* Firmware updated to 3.1 7C106c * Updated modem firmware to 5.10.01 * Updated AT&T profile to 4.5 * iPhone vibrates when moving icons * Voice Control now works over Bluetooth, meaning wireless headphone now will work * Improvements to OpenGL and Quartz, 15 new options to play with * APIs to allow third party apps to access videos and edit them * MMS buttons are back in the Messages app for AT&T customers but still don’t work * Fraud Protection Toggle in Safari Settings * Copy/Paste functions works in the address book and in the numeric keypad of the phone application * Developers can now monitor/debug their apps over Wi-Fi * The ability to save video attachments to your photo album * The “Save” and “Save as Copy” options have been changed to “Trim Original” and “Save as New Clip” * Overall faster * Improved battery life, iPhone 3G & 3GS only * Bug fixes
Improved battery life for 3G/3Gs is probably due to the new modem firmware, probably optimizes the way it achieves and holds a 3G connection. That's just a supposition, though.
"Overall faster" is what's most interesting to me. I remember my original iPhone when it was 1.0 and it was frickin snappy, the keypad never paused or lagged. Now we're at 3.1 and it's only lagged more and more with each release. If Exchange support weren't so important to me, I'd go back to 1.0, but 2.0 with Exchange support was the laggiest version so far, and everything after it only slightly less laggy. If they had just managed to stick with the original peppiness of 1.0, they wouldn't need an overheating CPU and GPU in the 3GS just to keep up with crappy OS code. Why is the keyboard not taking highest level priority when I type on it? Why can Safari page loads lag my input device? I thought that's why Macs were so great, because the software always gave priority to user input and always reacted, even if it was just with a churning pointer, at least the icon would visibly "depress" so I know the computer processed my click.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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* Firmware updated to 3.1 7C106c
* Updated modem firmware to 5.10.01
* Updated AT&T profile to 4.5
* iPhone vibrates when moving icons
* Voice Control now works over Bluetooth, meaning wireless headphone now will work
* Improvements to OpenGL and Quartz, 15 new options to play with
* APIs to allow third party apps to access videos and edit them
* MMS buttons are back in the Messages app for AT&T customers but still don’t work
* Fraud Protection Toggle in Safari Settings
* Copy/Paste functions works in the address book and in the numeric keypad of the phone application
* Developers can now monitor/debug their apps over Wi-Fi
* The ability to save video attachments to your photo album
* The “Save” and “Save as Copy” options have been changed to “Trim Original” and “Save as New Clip”
* Overall faster
* Improved battery life, iPhone 3G & 3GS only
* Bug fixes
Improved battery life for 3G and 3GS only? WTF?
Improved battery life for 3G/3Gs is probably due to the new modem firmware, probably optimizes the way it achieves and holds a 3G connection. That's just a supposition, though.
"Overall faster" is what's most interesting to me. I remember my original iPhone when it was 1.0 and it was frickin snappy, the keypad never paused or lagged. Now we're at 3.1 and it's only lagged more and more with each release. If Exchange support weren't so important to me, I'd go back to 1.0, but 2.0 with Exchange support was the laggiest version so far, and everything after it only slightly less laggy. If they had just managed to stick with the original peppiness of 1.0, they wouldn't need an overheating CPU and GPU in the 3GS just to keep up with crappy OS code. Why is the keyboard not taking highest level priority when I type on it? Why can Safari page loads lag my input device? I thought that's why Macs were so great, because the software always gave priority to user input and always reacted, even if it was just with a churning pointer, at least the icon would visibly "depress" so I know the computer processed my click.
I really hope there will be noticeable improvement in battery life.
I'm tired of watching the battery life percent tick down just using a 3G phone for.....3G