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iPhone OS 3.0
Tech Blog —
... Finally, Apple has added the cut and paste function in their iPhone OS 3.0 software. Basically, "when you double-tap over text, you will get a "cut, copy, and paste" bubble dialog." Click here for the live event gallery.
This works across applications. You can expand your selection points using your thumbs and, if you accidentally paste something you didn't want to paste, just shake your iPhone to undo it.
[via Gizmodo - Engadget]
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iPhone 3.0 Firmware gets previewed Today
I4U News —
... today as well in addition to a premium App Store. Several sites will offer live blogging from today's Apple event starting at 10am PCT. We will be following the event on these sites: Engadget ...
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 preview event gets started
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... Once in their seats everyone had seems to be expecting the same thing , and that’s not surprising. The presentation starts and the lights start dimming. The event starts with Greg Joswiak saying they will be showing some future plans, but before this he talks about the iPhone being in over 80 countries. We will be updating you as the news comes in, just keep an eye on our Apple news section , join our feed or view the live blog on Engadget via the source link below. Source: Read Sign up to our Newsletter for updates or select a news feed CLICK HERE ...
Apple Revises Applications and Apps Store Functions
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... FM tuners that will interact with the device itself. Apple also said that it will allow developers to build Google Maps directly into their own applications, and will enable turn-by-turn directions. Apple said that it is finally bringing push notification to iPhone OS. Apple said that it had to re-work how its background processes work to better manage battery life. Apple is adding a new API that will support audio and video streaming to the iPhone, as well as in-game voice support. more info at Engadget ...
Apple introduces more ways to spend money on your iPhone
DVICE Atom Feed —
... iPhone's software development kit (SDK). Now app designers will be able to charge you money while you're using an app instead of just when you buy it. For example, you might be able to get Levels 1 to 10 of a game when you first get it from the App Store, but then it'll prompt you to cough up more cash if you want to see Levels 11 and above. Free apps won't be able to do this, though.
Anyone else totallycompletelyhugely excited to spend more money on their iPhone?
Via Engadget
Apple iPhone 3.0 OS preview event and recap
Phones Review —
... need to know where we all are with the iPhone. The iPhone is now in 80 countries which is a massive success and before they shipped its first phone they set a goal, their goal was to sell 10 million phones and with 13.7m sold is a major success (he actually said “We blew it away.”).
Altogether they have sold 17m, so you can see how the iPhone is doing and how well it will continue to do. We here at Phones Review will keep you posted about the latest news.
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Apple Announces New iPhone Features
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... select text, and also showed that if you shake the phone (i.e., useing the accelerometer), it will unselect what users have selected. Apple also said that it will now support the QWERTY keyboard in all applications when in landscape mode, and not just the browser. Users will now be able to attach more than one image at a time to emails, and the iPhone now supports MMS. The iPhone will now be able to record voice memos, as well as conduct searches within all applications on the device. more info at Engadget ...
Apple iPhone OS 3.0: Scott Forstall on Apps, Devs & Features
Phones Review —
... directly with the iTunes store, when you tap the screen to buy, it will bring up the standard iTunes authentication panel.
He also mentioned “City Guide, you can sell the app, and then sell new cities from within the application. This is for paid apps only.” “The model for in-app sales is the same as the rest of the App Store, 70% goes to developers.”
Of course free apps will stay free and will not be asked to buy something in that app.
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Apple iPhone OS 3.0: Peer to Peer connectivity
Phones Review —
... info with anyone, it does NOT matter if there is a wi-fi network available. This makes it so much easier to say the least.
Peer to Peer connectivity is what we will all love, a brand new API which will let you find all other iPhones/iPod touches in the area playing the same game. Play games with friends locally over the network, cool features like “Automatic Discovery” will make so much easier to do, using Bluetooth and NOT via Wi-Fi, NO pairing —completely seamless.
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iPhone 3.0: Underwhelming, Super-Exciting or Just Right?
jkOnTheRun —
... a long lunch with St. Patrick (or just some old guy in green clothes, I’m not sure which) and just catching up on the Apple iPhone 3.0 Software event. By now, you’ve probably seen that cut, copy and paste made the cut. So did MMS support (for 3G models), stereo Bluetooth, universal search in the form of Spotlight, and Push notifications which apparently got pushed into this year. Actually, there’s plenty more good stuff in there as you can see from Engadget’s live blog, which was my first stop. No news on new hardware, which ...
Apple iPhone 3.0 OS: Accessories that work with iPhone & iPods
Phones Review —
... the event showed off a blood pressure reader which interfaces with the iPhone (Now that is awesome).
What about medical applications? Well there is this medical cuff for example that will chat with the iPhone and will help you track your blood pressure over time, this is so good it means that developers can take full advantage of accessories and talking to accessories via such suck connectors or even via Bluetooth. We will bring you more on this over the next few weeks.
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Apple iPhone 3.0: Embed Maps into App, Core Location & More
Phones Review —
... hybrid, map views, Wi-Fi/mobile location, pinch-and-zoom and there is also reverse geo-code your location.
Developers will have the opportunity to use Core Location as basis for turn-by-turn direction applications. Apparently you will have to bring your own maps because of licensing; you cannot use built-in map tiles for turn-by-turn because that will be Google’s API license. Oh yes as they say because you will have your very own iPhone GPS system when 3.0 arrives.
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Will you pay for Apple iPhone game subscriptions?
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... (AAPL) covered a number of new features for the iPhone, one of those was called Say Prompts. This new feature will allow you to purchase a game with 10 levels; once you have completed the game you can just tap to update the game with another 10 levels, for a cost of course. This new feature will work with Apple’s iTunes Store, when you tap the screen to purchase the update, this will bring up the standard iTunes authentication panel. Will you pay for Apple iPhone game subscriptions? Source via ...
Apple iPhone 3.0 OS: Cut, Copy and Paste demo details
Phones Review —
... software; you can select multiple pictures and copy them, then paste them into a mail message.
Scott at the event said “Cocoa Touch controls have support for copy/paste built in. “Next… landscape. We always had support for landscape built in. This is great for reading stories. A lot of users love that landscape keyboard. We’re now taking that to all of our key apps. Starting with Mail. So, landscape in Mail. It works in Notes and SMS as well.”
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