100+ New Features: Apple iPhone OS 3 Software Update Today

June 17, 2009, Posted by mallocfeng at 1:25 am

The new Apple iPhone OS 3.0 software is available from today for Iphone 3G users. It will be a free release for all iPhone customers, iPod touch customers can download the new release for $10, and it will work on first- and second-generation iPod touch models. There’s over 100 new features in iPhone 3.0 software for Iphone lovers like me to play with.

What Are The New Features On The New Apple Iphone?

  1. Cut/Paste & Copy/Paste Functions (YAY!)
  2. Shake to shuffle in iPod
  3. Shake to undo/redo typing
  4. Text selection for easy mass deletion
  5. MMS
  6. Landscape keyboard in Notes, Mail & Messages
  7. Forward texts & picture messages
  8. Delete individual texts or picture messages
  9. Sending progress bar in Messages app moved to title instead of over the keyboard area (allows typing new message while the first one is sending)
  10. Bluetooth tethering for Iphone
  11. USB tethering for Iphone
  12. Stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
  13. Spotlight search (searches all app titles, mail, media, contact details, and calendar appointments)
  14. Search in Notes, Mail & Ipod
  15. In-App purchases
  16. Option – double clicking the home button go to the Spotlight Search
  17. Option – double clicking the home button go to the Camera
  18. Preview icon in lower left hand corner for last shot taken in Camera app
  19. Option to Share Contact in each contact listing
  20. Hold link in Safari to Copy
  21. Hold link in Safari to Open in New Page
  22. Auto Fill contact information, usernames and passwords in Safari
  23. Login to your YouTube account
  24. See Comments in YouTube
  25. Scrolling of screenshots in App Store
  26. 2 Types of phone used under each call in Recents (i.e., mobile, home, work, etc.)
  27. Call history log (including call duration)
  28. Subscribe in YouTube
  29. Rate in YouTube
  30. Shake to undo what you have typed
  31. Option to retry sending failed text messages, indicated by red exclamation point next to text
  32. Smaller font for song title on lock screen
  33. Application count added in Settings>General>About
  34. Option “Load Remote Images” added in Mail setting
  35. Exchange ActiveSync Policies
  36. Media scrubber
  37. Turn-by-turn GPS capabilities
  38. Maps can be run inside other applications
  39. Access to dock port for accessories to communicate
  40. Peer-to-peer connectivity using Bluetooth (no Wi-Fi required)
  41. Pushing home button on first home screen takes user to Spotlight
  42. Pushing home button on Spotlight takes user to first home screen
  43. Variable speed playback for audio books
  44. App Store subscriptions
  45. Push notifications
  46. Audio/Video tags
  47. New video streaming capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
  48. Calendar subscriptions
  49. iTunes login and account creation
  50. Encypted profiles
  51. More languages
  52. LDAP (directory services)
  53. VPN on-demand
  54. EAP SIM
  55. Proxy support
  56. OTA profiles
  57. Revoke certificates
  58. Advanced Bluetooth options for Handsfree devices
  59. Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
  60. Improved keyboards
  61. Failed app updates now are shown in a duplicate icon and labeled “Paused
  62. Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
  63. Swipe to delete notes in the Notes app
  64. Improved predictive dictionary
  65. Blue dot now displayed in center of location circle in Maps (V1 only)
  66. Listening to music while charging the battery now displays the album art instead of the battery
  67. Global address book option available if Exchange account is set up
  68. Speed control in audiobooks
  69. 30 second repeat option for audiobooks
  70. Option in Phone Settings to choose your phone number
  71. Option to disable text message reminder alerts
  72. Option to disable text message previews
  73. Option to show subject field in text messages
  74. When selecting multiple emails to forward/delete, any unread emails’ blue dot are shown next to the red selector dot instead of being overridden by the red selector dot
  75. Non-contact phone calls list their city and state of origin in Recents and Visual Voicemail under the number.
  76. Ability to change ringtones straight from Favorites
  77. Lap time display now displayed smaller and above time in Stopwatch
  78. Ability to integrate iPod music into apps
  79. Clickable email links in App Store app descriptions
  80. JavaScript 3x speed boost
  81. 11 homescreens now allowed
  82. Reboots to “slide to unlock” screen instead of homescreen
  83. In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
  84. Shake to shuffle on lockscreen iPod controls
  85. Podcasts saved on iPhone now show Run Time, Time Left and Date Published
  86. Screen goes from dimmed to full brightness after each song when playing the iPod while plugged in
  87. Improved scrubbing speeds when holding white dot in song progress bar in iPod
  88. When sending a text, your text box where you typed smoothly fades from white to green instead of instantly changing from white to green
  89. When moving an app across homescreens, holding the app on either the left or right side will slowly advance the app one through one homescreen at a time, without leaving empty spots in the bottom right corner or each homescreen it advances through.
  90. Album name displayed on lockscreen iPod controls
  91. Prompt to confirm deleting a note or deleting a photo
  92. Option to select multiple photos to attach to an email
  93. Find My iPhone” option for MobileMe users
  94. Unlimited size podcast downloads over 3G
  95. New Voice memo application
  96. Extended Parental controls
  97. Anti-phishing
  98. Wi-Fi auto login
  99. Note syncing in iTunes
  100. Improved Stocks app
  101. New calendar types (CalDAV)

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