On the upgrade screens on the way to a completely new and better OS, iTunes displayed this list that showed most of the added features:
iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update
This update contains over 100 new features, including the following:
• Cut, Copy & Paste with shake to undo
• Landscape keyboard in key applications
• Enhanced Messages application
- Send and receive photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS*
- Forward and delete single or multiple messages
• Added search feature in Mail, Calendar, Notes and iPod
• Spotlight search across iPhone
• Support for CalDAV and subscriptions in Calendar
• Improvements to Safari
- Performance
- HTML 5 support
- HTTP Streaming audio and video
- Auto-fill usernames and passwords
• New Voice Memos application
• Sync Notes with a Mac or PC via iTunes
• Internet Tethering over USB and Bluetooth*
• Browse and download movies, TV shows, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store**
• Stereo Bluetooth***
• Wi-Fi auto login
• Enhanced Stocks application
• More Parental Control options for Apps, Music, Movies and TV Shows
• iTunes account creation and login**
• YouTube account login and access to subscriptions, ratings and favorites**
• Shake to shuffle
• New languages, dictionaries, and keyboards
• Find my iPhone and Remote Wipe via MobileMe (subscription required)**
• Support for more Exchange policies
• Create and send Exchange meeting invitations
• Search mail on server (Exchange Server 2007 and supported IMAP servers)
• Search LDAP company directory
• VPN on demand and VPN proxy support
• Encrypted configuration profiles
• Encrypted iTunes backups
• 1,000 new developer APIs, including:
- In App Purchases
- Apple Push Notification Service
- Accessories support
- Peer to Peer Connectivity
- Embedded Maps
- iPod Library Access
• Bug fixes
* Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S and requires support from your wireless provider.
** Not available in all regions or in all languages.
*** Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S.
I was totally excited about the Internet Tethering ability (I can use my iPhone as a "modem" for my laptop and don't have to keep looking for WiFi hotspots if I want to browse on a bigger screen!) so I checked Count Dracula (my name for my iPhone, btw) but it turns out that Softbank here in Japan doesn't support Internet Tethering and purportedly won't support it at all. I did manage to find this website that provides some way to get around that tiny problem ;) Though I still have no plans on doing so since I'm not exactly lugging around my laptop with me all the time. And there is no shortage of WiFi hotspots in my area. Heck even hair salons have 'em!
My second great discovery was the ability to have more control on my media's playback. Before I could only scroll in one speed forward and backward on my mp3 or audio books, a totally difficult feat when the whole length of the media is an hour or more (think 11-hour-long audio books!). If only toothpicks or needles could have worked on the touchscreen, then I might have been able to achieve scrolling to my desired location. But it doesn't (err, I didn't try it anyway), and I had to contend myself with listening to the whole previous 5 minutes again even if I just wanted to hear clearly what was said a few seconds back.
Now there's a "button" that allows me to immediately rewind the song or audio book to 30 seconds back, and the scrollbar itself has more options now. Pressing the dot and dragging it up or down allows you to adjust the scrolling speed among the choices high speed, half speed, quarter speed and fine scrubbing. Once you get the speed you want, simply drag your finger left or right again, to scroll to your desired location.
I still haven't gotten around to trying the cut, copy and paste feature, the search feature, the MMS capability and the Bluetooth connectivity but I haven't really been using my iPhone that much since I'm facing the PC most of the time at home. But what the heck, my iPhone's here to stay anyway. I got time.
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