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iPhone OS 3.0

Now with Cut/Copy/Paste!

There are over 100 new features for consumers, but really, who cares now that we can copy and paste between all applications.

New features:

  • Landscape mode and keyboard in Mail, Notes, and Messages (the new name for SMS).
  • MMS support in Messages allowing for sending and receiving locations, photos, contacts, and audio files.
  • New Voice Memos application which will allow for recording of memoes with sharing via e-mail and MMS.
  • Calendar now has CalDAV support and can subscribe to .ics format calendars.
  • Stocks app now has landscape mode and will include more detailed reports on stocks as well as new headlines.
  • Search has been added to Contacts, Mail, Calendar, iPod, Notes.
  • New home screen called Spotlight which will allow for searching all locations and applications from one place.

Other features include:

  • Note sync
  • Shake to shuffle on the iPod
  • WiFi automatic login
  • Stereo Bluetooth
  • YouTube account support
  • More languages supported
  • More Parental Controls
  • And more!

Developers obviously get to start playing with the new iPhone OS starting today. Consumers will have to wait until sometime this summer when it will be a free update for iPhone 3G and iPhone 2G users (although the first generation iPhone will some features due to hardware limitations) and a paid upgrade for iPod Touch users.

2 Responses to “iPhone OS 3.0”

  1. Writer Dad

    I think I’m gong to have to break down this summer. I’ve planned on getting an iphone five minutes after I could afford it for a long while now. I’m not quite there, but the coolness just keeps getting more difficult to ignore.

    • Ian Parker

      It becomes more and more functional for you the longer you have it. Of course, any well-designed gadget can become integral to your daily routine, so I’m not trying to push it on you. The iPhone is certainly worth getting. Of course, there may be some new hardware announced this summer, so don’t jump the gun. At the very least, I can see them offering a higher capacity 32GB model if not something with more bells and whistles.

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