iPhone OS 3.0 Released Today

June 17, 09 by Daniel

Today iPhone OS 3.0 is being released for all users. Free for iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G, $9.95 for iPod Touch. Let’s recap on all the features you’ll expect to see but remember do NOT upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0 yet until a proper jailbreak is released or risk being unable to jailbreak and unlock in the future.

Copy and Paste – Took long enough for this basic function to be built in. We’ll not be able to select text by extending a bubble around it then tap again to cut, copy, and paste.

Landscape Keyboard – The stock apps, Mail, SMS, and Notes, will have a landscape keyboard mode now.

CalDAV calendar support used by Google and Yahoo, and subscriptions for the .ics format used by iCal.

MMS – Yet another feature the cheapest phones can do. We’ll be able to send pictures, audio, vcards, and video if you’re on an iPhone 3GS.

Stereo Bluetooth A2DP – iPhone 3G and 3GS will let us use our bluetooth for wireless audio via A2DP for speakers or headphones.

Spotlight Search – With a swipe to the left from the first page of the springboard we will now have a universal search that goes through contacts, email, apps, songs, etc.

Improved Stocks app – Includes a landscape mode to show even more data you’ll enjoy.

Notes sync with iTunes now.

Improved Parental Controls – Filters can be made to movies, TV Shows, apps, web pages, and music.

Shake to shuffle – Starting in the lastest iPod Nano, it’s shake to shuffle feature will be in OS 3.0.

Safari – Now remembers login information for web sites, and can now warn you against malicious sites.

Wi-fi Auto-login – For those of you with subscriptions to paid hotspots.

A new file transfer app will be dedicated to share files between iPhones and iPod Touches

Voice Memo App – Can record any voice or any sound and edit them on the fly.

Voice Control – Only featured in the iPhone 3GS. Just hold down the home button for a second and speak your command.

Record Video – Another iPhone 3GS feature, it’s self explanatory.

Browse remote content via Bluetooth.

Peer to Peer Bluetooth connectivity for playing games, sharing files, etc.

Maps will be able to be used in third party applications

Turn by turn directions – Developers can now make turn by turn GPS apps but can only use their own maps, not Google’s.

Third party accessories can now interact with apps through the dock connector or bluetooth.

Push Notification – Finally it’s here. Push Notification will automatically alert you when say, you’ve got a new instant message on AIM. It can either make a sound, vibrate, display a message on screen, and in any combination of the three.

VoIP in games – We can talk with someone we’re playing with live, for example, Xbox Live voice chat.

Rumble – Games can take advangae of the vibrate to make the phone rumble like a controller.

Access Music from apps – A good example here is a racing game that lets you turn on the radio, but it will access your own library and play that.

App Store – The App Store will be upgraded with some new features. Subscription to apps, purchase content for apps within apps.