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Comments on: First Impressions: iPhone 3.0 on the original iPhone

Several of the highly-touted features of iPhone 3.0 will not be available on the original iPhone. Auto-focus camera lens, video recording and editing, and voice control are all hardware specific features available on the iPhone 3G S. Here's what to expect

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by adambondy June 17, 2009 2:13 PM PDT: Thanks for the info, especially in relation to the original iPhone. I've been traveling in the Middle East and the 3.0 software and iPhone 3GS announcements caught me by surprise. I had heard the 3.0 software didn't perform so well on the original iPhone (which I have) so I was debating whether to update the software or buy a 3GS on my way home from the airport. Looks like I'll be giving the software a shot first now.; Like this Reply to this comment

by patcoleman_dotmac June 17, 2009 2:22 PM PDT

Just curious, how did you use the Find My Phone feature? When I log into MobileMe it tells me it will be available soon?

Pat

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by Mixotic June 17, 2009 2:48 PM PDT: Hi Pat,

It's probably just going to take a while for the update to become available to all accounts. If you can't see it now, try back a little later (and try logging in and out too).; Like this


by sagarghamandica June 17, 2009 2:25 PM PDT: Today in my lunch break around 12:45pm PST, I tried updating the software to 3.0 OS but I help on getting the message from iTunes saying that the iPhone activation server is not responding .......I wouldnt expect that from Apple that on the day of launch their infrastructure would crash onto the users............hopefully its going to be fixed when i return home in the evening......HUH ...........cant wait to get my hands on the the latest release....; Like this Reply to this comment


by jarrodbrown1 June 17, 2009 2:31 PM PDT: I agree!; Like this Reply to this comment


by de-machina June 17, 2009 2:45 PM PDT: just updated my original iphone and 3.0 works fine, maybe even snappier than before. New features are great.

pre-ordered my 3GS anyway.; Like this Reply to this comment


by adamg June 17, 2009 3:36 PM PDT: Anyone had any luck using Bluetooth? I was hoping to use it on my iPod touch to transfer photos back and forth between the touch and my LG Dare cell phone on the go. The Dare sees the touch, but they don't establish a connection.; Like this Reply to this comment


by rich1383 June 17, 2009 3:52 PM PDT: First thing I noticed with the new release is the new iPod features - you can speed up/slow down playback of podcasts (there is a toggle button that cycles 1x, 2x, and 1/2x) - great for accelerated listening of talk shows (NPR), for example. Also has a "skip back 30 seconds" button just under the middle of the timer bar - nice to back up quickly w/o having to hold the Reverse button.

My first (very quick) reaction is that apps seem to be *slower* in general on my iPhone 3G, but that could be just me...; Like this Reply to this comment


by Ace661 June 17, 2009 4:29 PM PDT: What about the text messaging can u text in landscape?; Like this Reply to this comment


by eddddddd June 17, 2009 5:41 PM PDT: You can use landscape keyboard with texting, and almost all other apps. Its great.; Like this Reply to this comment


by impermanence33 June 17, 2009 10:40 PM PDT: You say "Safari has added the ability to close all windows, leaving only a blank page, waiting to be commissioned for surfing." (Yes, I'm happy to have copy-pasted that.) At first I thought you meant there was an option to close all pages, which would have been great but I don't think that's what you meant. That said, I am happy to see that Safari no longer asks me to close some pages when I click a link while already at my max of 8, and instead it just replaces one of them.; Like this Reply to this comment


by workchadr June 18, 2009 1:45 AM PDT: I have the original as well, will you be able to send and receive pics in texts?; Like this Reply to this comment

by Dwozzer June 18, 2009 6:15 AM PDT

After installing 3.0 I have found that many, atleast half of my apps ( apps bought from itunes ) will not run. Have restarted iphone a number of times but still no joy , they try to start up and then after a fraction of a second close. ANYONE ELSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM ??? or is it just me . ( Debating whether to do a full reset of iphone and reinstall of everything to try and remedy ) All Apps woked well before update. w.t.heck

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by yabimocheez June 18, 2009 9:16 AM PDT: Some applications need to update themselves for the new OS.Check App Store updates frequently and wait a few days. Not every developer is quick to deliver updates when new OSes come out.; Like this


by wzm108it June 18, 2009 9:49 PM PDT: I have the SAME issue! I've even searched the internet and feel better that I'm no longer the only one. The three main ones I use all say 3.0 compatible. I sent in a bug report for each. Luckily I will have a 3Gs tomorrow...; Like this


by wzm108it June 19, 2009 12:42 AM PDT: I fixed the issue! I re-synced it and removed one of the Applications (F-Mylife) because it was one of the main applications that kept crashing that I knew I didn't have any data or log in information I would lose. I didn't delete it from the phone I did it through iTunes. Once it was removed I re added it and I got an error message saying I am not authorized to use that application on the computer I was using therefor it couldn't transfer it. I went up to Advance and clicked authorize computer and did another sync and now EVERYTHING works.

A couple days I switched my iPhone main sync from my desktop to my macbook pro and it wasn't authorized yet. So I don't know if THAT was the issue or if it was the re-syncing that fixed it. But now ALL applications work fine. So hopefully this helps!; Like this


by entelechy3 June 18, 2009 11:38 AM PDT: I'm a 3G owner and I've enjoyed 3.0 thus far. Things do seem to work quicker, there are myriad very minor changes that are quite useful (finally being able to delete individual texts among them), and all-around it's an upgrade that'll keep me happy until they roll out the 3GS's successor.

All that said, I'm still a little peeved it took them this long to finally give us some of the basics (they really needed three iterations before they finally spread landscape mode across the rest of the applications? Really?), and as usual, the AT&T/Apple partnership is grinding along with all the fluidity of a mudslide (would it have been too much to ask to have MMS capability ready by the time the release came out? I'm not buying their "need to delete codes from accounts" BS). But, I suppose, these complaints are just the squabblings of a relatively avid Apple fan who's gotten used to everything the company's turned out just working perfectly out of the box.

Anyway, I downloaded and installed the update without a problem yesterday around 1pm eastern, but haven't been able to access the iTunes store or the app store since... anybody else still finding the servers bogged down?; Like this Reply to this comment


by tsteele93 June 18, 2009 5:23 PM PDT: I am having problems with a game app - Adventures of Montezuma. It runs but PAINFULLY slow, as if there are several apps using up processor time in the background. Sometimes it gets so bad that it crawls to a stop.

While this is just a game, it makes me worry that other apps are being slowed similarly. I was hoping 3.0 was going to optimize code and speed the 3g iPhone up - not slow it down.; Like this Reply to this comment

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