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1. Quick Picks - Games, News, Reviews and more. | 18 Mar 2009 12:57 am

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2. 3g.matt | 18 Mar 2009 10:10 am

   These are definayely great features but in fairness they should have been in from the begining

3. iPhone 3.0 Firmware Features Unveiled | J2ME GPS | 18 Mar 2009 10:05 pm

   [...] News, pda “Yes folks, it’s that time of the year. Apple has a brand new iPhone firmware, version 3.0 which is filled with features. All we need now is a new iPhone version. Let’s take a look at those new features then!Copy/Cut & Paste is here. Double-tap on any piece of text and you will get a cut, copy and paste bubble dialog. Double-tap again and a paste bubble will appear if there’s anything in the clipboard. The application is available for copy and pasting photos too. The landscape keyboard is also official. You can write anything you want in landscape now.Peer-to-peer WiFi connectivity will allow two iPhones to connect directly without the need of an actual WiFi network.A new API will let you use your iPhone or iPod touch to control peripherals. Maps will be used inside other applications as Maps is now an API. Turn by turn directions will also be available. Developers will be able to create turn-by-turn applications using the iPhone GPS and combining it with any maps without actually needing a 3G connectivity or Google.iPhone 3.0 will also bring us that much needed push notification. Voice over IP and voice communication will be used in any application starting with this iPhone OS. Auto recording will be possible and accessing music from applications will also be now available.As for the App Store, the new OS will bring new possibilities too. You’ll be able to subscribe to apps, purchase additional content for apps or additional levels for games.” via mobilewhack.com [...]

4. Leo | 18 Mar 2009 10:35 pm

   I am so tired of hearing people say, “well it should have been there from the beginning,” or “Yah the iPhone is the greatest device out there but it should have this____.” After 10 years in the mobile telecommunication industry I can say that no phone has ever came out that completely met the feature demand of every person. And less than 1% percent of phones have ever released software/firmware that added the level of functionality that the iPhone does for free. If your talking about standard features such as MMS that has been on every phone (even the crap free ones you get from providers) for the past 5 years, then trust in the fact that there must have been a reason why Apple did not include this functionality. The fact that there are over 30 million people using the iPhone OS, and it is the most widely sold mobile device in History, I think they know what they are doing. Every time I hear about a new firmware that delivers new features (like 2.0 app store) I just shake my head and say my goodness how amazing of a company to give this for free, when they could easily charge for it, and people would pay. The fact that Motorola, LG, Nokia and Blackberry release new devices every 6months-1 year that has just a few things better than the previous device and charge stupid amounts of money for them; states that they can care less if parts of their devices didn’t work well, or lacked features when they shipped it, they’ll just add it to the next model and suck money from the consumes. My point: understand the industry trends and history, before judging the worlds most highly used device by a company who just a few years ago didn’t have any footprint in mobile phones and now is a leader of the industry (per revenue, look it up). I am not an Apple fan boy, in-fact this is the first Apple product I have every owned, I’m a PC guy. Just feel the need to put uninformed whiners in their place. Do your homework before comparing iPhone OS to any other OS. Most have been making OS for Mobile Devices for a decade and still cant get it right, while the other new ones, basically copied the iPhone OS. Too answer the questions asked: 3.0 FIRMWARE IS AMAZING, 100 FEAUTURES, FOR FREE, enough said.

5. mobilecity.co.nz » Blog Archive » iPhone 3.0 Firmware Features Unveiled | 19 Mar 2009 1:20 am

   [...] “Yes folks, it’s that time of the year. Apple has a brand new iPhone firmware, version 3.0 which is filled with features. All we need now is a new iPhone version. Let’s take a look at those new features then!Copy/Cut & Paste is here. Double-tap on any piece of text and you will get a cut, copy and paste bubble dialog. Double-tap again and a paste bubble will appear if there’s anything in the clipboard. The application is available for copy and pasting photos too. The landscape keyboard is also official. You can write anything you want in landscape now.Peer-to-peer WiFi connectivity will allow two iPhones to connect directly without the need of an actual WiFi network.A new API will let you use your iPhone or iPod touch to control peripherals. Maps will be used inside other applications as Maps is now an API. Turn by turn directions will also be available. Developers will be able to create turn-by-turn applications using the iPhone GPS and combining it with any maps without actually needing a 3G connectivity or Google.iPhone 3.0 will also bring us that much needed push notification. Voice over IP and voice communication will be used in any application starting with this iPhone OS. Auto recording will be possible and accessing music from applications will also be now available.As for the App Store, the new OS will bring new possibilities too. You’ll be able to subscribe to apps, purchase additional content for apps or additional levels for games.” via mobilewhack.com [...]

6. iPhone 3.0 Firmware Features Unveiled | Focus News Mobile | 19 Mar 2009 8:09 am

   [...] to subscribe to apps, purchase additional content for apps or additional levels for games.” via mobilewhack.com Share and [...]

7. Jarrod | 22 Mar 2009 12:45 pm

   MMS… Crappy 8 year old phones have MMS

8. iPhone 3.0 Firmware Features Unveiled | GadgetPaper.com | 23 Mar 2009 1:03 pm

   [...] “Yes folks, it?s that time of the year. Apple has a brand new iPhone firmware, version 3.0 which is filled with features. All we need now is a new iPhone version. Let?s take a look at those new features then!Copy/Cut & Paste is here. Double-tap on any piece of text and you will get a cut, copy and paste bubble dialog. Double-tap again and a paste bubble will appear if there?s anything in the clipboard. The application is available for copy and pasting photos too. The landscape keyboard is also official. You can write anything you want in landscape now.Peer-to-peer WiFi connectivity will allow two iPhones to connect directly without the need of an actual WiFi network.A new API will let you use your iPhone or iPod touch to control peripherals. Maps will be used inside other applications as Maps is now an API. Turn by turn directions will also be available. Developers will be able to create turn-by-turn applications using the iPhone GPS and combining it with any maps without actually needing a 3G connectivity or Google.iPhone 3.0 will also bring us that much needed push notification. Voice over IP and voice communication will be used in any application starting with this iPhone OS. Auto recording will be possible and accessing music from applications will also be now available.As for the App Store, the new OS will bring new possibilities too. You?ll be able to subscribe to apps, purchase additional content for apps or additional levels for games.” via mobilewhack.com [...]

9. to leo | 24 Mar 2009 10:53 am

   Who says its going to be for free?
   Rumor has it, 3.0 will be the new OS for the NEW IPHONE.
   Just a rumor but I wouldn’t be suprised.

10. Darin | 27 Mar 2009 11:03 pm

    What about A2DP? I can’t believe a phone that was born from a music playing device doesn’t have bluetooth stereo. Yes you can buy the little dongle, but seriously my GF’s crappy little flip phone supports A2DP. The iPhone is a great device. I love all the apps, but the omission of such simple things like cut and paste, MMS and stereo bluetooth is VERY annoying.

11. Apple iPhone Firmware 3.0 only weeks away - New Features | Gavin Dixon - Creative Designer Blog | 03 Apr 2009 3:53 am

    [...] iPhone Dev Team has done its job again. The new iPhone 3.0 firmware has been already jailbroken but the team isn’t launching it any time soon. It looks like [...]

12. Qualcomm to Bring FLO TV to Various Smartphones Including the iPhone - Specs, reviews and prices. | 10 Apr 2009 6:00 am

    [...] it including the iPHone. The service will bring you mobile TV via add-on peripherals including an iPhone 3.0-compatible antenna or chip that’s curently being developed. These accessories might not be [...]

13. Next-Gen iPhone to Arrive with Built-in Video Editing Software - Specs, reviews and prices. | 01 May 2009 11:34 am

    [...] we didn’t suspect the next-gen iPhone to have this video editing software on board. After all iPhone 3.0 beta suggests that video editing will be possible so we should definitely assume that this [...]

14. 5938634214069 | 24 May 2009 12:42 pm

    We are going to make it free for the iPhone but $9.99 for the iPod Touch. Then again, some of the features will not be available on the earlier iPod Touch(bluetooth) and the earlier iPhone

15. iPhone 3GS Is Going to Canada Too - Specs, reviews and prices. | 09 Jun 2009 8:39 pm

    [...] question: what has AT&T been doing while Apple cooked up the new iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 3.0 OS? Shouldn’t they have been prepared to launch the iPhone 3GS at full [...]

16. Palm Pre to Let You Run Unsigned Firmware? - Specs, reviews and prices. | 13 Jun 2009 7:19 pm

    [...] It’s been reported that the Pre supports custom firmware. That means unsigned firmware and firmware that will bypass the activation process will be immediately available for you. All you have to do [...]

17. Facebook 3.0 for iPhone coming soon - Specs, reviews and prices. | 03 Jul 2009 9:46 am

    [...] to launch version 3.0 of their iPhone app. If you are waiting for Facebook push notifications a la iPhone OS 3.0, you’re going to be disappointed, because it doesn’t add [...]

18. James Pearce | 03 Jul 2009 12:01 pm

    @ Leo

    You make some interesting points and I agree.

19. Nokia N97 Receives Firmware Update 11.0.021 - Specs, reviews and prices. | 03 Jul 2009 5:12 pm

    [...] Nokia N97 owners should know that Nokia has rolled out a new firmware update. Version 11.0.021 is available and you can get it over the air or through Nokia’s Software [...]

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