iPhone 3.0 software update; Due Summer 2009

By Ex on March 17th, 2009 89

WOW! WHAT AN UPDATE!

Hey all! Below is a list (with probably a few missed features) of what was announced for the 3.0 software update preview for iPhones and iPod Touches on March 17, 2009. Please note that a few of the features will not work with the original iPhone such as MMS and that the update is due “Summer 2009″.

New iPhone features with the 3.0 Software Update


1. Push notifications for applications (have an instant message app running in the background giving you updates)

2. Turn by turn GPS for future developed Map applications

3. Peer to peer connections. You find another iPhone with Bluetooth and then start a sharing session via WiFi. Watch this video for an idea.

4. Copy, cut, and paste. Shake the iPhone to undo. Double tap to select text and bring up a cut/copy/paste menu and drag your finger along a word to copy

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5. You can now send multiple photos using Mail (as opposed to only one before) using the copy/paste menu

6. Landscape keyboard now available in Mail, Note, and SMS (This is a BIG one)

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7. MMS support (pictures are sent in the text message bubble but just without the text) (You can now send photos, contacts, audio files, or your location via Maps) (This is HUGE)

8. You can forward or delete individual SMS messages now (like each individual bubble). (Take THAT Crap-Berry)

9. You can make Voice recordings and they can be trimmed within the iPhone and sent via MMS or email

10. Landscape view in Stocks with additional statistical information such as Highs or Lows so that now everyone can watch and understand what “Depression” means! :)

11. You can now Search for content within the device. Search for Contacts, Music, Calendar events, Notes, or Mail. (Blackberry users will be familiar with this in their Music application)

12. Spotlight (a Mac program) is now installed on the iPhone. You can search for applications now instead of swiping your finger to get to additional home screens (the option is at the bottom of the home screen)

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13. Notes Sync

14. Audio/video tags

15. Live streaming

16. Shake to shuffle (Shaking the iPhone while in iPod activates the shuffle mode. Not sure how this will fare with workouts and joggers…)

17. Wi-Fi auto login (Next time you’re at Starbucks, your iPhone will automatically log you in)

18. Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP support) (This is HUGE)

19. Maps inside other applications. So now new applications will be able to use the Maps application that everyone knows and loves

20. iTunes account creation

21. YouTube ratings

22. Anti-Phishing (Great for security when browsing in Safari)

23. You can now use your iPhone to control accessories, for example, using your iPhone to equalize sound when connected to a loudspeaker or stereo dock.

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24. VPN on demand

25. From apps downloaded from the AppStore, you can now use Micro-transactions to purchase content within downloaded apps (new clothing in Sims 3 for example or buy additional magazine subscriptions.)

26. YouTube subscriptions

27. YouTube accounts and Encrypted profiles.

28. Auto-fills (meh.)

29. Rumble. Now apps that requires a rumble feature (mostly for video games) can rumble and improve the user experience!

30. Tethering support built-in

31. General performance upgrades to address laggyness and etc

As I said earlier, the update will be available in Summer 2009 and free for all iPhone users.

List any features I missed below in the comments!!!!!

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  • visco

    w-o-w. must say say I am impressed with the new features. Although most of these should have come standard with the 3G release, nevertheless they are welcomed.

    Wondering how some of these will fair on my batterry tho.

  • visco

    w-o-w. must say say I am impressed with the new features. Although most of these should have come standard with the 3G release, nevertheless they are welcomed.

    Wondering how some of these will fair on my batterry tho.

  • http://twitter.com/robertsoncory Cory

    Great recap!!

  • http://twitter.com/robertsoncory Cory

    Great recap!!

  • http://twitter.com/robertsoncory Cory

    Great recap!!

  • http://www.hotwings.ca/ madmike

    Sweet! Can’t wait for many of these, especially landscape view for mail and the ability to send multiple images finally. Couldn’t care less about MMS really, and it looks like I’ll need to upgrade my data plan.

    Now I’m hungry for some wings.

  • http://www.hotwings.ca/ madmike

    Sweet! Can’t wait for many of these, especially landscape view for mail and the ability to send multiple images finally. Couldn’t care less about MMS really, and it looks like I’ll need to upgrade my data plan.

    Now I’m hungry for some wings.

  • http://www.hotwings.ca madmike

    Sweet! Can’t wait for many of these, especially landscape view for mail and the ability to send multiple images finally. Couldn’t care less about MMS really, and it looks like I’ll need to upgrade my data plan.

    Now I’m hungry for some wings.

  • Anonymous

    To be honest, a lot of this isn’t “new” by any means. A lot of these features are Apple playing catchup with an OS that has really been hobbled unless you jailbroke it. I am glad to see a lot of it as it’s going to make the phone a heck of a lot more useful.

    I also agree this is going to sap the battery a lot more now… may start looking for a plugin battery after 3.0 is installed.

    I also wonder how much the OS has changed in relation to the time it will take the iPhone Dev team to jailbreak it? :)

  • Anonymous

    To be honest, a lot of this isn’t “new” by any means. A lot of these features are Apple playing catchup with an OS that has really been hobbled unless you jailbroke it. I am glad to see a lot of it as it’s going to make the phone a heck of a lot more useful.

    I also agree this is going to sap the battery a lot more now… may start looking for a plugin battery after 3.0 is installed.

    I also wonder how much the OS has changed in relation to the time it will take the iPhone Dev team to jailbreak it? :)

  • Joost

    To be honest, a lot of this isn’t “new” by any means. A lot of these features are Apple playing catchup with an OS that has really been hobbled unless you jailbroke it. I am glad to see a lot of it as it’s going to make the phone a heck of a lot more useful.

    I also agree this is going to sap the battery a lot more now… may start looking for a plugin battery after 3.0 is installed.

    I also wonder how much the OS has changed in relation to the time it will take the iPhone Dev team to jailbreak it? :)

  • Liam

    I was hoping to be able to record video. Guess I’ll have to keep waiting…

  • Liam

    I was hoping to be able to record video. Guess I’ll have to keep waiting…

  • Liam

    I was hoping to be able to record video. Guess I’ll have to keep waiting…

  • http://blogityourway.com/ Reggi D.

    Whoa! Thats nice… They’re finally coming out with much more necessary updates.
    I saw it coming. Apple wouldn’t never give his updates too early because of the market. They want us to keep on waiting for the updates because they know there is a lot stuff that the Iphone cannot do compared to the other phones. I Can’t wait to see that!

  • http://blogityourway.com/ Reggi D.

    Whoa! Thats nice… They’re finally coming out with much more necessary updates.
    I saw it coming. Apple wouldn’t never give his updates too early because of the market. They want us to keep on waiting for the updates because they know there is a lot stuff that the Iphone cannot do compared to the other phones. I Can’t wait to see that!

  • http://blogityourway.com Reggi D.

    Whoa! Thats nice… They’re finally coming out with much more necessary updates.
    I saw it coming. Apple wouldn’t never give his updates too early because of the market. They want us to keep on waiting for the updates because they know there is a lot stuff that the Iphone cannot do compared to the other phones. I Can’t wait to see that!

  • Justin

    Will have to wait for it to be jailbroken and unlock, so can’t use 3.0 say Fall this year? :)

  • Justin

    Will have to wait for it to be jailbroken and unlock, so can’t use 3.0 say Fall this year? :)

  • Justin

    Will have to wait for it to be jailbroken and unlock, so can’t use 3.0 say Fall this year? :)

  • mrexcuse

    awesome update, afraid how much apple is gonna charge for the turn by turn. Tethering is also good stuff.

  • mrexcuse

    awesome update, afraid how much apple is gonna charge for the turn by turn. Tethering is also good stuff.

  • mrexcuse

    awesome update, afraid how much apple is gonna charge for the turn by turn. Tethering is also good stuff.

  • Jonthan

    Was anything said about being able to watch full video in web browser, java video or such?

  • Jonthan

    Was anything said about being able to watch full video in web browser, java video or such?

  • Jonthan

    Was anything said about being able to watch full video in web browser, java video or such?

  • X1Zero

    Nothing.
    No flash or java type processes at this time.

  • X1Zero

    Nothing.
    No flash or java type processes at this time.

  • X1Zero

    Nothing.
    No flash or java type processes at this time.

  • Cgyrunner

    Amazing… sounds like ‘almost’ everything I jailbroke my phone for will now be standard issue!! But battery consumption will remain a concern.

    As they add more bells and whistles, the OS may be slowed by the hardware… it’ll be time to upgrade to the 32GB iPhone soon after, I’m sure!

  • Cgyrunner

    Amazing… sounds like ‘almost’ everything I jailbroke my phone for will now be standard issue!! But battery consumption will remain a concern.

    As they add more bells and whistles, the OS may be slowed by the hardware… it’ll be time to upgrade to the 32GB iPhone soon after, I’m sure!

  • Cgyrunner

    Amazing… sounds like ‘almost’ everything I jailbroke my phone for will now be standard issue!! But battery consumption will remain a concern.

    As they add more bells and whistles, the OS may be slowed by the hardware… it’ll be time to upgrade to the 32GB iPhone soon after, I’m sure!

  • Teen Wolf

    No mention of a new phone! Damn!

  • Teen Wolf

    No mention of a new phone! Damn!

  • Teen Wolf

    No mention of a new phone! Damn!

  • http://grncndy.com/ MikeM

    Yeah, I was hoping they would sneak in hardware preview, as well. The next iPhone will have to have a much better battery to handle all this.

  • http://grncndy.com/ MikeM

    Yeah, I was hoping they would sneak in hardware preview, as well. The next iPhone will have to have a much better battery to handle all this.

  • http://grncndy.com MikeM

    Yeah, I was hoping they would sneak in hardware preview, as well. The next iPhone will have to have a much better battery to handle all this.

  • iPhone 4.0 ?

    Well the GPS is a good idea, so to speak.

    Likely it will run off data, maybe a 20 MEG install. So with that, you will only have a map where you have data. 3G only, likely. Edge would be too slow to send voice commands and street names. A typical Garmin or TomTom has 2 Gig’s of mapping and voice. I don’t see apple adding 2Gig Apps anytime soon.

    Also, the GPS in tall building areas where you will have 3G, will likely not be strong enough or accurate.

    I hope for more on this feature, since I travel to the US quite a bit, but work won’t cover the international 3G roaming.

    Why no mention of video recording ???

  • iPhone 4.0 ?

    Well the GPS is a good idea, so to speak.

    Likely it will run off data, maybe a 20 MEG install. So with that, you will only have a map where you have data. 3G only, likely. Edge would be too slow to send voice commands and street names. A typical Garmin or TomTom has 2 Gig’s of mapping and voice. I don’t see apple adding 2Gig Apps anytime soon.

    Also, the GPS in tall building areas where you will have 3G, will likely not be strong enough or accurate.

    I hope for more on this feature, since I travel to the US quite a bit, but work won’t cover the international 3G roaming.

    Why no mention of video recording ???

  • iPhone 4.0 ?

    Well the GPS is a good idea, so to speak.

    Likely it will run off data, maybe a 20 MEG install. So with that, you will only have a map where you have data. 3G only, likely. Edge would be too slow to send voice commands and street names. A typical Garmin or TomTom has 2 Gig’s of mapping and voice. I don’t see apple adding 2Gig Apps anytime soon.

    Also, the GPS in tall building areas where you will have 3G, will likely not be strong enough or accurate.

    I hope for more on this feature, since I travel to the US quite a bit, but work won’t cover the international 3G roaming.

    Why no mention of video recording ???

  • Justin

    Great recap of the keynote address!
    Some good features, although I am pretty disappointed that they didn’t add video recording support or flash:(

  • Justin

    Great recap of the keynote address!
    Some good features, although I am pretty disappointed that they didn’t add video recording support or flash:(

  • Justin

    Great recap of the keynote address!
    Some good features, although I am pretty disappointed that they didn’t add video recording support or flash:(

  • Donald Mann

    “Take that Crap-Berry”

    C’mon, spare us the fanboy strutting. Some of us are adults here!!! Grow up and give us a little adult reporting!!!!!!

  • Donald Mann

    “Take that Crap-Berry”

    C’mon, spare us the fanboy strutting. Some of us are adults here!!! Grow up and give us a little adult reporting!!!!!!

  • Donald Mann

    “Take that Crap-Berry”

    C’mon, spare us the fanboy strutting. Some of us are adults here!!! Grow up and give us a little adult reporting!!!!!!

  • X1Zero

    You’re right…maybe that was a bit childish.
    I shouldn’t have called the crapberry a crapberry. Oops! Oh geez, there I go again calling it the crapberry. Ah geez again!!! I better just stop before this gets worse!
    ;)

  • X1Zero

    You’re right…maybe that was a bit childish.
    I shouldn’t have called the crapberry a crapberry. Oops! Oh geez, there I go again calling it the crapberry. Ah geez again!!! I better just stop before this gets worse!
    ;)

  • Andrew

    Wowser!!! This is KICK ASS!!!

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