iPhone 3.0 Software Preview Review

New Features:

  • Cut, Copy, & Paste
  • MMS Support
  • Landscape Keyboard in all key apps (Mail, SMS, Notes)
  • Push Notifications
  • E-Mail multiple photos

Copy/Paste: Double tap to select, grab points at the end of selection to drag with button to Cut, Copy, Paste above. Double-tap to paste.

New Apps:
  • Voice memos (Record, trim, email, mms voice memos)
  • CalDAV for shared calendars
  • Stocks app: with headlines
  • System-wide search (mail, calendar, ipod, notes)
  • A2DP (stereo bluetooth) support
  • Note sync
  • Live streaming
  • Shake to shuffle
  • WiFi-auto login
  • YouTube ratings
  • Auto-fill
  • More
SDK Updates:
  • 1000 new APIs
  • In-App purchases (Subscriptions, Additional Levels (ex. games), New Content (ex. ebooks))
  • Peer-to-Peer connectivity over bluetooth (send business cards, playing backgammon)
  • Support for hardware accessories via dock
  • Maps is now a public API and can be used in any app
  • Now use CoreLocation to make Turn-by-Turn direction GPS applications
Lots of cool demos:
  • Meebo chat app with push notif
  • EA The Sims with in-game items for $0.99 each
  • In-game stereo plays music from your library
  • LifeScan glucose monitor (diabetes) with Bluetooth
  • ESPN video streaming
  • Oracle demo
  • Touch Pets
  • 1st person shooter LiveFire
  • Leaf Trombone (instrument)

iPhone 3.0 release in Summer

Q&A: Reveals Apple building in tethering support in iPhone 3.0, and working with carriers around the world. no announcement today though.
Q&A: Apparently 2nd gen iPod Touch does have bluetooth that can be enabled.

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