iPhone 3.0 Software Roundup
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 3:35PM 
Well, that's that. We now know what to expect from the next generation of iPhone software. Let's get up to speed quickly:
Landscape keyboard? Yes. Copy/paste? Yes. MMS? Yes, unless you have the first phone. A2DP? Yes, unless you have the first phone. Tethering? Yes, but it's in the carrier's hands now. Expanded bluetooth support? Yes, but again, no A2dp for the first gen phone, and in the Q&A, they oddly mentioned they didn't have anything to announce about the ability to use bluetooth keyboards with the phone. Umm.. Flash? No. Video? No.
So with that, Apple addressed most of the pressing concerns. It's unfortunate to see the first-gen iPhones left out of the MMS and A2DP game. For now, we'll take Apple's word that these weren't implementable on the first phone. I stress, for now.
A lot of time was spent having developers show off what they can do with the new APIs for the 3.0 software. Most of the time seemed to focus on new ways to separate you from your money via new in-game purchases like extra weapons, levels, etc. That part really wasn't exciting for consumers, but I'm sure it'll rally the app troops looking for a way to turn bigger profits on a $5 game.
It's just a shame we have to wait until June for the official release of the software. What did you think? Good event, or did Apple leave out things from your wish list?
Reader Comments (3)
I think that with the amount of features added, the update should not be a 3.0 but a 2.# The 2.0 update had the App Store, and this update doesn't have anything nearly as big. I also was hoping for folders, even though I believe that still shouldn't push it to 3.0.
guess i need to upgrade now
I'm still not clear on precisely what bluetooth support we are, and aren't getting.