iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

We just got the announcement, iPhone OS 3.0 is coming. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It's going down March 17th. Apparently, we'll get a sneak peak at the new OS, as well as a look at a brand new version of the SDK. Exciting stuff indeed, and we'll be there live at 10am PST (1pm EST) with the liveblog. Apple's calling this an "advance preview of what we're building," so we're not expecting anything ready to go as of the 17th, but hopefully this will allow developers to start building toward future functionality (hey, how about some push notifications?), and presumably users won't have too many months to wait after that for the real deal.

[Sagar @ Mar 12th 2009 12:10PM]

HOLY

[irdepesca @ Mar 12th 2009 12:09PM]

copy and paste?!!!!

[AJ in the East Bay @ Mar 12th 2009 12:10PM]

In your dreams!

[chris @ Mar 12th 2009 12:20PM]

And

A2DP!!!!!!!!?????????
MMS!!!!!!!!!!?????????????
Multitasking!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Landscape keyboard!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
Tethering over bluetooth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????

Otherwise, I really won't care...

[zephxiii @ Mar 12th 2009 12:22PM]

HAHA, that is exactly what i was gonna post...

COPY AND PASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Paul A. Chapel @ Mar 12th 2009 12:23PM]

Oh, boy, can't wait for the extensive coverage. All the Anti-Apple trollers might blow a gasket.



*cooks popcorn*

[Look_Around_You @ Mar 12th 2009 12:24PM]

"Exciting stuff indeed, and we'll be there live at 10am PST (1pm PST) with the liveblog."

Explains the turnaround opinion on the Shuffle.

Pimp our stuff, or get your liveblog material second-hand from somewhere else.

[corey @ Mar 12th 2009 12:25PM]

LOL! First thing that came to mind for me as well

[Paul A. Chapel @ Mar 12th 2009 12:25PM]

See what I mean? They're already complaining.

[Noel @ Mar 12th 2009 12:30PM]

Great Minds Think Alike (TM)

[Mark Anderson @ Mar 12th 2009 12:37PM]

A full point release? This should be interesting.

[oghowie @ Mar 12th 2009 12:43PM]

@Look_Around_You

You're just stupid. The liveblog isn't exclusive to Engadget.

[DirtyVegas @ Mar 12th 2009 12:47PM]

If it's a good enough upgrade I wouldn't mind unjailbreaking my phone. I'm not a big fan of Apple business practices, but I might even drop 10 bucks on it if it's worth it.

[Look_Around_You @ Mar 12th 2009 12:53PM]

"@Look_Around_You

You're just stupid. The liveblog isn't exclusive to Engadget."

But ACCESS to events is.

Companies like Apple put a price on stuff like that, and if sites like this want to keep the door open, they pay.

[Jeff @ Mar 12th 2009 3:11PM]

MMS Messaging!...
I could live with the rest also, But this is WAY too long in the Coming!
ADD MMS!..

[JS @ Mar 12th 2009 12:56PM]

It'll be cool if in the presentation they don't announce the cut&paste but actually use it within it for something else.

That's if they can implement such a highly advanced and uber creative technology as copy&paste.

[Nicholas @ Mar 12th 2009 1:05PM]

Here’s hoping for notifications! Cut and paste would be frosting. How about getting those apps through review too. I hear Apple is working on updated review systems though...

[Joe @ Mar 12th 2009 1:09PM]

@Look_Around_You "But ACCESS to events is."

Still no. You really think it's just Engadget that shows up at these things? LOL!

[who? @ Mar 12th 2009 1:33PM]

I would be surprised if they didn't implement push notifications and support in-line volume controls (iPods now have it).
I expect them to include MMS, and more Bluetooth functions (A2DP).
I would be amazed if they added video recording, copy and paste, or Nike+.

The software will probably come with the new iPhone, but here's hoping we can snap up a torrent early!

[a ham sandwich @ Mar 12th 2009 1:41PM]

i'd actually be pretty surprised if they didn't make the overall OS more gesture based to keep in line with what webOS will be offering. as for the common things that people listed above, i wouldn't get too excited.

[paperless @ Mar 12th 2009 1:47PM]

Multitasking...maybe in the next iPhone because in the iPhone presentation steve Jobs actually said the inabilitty to multitask was itself a feature to prevent battery draining which i understand but i can't help but feel like it's a major flaw.

Let's hope the next iPhone gets a decent battery and they think about multitasking again.

[xcrunk @ Mar 12th 2009 1:48PM]

How about changing up the camera on that phone....guys, 1.3 Megapixel? For real? I mean, it shoots OK pics...but 1.3 seems like an eternity ago.

Also, there's this thing most consumer cameras and phones can do, it's called video. For God's sake, the Flip MinoHD can do 720P!

And while your at it, can you throw the camera feature on the Touch? Kinda like the DSi??? Just make it a decent camera, unlike the DSi's.

[cowabungaCarl @ Mar 12th 2009 1:52PM]

if apple shows some really exciting improvements, it might be a good way for apple to kill some of the buzz surrounding the Palm Pre. Its exactly because of events like this that Palm needs to release the Pre before something newer and more exciting comes along and takes attention away from the Pre.

[Myk @ Mar 12th 2009 2:52PM]

Watch how the room will explode with applause when they demo copy/paste.

I'll take it though. I still havent found a suitable replacement for my 1st Gen iPhone.

[keshav.joshi @ Mar 12th 2009 3:12PM]

Copy and paste??? Sir, that is technically impossible in iPhone. ;)

[evplasmaman @ Mar 12th 2009 3:15PM]

@Noel
Great minds think alike, Fools thoughts seldom differ...

;-D

[alex @ Mar 12th 2009 4:42PM]

tether over bluetooth is not possible. that requires A2DP bluetooth (hardware)... which iphone does not have.

[fastm3driver @ Mar 12th 2009 4:47PM]

I actually decided to go back to Blackberry from the Iphone until I jailbroke it. Now most of my complaints have gone away.
I actually don't like the landscape keyboard and find it hard to use. I actually want to shut off landscape mode for everything but video.
I never use MMS because you can just email pictures for free.
Bluetooth headsets sound and work like crap
I would rather see a front video camera for video conferences and a updated 3MP camera with a flash.

[Scott @ Mar 12th 2009 6:53PM]

alex: Incorrect

[chris @ Mar 12th 2009 5:26PM]

@fastm3driver & @alex

Here are some FYIs

Alex,
A2DP is a sound profile, has nothing to do with tethering, and the iphone's hardware is capable of both.

fastm3driver,
Neither MMS nor email are free...it all depends on what plan you have. That being said, everyone has MMS on their phone making it a universal feature that the iPhone can neither send nor receive....that's an inconvenience.
I'm guessing u've never actually used A2DP, as it is pretty good fidelity. And unless your headphones cost 100+, I doubt you're much better off.

[El Taco @ Mar 12th 2009 7:40PM]

can anyone say blu-ray support?

w00t w00t

(yes, I was being sarcastic0

[zach @ Mar 13th 2009 7:29PM]

Hopefully make it free to ipod touch users

[iphonerulez @ Mar 13th 2009 12:49AM]

This is the firmware uber-upgrade that has everything and more. The beginning of the new birth of the super iPhone smartphone that makes every other smartphone before it obsolete. They say that three times a charm. Well here it is... iPhone v3.0.

Oh, that's right, it still doesn't have copy and paste, but that's coming soon. I think Steve had mentioned something about not giving them everything because then they'd have nothing to look forward to. Smart move. Go Apple.

[iphonerulez @ Mar 15th 2009 9:07AM]

This is very good for Apple lovers. I had been waiting to see how Apple was going to dominate the entire smartphone market with one model of the iPhone. Now I understand perfectly. Just use average hardware and add the world's finest OS and GUI and people will buy it. Once VoiceOver is added to the iPhone, people that have any sense at all will start throwing their old smartphones into the trash and running down to the Apple store for the iPhone 3.0. HTC will quickly go out of business, Palm will be bought out by Dell as a last ditch effort for both companies and RIM will be stuck with a small piece of the business market. iPhone market share will quickly jump to about 50% and will be declared the handset of the year thanks to about 50,000 applications and games such as Sonic, Need For Speed and Metal Gear Solid. It's all starting to make sense that iPhone world domination is less than a year away. Who really needs copy and paste when you have everything else?

[Aunox @ Mar 15th 2009 5:16PM]

@iphonerulez

Not happening. You forget that Symbian is still the leading OS on phones, and doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Not to mention that the n97 is a much better phone than the iphone, spec-wise.

[ePod @ Mar 15th 2009 10:20PM]

copy & paste is overrated.

[Josh Ladella @ Mar 15th 2009 11:24PM]

Copy/Paste is a bag of hurt.

[minh @ Mar 12th 2009 12:10PM]

Features?

[Nomi @ Mar 12th 2009 12:54PM]

Yey! Come on Apple make me not get the Pre!

[KarlW @ Mar 12th 2009 1:26PM]

With the last major version (2.0), Apple addressed the major complaint of users: the lack of native applications.

With this major version, I'd expect them to do the same. So, a proper bluetooth stack, better performance and stability, copy and paste, maybe flash, and some sort of background applications support.

Also, why is it that a phone with 16Gb for music doesn't let you play any of it as an alarm?

[shiftyeyedgoat @ Mar 12th 2009 2:47PM]

One word: Flash.

[quandmeme @ Mar 12th 2009 2:03PM]

Features that iPhone should have to be serious for business users

-search email, jump to reply/forward
-calendar repeating and alerting
-sync exchange and ical calendars
-home screen info
-copy/paste
-send vcards
-multiple address books
-some way to edit a word doc
-push thru cloud feature
-sync notes to something

Features to catch/keep up

-voice dial
-one touch dial/email/text
-autofocus camera
-attachment saving/file manager
-email account switching
-wifi printing
-video recording

Feature I want:
In iPod and Safari, force rotate when it gets stuck with MacBook trackpad rotate gesture

[picsnao @ Mar 12th 2009 12:11PM]

whoop?

[Damo @ Mar 12th 2009 12:10PM]

Dev-Team better get started now

[r3loaded @ Mar 12th 2009 12:24PM]

Their advice is always the same - don't upgrade ANYTHING until they give the go-ahead. Not the software, not even iTunes. Just. Wait.

[cloud858rk @ Mar 12th 2009 12:34PM]

All this jailbreaking stuff seems like a PITA to me.

[kal326 @ Mar 12th 2009 1:36PM]

@r3loaded
So what about all those new MBP 17" owners with overheating problems, should they have wanted for SP1?

[TOM S @ Mar 12th 2009 2:13PM]

@Kal326 - Who jailbreaks their macbooks? no-one, so the dev-team wouldn't tell macbook owners to wait before upgrading.

[OMGizzle! @ Mar 12th 2009 2:25PM]

@cloud858rk it takes a few minutes with quickpwn. pretty easy actually. the DEV team put a lot of work into making it as easy as possible.

[dwain222 @ Mar 12th 2009 12:10PM]

How long will it take to jailbreak this?