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iPhone OS 3.0: What else is new?
100 new features? We're still counting.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)When Apple first announced the iPhone OS 3.0 in March, it promised that the update would bring 100 new features. We heard the same thing last week at the WWDC 2009 keynote, but Scott Forstall, Apple's head of iPhone software development, only demonstrated a handful of the most notable improvements. Sure, we know about stereo Bluetooth, the Spotlight features, and cut, copy, and paste--and we've analyzed them in our iPhone 3G S review---but we want a full list of all 100 features. Since then, we've asked for the details, but Apple has yet to cough them up.
That's why we're calling on you, dear readers, to help us out. As you cruise through iPhone OS 3.0, keep track of all the "little changes" you see, no matter how small. If it wasn't on your iPhone before, we want to hear about it. We'll do the same on our end, and we'll compile a full list for your enjoyment. Good hunting!
Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry. E-mail Kent.
-Timer (there is a Lap setting)
-Enhanced call list display (states - specific type [mobile, home] and numbers that aren't on your contact list, shows location of origin)
-iPhone is listed under "labels" for contact information
Now, it posts the SMS right away and the sending status bar pops up in the background so you could instantly begin typing another SMS before the previous one is completely sent.
yes you are right. Its the OS fault. This happens to me for every single app that I install or uninstall (sarcasm). Don't blame the OS if Apple can't write a proper app for anything other than OS X.
Keyboard (landscape typing in SMS, E-mail and of course Safari)
Calendar ( enhanced calendar allows to sync with Google Cal, or Microsoft Exchange via some settings)
Voice Memos ( This doesn't really seem new to me considering the fact there were apps out there on the store that did this before)
Search Feature ( search using spotlight just like on a Mac computer, searches everything on the phone from e-mails to songs on the ipod to e-mail)
Safari ( auto fill feature)
Bluetooth (*** I have still yet to figure out HOW to connect my ipod to my bluetooth car stero set) I already had the phone connected but have yet to figure out how to connect the ipod to the bluetooth
Thats all for now :) will post more later when I have more time
When the timer ends, iPhone stops playing music or video, closes any other open application, and then locks itself.
To activate sleep Timer
It now displays the last taken picture on the botton left. When the iphone is rotated, the picture also rotates. Tapping the picture takes you to the camera roll.
Oh, and when I double tap the home button to bring up music controls without headphones, why does it say "dock connector" where the volume slider used to be?
The "Scrubbing Rate" that you get when you drag the position marker in an audio or video item is now variable by sliding your finger up or down while dragging it, for much more control when moving around inside a long video.
Audiobooks and Podcasts now have a 30-second skipback function. I've not yet looked for it in movies or television shows, but it doesn't appear to be there in songs.
- Mail app: shows your email on the top left corner
- Stocks app: shows related news for each stock symbol
- new text message icon
1) Search feature in iPod (artists, albums et al)
2) Double-tapping the Home button when the iPhone is locked used to bring up the play, previous track, next track and volume slider controls. Now it displays the name of the song, the album and the artist.
3) Reducing or increasing the volume with the side buttons used to produce a volume icon and the scale, filling up or down depending on what you were doing. Now it says the words "Ringer (headphones)" in addition to the volume icon and the scale.
4) And finally, this one annoyed me a lot, but they have changed the algorithm used for sorting the playlists. Earlier it used to consider the "." (period) symbol prior to A,B,C. So the sorting was, ".", A-B-C..Z, 0-1..9. Now the period is sorted last, i.e. after the numbers. I was in the habit of putting a period before my most played playlists, to keep them up top. Now I have to devise a new method.
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by psylichon
June 18, 2009 12:29 PM PDT
- Here's a list of over 100 that Everythingicafe members found:
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by hopefloat007
June 18, 2009 2:41 PM PDT
- IPhone 4.0 coming after summer with Steve Jobs.
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by JeffPom
June 19, 2009 9:17 AM PDT
- Some of these are duplicated in this list...
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1. Cut/Paste
2. Copy/Paste
3. Shake to undo/redo typing
4. Text selection for easy mass deletion
5. MMS
6. Landscape keyboard in Notes
7. Landscape keyboard in Mail
8. Landscape keyboard in Messages
9. Forward texts or picture messages
10. Delete individual texts or picture messages
11. 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)
12. USB tethering
13. Bluetooth tethering
14. Stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
15. Spotlight search (searches all app titles, mail, media, contact details, and calendar appointments)
16. Search in Notes
17. Search in Mail
18. Search in iPod
19. In-App purchases
20. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Spotlight Search
21. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Camera
22. Preview icon in lower left hand corner for last shot taken in Camera app
23. Shake to shuffle in iPod
24. Scrolling of screenshots in App Store
25. Type of phone used under each call in Recents (i.e., mobile, home, work, etc.)
26. Call history log (including call duration)
27. Option to Share Contact in each contact listing
28. Hold link in Safari to Copy
29. Hold link in Safari to Open in New Page
30. Auto Fill contact information, usernames and passwords in Safari
31. Login to your YouTube account
32. See Comments in YouTube
33. Subscribe in YouTube
34. Rate in YouTube
35. Shake to undo what you have typed
36. Option to retry sending failed text messages, indicated by red exclamation point next to text
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. New Voice memo application
42. Extended Parental controls
43. Anti-phishing
44. Wi-Fi auto login
45. Note syncing in iTunes
46. Improved Stocks app
47. New calendar types (CalDAV)
48. Prompt to confirm deleting a note
49. Prompt to confirm deleting a photo
50. Option to select multiple photos to attach to an email
51. "Find My iPhone" option for MobileMe users
52. Unlimited size podcast downloads over 3G
53. Pushing home button on first home screen takes user to Spotlight
54. Pushing home button on Spotlight takes user to first home screen
55. Variable speed playback for audio books
56. App Store subscriptions
57. Push notifications
58. Audio/Video tags
59. New video streaming capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
60. Calendar subscriptions
61. iTunes login
62. iTunes account creation
63. Encypted profiles
64. LDAP (directory services)
65. VPN on-demand
66. EAP SIM
67. Proxy support
68. OTA profiles
69. Revoke certificates
70. Exchange ActiveSync Policies
71. Media scrubber
72. More languages
73. Improved keyboards
74. Failed app updates now are shown in a duplicate icon and labeled "Paused"
75. 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
76. Non-contact phone calls list their city and state of origin in Recents and Visual Voicemail under the number.
77. Ability to change ringtones straight from Favorites
78. Lap time display now displayed smaller and above time in Stopwatch
79. Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
80. Swipe to delete notes in the Notes app
81. Advanced Bluetooth options for Handsfree devices
82. Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
83. Improved predictive dictionary
84. Blue dot now displayed in center of location circle in Maps (V1 only)
85. Listening to music while charging the battery now displays the album art instead of the battery
86. Smaller font for song title on lock screen
87. Option in Phone Settings to choose your phone number
88. Option to disable text message reminder alerts
89. Option to disable text message previews
90. Option to show subject field in text messages
91. Ability to integrate iPod music into apps
92. Clickable email links in App Store app descriptions
93. JavaScript 3x speed boost
94. 11 homescreens now allowed
95. Reboots to "slide to unlock" screen instead of homescreen
96. In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
97. Application count added in Settings>General>About
98. Option "Load Remote Images" added in Mail settings
99. Global address book option available if Exchange account is set up
100. Speed control in audiobooks
[and more at the link....]
1)Flash player support
2)Quick back option without going to home screen while switching between apps.
3)File browsing and storing
4)Option to attach images, file etc from email app itself.
5)Multiple signature options
6)Manual rotate gesture option
7)Notes app should be more powerful word process (fonts, text size etc)
8)All Grouping of contacts for test message e.g. friend and family groups.
9)App for grouping key social networking sites(for posting universal photos, text to all social networking sites together.
10) Auto spell check in safari browser (like mozilla) when adding text in twitter, facebook leaving comments at blog etc.
11)Build in Flash in camera for night photo shot
12) Front facing camera for video Chat
13) Use cover flow for using multitasking third party apps (limit to 5 apps, not to drain the battery life)
14)Thin quick time player app to run video downloaded from web.
15)Group notification alert or not attended tasks(missed MMS, SMS, PHONE, Chat message, meeting, event etc)on single screen.
Roger Kent
A couple I think were there before 3.0