes through the whole phone. There will also be local searches in the apps – search mail to/subject/headers fields, search calendar entries, search notes titles and text.
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Push notifications have been added. These will come handy in IM for example – instead of leaving the IM client running in the background, it can be inactive but you will receive notifications once there is something new. Apple says this greatly helps for battery life.
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There is now the option to download/buy parts of the app from within the app itself. For example a game, you can buy it with basic levels and buy additional ones from the app itself. Or City Guide – buy the app and then buy the cities you want. Free apps remain free though – you won’t be asked to buy anything in them.
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There will be support for peer to peer, allowing you to connect over Bluetooth to other iPhones with the same app. This would be usable for 1v1 games or for sharing data, such as contacts. Talking about games, you will also be able to play massive multiplayer games, connecting to a global game server. Quake 3 anyone? The in-app purchase is also working for Games - for example in The Sims, you will be able to buy some things for your virtual friend.
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Another new API will allow the phone to communicate with the accessories. For example when connected to an FM transmitter, the iPhone will automatically tune to the best available station. Or when docked into speaker system, it will be able to control the equalizers. It can also connect to not-your-ordinary iPhone accessory, such as medical devices – blood pressure reader, finger pricking device for glucose testing for those with diabetes. The live demonstration also showed accessories for music instruments, such as Leaf Trombone – using it, a couple of guys performed The Phantom of the Opera in a multiplayer online music game.
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Maps has also been updated; many developers have wanted to include it in the apps and now they will be able to. Developers will also be able to use the core location for turn by turn navigation. However, due to licensing issues, they won’t be able to use the actual Google’s Maps, but will have to bring their own maps.
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There is now support also for Voice notes, Note sync, stereo Bluetooth, YouTube accounts. Video streaming is also supported – it has been demonstrated with ESPN app and the media player changes the quality depending on the bandwidth speed.
Overall, the new 3.0 software definitely is an upgrade, but not anything that will shake the industry. Great news for the iPhone owners is that they will be able to install it for free on their iPhone or iPhone 3G phone. However, these with the first gen device won’t be able to take advantage of stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) and MMS, due to hardware differences – we hope these are the only limitations. iPod Touch users will also be able to update to 3.0 but for $9.95. The developers can now download the beta of the new SDK and start preparing apps! However, there isn't official information when the 3.0 will be available for download for users.
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source: Engadget
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1. htsee posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:42 0 0
"There will be an option to exchange the standard home screen with the new Spotlight home screen – it is an universal search that goes through the whole phone." Pre much?
3. Fanboys Suck posted on 17 Mar 2009, 17:26 0 0
Hmmm... where'd the Verizon Fanboys go? ?? ??? ? ???? ? :) Yeah yeah, all you will say is, "This is 3.0! These things should have been on 1.0!! Way too late!" Well, Better late than never, eh? :) P.S.- I wonder if this now "officially" (to some people) is classified as a smart phone? Just curious...
4. LGVX1993 posted on 17 Mar 2009, 18:08 0 0
I wonder what features are gonna be on the ipod touch 3.0
5. fathom614 posted on 17 Mar 2009, 18:42 0 0
Great now I can finally do things that other phones have been able to do for years!!! Now lets release this as soon as the palm pre comes out!!! Can't wait till the next gen iPhone comes out.
6. ddripp posted on 17 Mar 2009, 19:01 0 0
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....
7. ddripp posted on 17 Mar 2009, 19:05 0 0
it's kinda quiete now for grown ass man crying like little girls about these features.... now what ????????
8. E-Z DUZ-IT posted on 17 Mar 2009, 21:20 0 0
On the text they added forwarding. I hope they also add the resend feature. In case you want to get your point across annoyingly.
9. E-Z DUZ-IT posted on 17 Mar 2009, 21:37 0 0
Well there's almost nothing left to complaint about. All we got left is to talk crap about how long its still taking. I bet there going to release it along with the next iphone. Get a video recorder and some flash(camera flash, we can only wish for video flash soon), with some zoom -in, and remove the only button on the screen to extend the size. Making it a TRULY TOUCH "SCREEN" ONLY,(apart from the earpiece section) then its really done catching up and taking over.
10. YouLostTheGame posted on 17 Mar 2009, 23:22 0 0
Ummmmm, not until the iphone becomes available to other networks (VZW). A phone is only as good as the service provider it's on, and AT&T network = EPIC FAIL! I'll give the iphone a look when it's available elsewhere and and when it has upgradable memory without me having to sell my current phone, and then turn around, and buy a whole new one to get more memory. I'd also like to be able to replace my own battery without having to send it away, and not having a phone for a few days. So in the end, I'll STILL take my Storm. And yes, these things should have already been here by now. This OS "upgrade" isn't really an upgrade...it's just catching everyone that owns an iphone up with the times. NOTHING revolutionary about it.
13. Jyakotu posted on 18 Mar 2009, 09:53 0 0
Wow, such a long comment. AT&T WAS the largest carrier before Verizon bought out Alltel, so AT&T must've been doing something right to keep their customers. Especially the business crowd. Plus, no one forces you to buy the new iPhone upgrade, that's your decision. The Storm still has bugs that need to be worked out and Apple is just making the iPhone better by giving features that it was lacking. And that's what technology is all about. Improvement.
14. Legion posted on 18 Mar 2009, 11:17 0 0
"Plus, no one forces you to buy the new iPhone upgrade" "iPod Touch users will also be able to update to 3.0 but for $9.95." Since when does size=quality?
15. piratejb posted on 18 Mar 2009, 12:58 0 0
Wasnt the iphone originally offered to VZW But hey VZW has iphone killer the ummmm oh wait nevermind
11. heavybreathing posted on 18 Mar 2009, 06:18 0 0
You're still forced to get a data plan. Suck it.
12. Vitamins4022 (unregistered) posted on 18 Mar 2009, 08:31 0 0
oh my gosh! they finally got MMS and bluetooth!!! those were the only things keeping me from liking the iPhone! now if only AT&T wasnt so expensive I would accually get it!
16. YouLostTheGame posted on 18 Mar 2009, 15:55 0 0
You really want to play that game? Well then lets see...The only reason AT&T was the biggest carrier was because they acquired Cingular. Before that, when AT&T and Cingular were separate companies, VZW was the largest carrier. At any rate, regardless of the number of customers, AT&T's network is a joke. This is a fact as proven by consistent year after year third party research. Now VZW not only is the largest carrier in terms of customers but also in 3g coverage. These two bits of info are backed up by the fact that VZW has the best call quality and call clarity and the least amount of dropped calls (also proven by years of third party research). Combine this with tremendous customer service and the lowest churn rate in the industry and you have yourself the THE BEST wireless carrier in the U.S.! Sit down!
17. superawesomeguy posted on 18 Mar 2009, 18:35 0 0
lol...dude this comment was super funny and really informative! i know who to turn to now when i have questions about ANYTHING when it comes to the cell phone biz! THANKS YOULOSTTHEGAME!!
18. E-Z DUZ-IT posted on 18 Mar 2009, 18:43 0 0
Thats no way to talk about your dad. Maybe you should take your seat. The only reason theres other phone service providers is thanks to congress. At&t laid out the foundation for all this, resulting in it being to big for its own good and devided it into smaller companies. Also verizon just came out in 99'-2000, and is in FACT part owned by Vodaphone which is english owned.Verizon was briefly the biggest till now. Now they advertise 3G, since when. All they had was EVDO which has run its course. T-Mobile-German, Verizon- half English. At&t, all U.S.A.. The storm is what it is, FULL OF AIR.
19. Jyakotu posted on 18 Mar 2009, 21:19 0 0
Such a fanboy you are. But I'm not going to argue. Like I said before, AT&T still has customers, so it must be doing something right.
