Apple previews iPhone OS 3.0, adds copy and paste, Spotlight search, plenty more
By Paul Miller 
posted March 17th 2009 12:53PM
posted March 17th 2009 12:53PM
App and developer functionality (more here)
- Peer-to-peer connectivity over Bluetooth for gaming and other info-swapping.
- Paid apps will have the potential to be subscription fee-based, and can include optional paid content that can be bought from right inside the app.
- Developers can now build apps that call out to Google Maps, and can also finally bring Apple-blessed turn-by-turn to the phone.
- Devs can also connect with hardware accessories over in their apps now, such as a blood pressure monitor -- or perhaps a keyboard? Connectivity works through the dock connector or over Bluetooth.
- Long-promised push functionality will at last be included, but apps won't run in the background.
- Developers can add streaming video and audio to their apps, along with in-game voice use.
- Cut, copy and paste. At last! You can shake the phone to undo and redo the action, and it works with both text and photos, allowing Mail to send multiple photos at a time. (more here)
- MMS, along with forward and delete for multiple messages. (more here)
- A2DP stereo Bluetooth.
- Unlocked Bluetooth functionality on 2G iPod touch. (more here)
- Spotlight has been added to a new home screen page to the left of existing pages, allowing for universal search on the phone. (more here)
- Tethering is built into 3.0, and Apple will work with carriers on that -- who will have the last say on its implementation, most likely.
- App Store will be available in 77 countries.
- Parental controls for TV shows, movies and App Store apps.
- Auto-login for WiFi hotspots.
- A new app called Voice Memos which lets you record notes and reminders.
- A revised Stocks app, with news stories and a landscape view.
- Landscape view available for Mail, Text and Notes.
- CalDAV support has been added to Calendar, along with subscriptions support in the .ics format.
- Apple's major apps have all been expanded with search functionality.
- Note syncing to Mac and PC.
- YouTube account support.
- Form auto-fill.
- Phishing protection.
- Shake the shuffle iPod playback.
still no flash player?
are you kidding me?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Lol finally Apple has stepped into the 21st century.. Too bad the iPhone is still a shit phone compared to other high tech phones.. and if you low rank this comment then you really don't have any idea what I am talking about.
I like the new iPhone 3.0 idea and thats what made me buy the iPhone, but what i am asking for is one thing. iPhone has bluetooth, but you can't do anything with it except connecting it to a headset, but if you make the bluetooth more useable like transfaring files from phone to another! This is all what I want to say, hopefully will see some improvment about that! Thank you!