iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted Mar 12th 2009 12:06PM
posted Mar 12th 2009 12:06PM
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.
HOLY
copy and paste?!!!!
In your dreams!
And
A2DP!!!!!!!!?????????
MMS!!!!!!!!!!?????????????
Multitasking!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Landscape keyboard!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????
Tethering over bluetooth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????
Otherwise, I really won't care...
HAHA, that is exactly what i was gonna post...
COPY AND PASTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, boy, can't wait for the extensive coverage. All the Anti-Apple trollers might blow a gasket.
*cooks popcorn*
"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.
LOL! First thing that came to mind for me as well
See what I mean? They're already complaining.
Great Minds Think Alike (TM)
A full point release? This should be interesting.
@Look_Around_You
You're just stupid. The liveblog isn't exclusive to Engadget.
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
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.
MMS Messaging!...
I could live with the rest also, But this is WAY too long in the Coming!
ADD MMS!..
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.
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...
@Look_Around_You "But ACCESS to events is."
Still no. You really think it's just Engadget that shows up at these things? LOL!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Copy and paste??? Sir, that is technically impossible in iPhone. ;)
@Noel
Great minds think alike, Fools thoughts seldom differ...
;-D
tether over bluetooth is not possible. that requires A2DP bluetooth (hardware)... which iphone does not have.
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.
alex: Incorrect
@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.
can anyone say blu-ray support?
w00t w00t
(yes, I was being sarcastic0
Hopefully make it free to ipod touch users
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.
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?
@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.
copy & paste is overrated.
Copy/Paste is a bag of hurt.
Features?
Yey! Come on Apple make me not get the Pre!
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?
One word: Flash.
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
whoop?
Dev-Team better get started now
Their advice is always the same - don't upgrade ANYTHING until they give the go-ahead. Not the software, not even iTunes. Just. Wait.
All this jailbreaking stuff seems like a PITA to me.
@r3loaded
So what about all those new MBP 17" owners with overheating problems, should they have wanted for SP1?
@Kal326 - Who jailbreaks their macbooks? no-one, so the dev-team wouldn't tell macbook owners to wait before upgrading.
@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.
How long will it take to jailbreak this?
Wow!!!
Didnt see that coming!
Are you kidding? Eversince Android and WebOS have been out, Apple realizes its doomed if it doesn't upgrade its OS fast.
I expect ripoffs disguised as innovation. MAYBE multitasking will be involved... if the new iPhone (HD) supports it...
@TareX - Apple's updates are always incremental. WebOS was not out when 2.0 came about.
first time poster, long time reader.
this looks promising.
wow, and you gave up your posting virginity for _this_?!?
haha, welcome to the thunderdome bitch
low rankings for everyone
lawl
I read a long time before daring to post too, but at least I said something in my first post...
Flash player....i really need.
You know they rushed this out the door to get it launched before the Pre.
you just got low ranked again a-hole
I agree, that's why I believe they'll manage to somehow allow multiple running apps.
I don't know. I don't think they've just been sitting around picking their butts, then the pre was announced and they got to work. I'm wouldn't doubt they put more resources in and picked up the pace. And I also doubt they planned on doing this event. I'm betting this event means they think they might not be ready by the time the Pre launches. They need to keep people on their side: "Hey! Look! We've got something new too! It'll be here SOON, so don't switch yet!"
I'm more excited as a developer than as a user. I REALLLLY hope they let me put offline-enabled web apps on the apps store.
dg:
Actually, I think they planned to have this announcement. March of last year, they held the '2.0 is coming' press event, and it shipped in July. Apple loves to do one-year iterations on these smaller devices (iPod, etc), and so it makes perfect sense that they announce 3.0 in March, and ship it in July or so. I wouldn't be very surprised if refreshed hardware shows up in July too.
EI8HT:
Dont you mean iHole (QUICK ... BEFORE APPLE TRADEMARKS IT!)
iHenchman:
And, one question iHole ... Did your mummy love you?
(No i'm not dumb for spelling mummy with a U instead of an O, thats just how English people spell it.)
Hey guess what Apple was doing at exactly this time last year. Yup, that's right, announcing the latest update to the iphone SDK. Sure seems like a rush job now doesn't it?
in b4 crapstorm
This isn't \b\
What's \b\?
wrong slash direction /r/tard
@ kr,
\b\ refers to the url address for the 4chan picture board
...also known as the eye-amputation promotion board
iFart 3.0...can't wait!
what does the app update have to do with the os firmware update?
I'm waiting for the release of iBarf, nothing like the sounds of someone blowing beef chucks!
Can't tell you till I know the new features. Maybe background processes meaning random iFart noises anytime. Maybe 3D sound simulation so 3D fart noises...hell I don't know, just being stoopid.
hopefully it fixes the constant crashes and dropped calls that started after the 2.0 update for me.
I think you might be the exception.
2.0 was glitchy, but 2.2.1 has been very stable for me.
I agree, mine is very stable. Although switching between apps and inputs are slower, there is a slight lag now. Hope they fix that.
eh, i don't think I'll be spending my money to 'upgrade' my OS on my touch any more. My experience with past upgrades has been more gimmicky than anything else to constantly spend money on it. : P
AppStore was gimmicky? 2.0 was the only charged upgrade. The other pack was optional applications.
Does this mean Stephen Hawking will soon be announcing my iPhone playlists?
Sweet!
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ill be too drunk to care
Please Dad....stop this....
Im in Dublin on March 17...
Hopefully it will have flash support that Adobe and Apple have been working on ;)
there goes all my cydia apps...oh well...hopefully there will be lots of improvements!
You can always back up your cydia apps sily
It had better work on iPhone 3G...and be free.
uhhh...it's an iphone os...what did you think it would work on, you nokia n95? being free or not is another question.
as far as i remember all os-updates are free for the iphone-users
I could see Apple pulling a, "It's such an advanced improvement to iPhone that it'll only run on the iPhone we're releasing this June! The rest of you get iPhone OS 2.3. Sorry, suckas!"
That's what I meant.
That's incredibly unnecessary.
Stranger things have happened from Apple...like buttonless iPods.
I'm pretty sure he was trying to say something along the lines of **"I hope the 3.0 OS works with the current, 3G iPhone. I don't want to buy another one. I just want to upgrade!"**
But I like being a smartass too, so *+++* to the n95 comment..
@ henchman...who's the dumb FUCK, the one who had a slip of the tongue or the one who doesn't know how to spell FUCK right?
@ Michael Sterling
Actually, I think the reason for why they're doing it now is so that they can give the update to iPhone users before their two years are up.
What can they add to the OS that would make it worth installing itunes?
Nothing. Nothing. At. All.
How can iPhone possibly get better,,would equal more sales. It's already making a killing, with this will finally bury bb,lg, samsung,.palm!!
Praying for Lotus Notes support....... But I'm not getting hopes up or losing sleep :)