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Apple releases iPhone Software Update 3.0 to the public

Jun. 17, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Apple:

The free iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update includes some great new features, as well as all the features from previous updates. iPhone OS 3.0 also lets you run the next generation of iPhone apps, like peer-to-peer games and more. If you’ve never updated before, now is the perfect time.

Cut, Copy & Paste

Quickly and easily cut, copy, and paste text from application to application. Select entire blocks of web text with a tap. Copy and paste images from the web, too.

Landscape Keyboard

Want more room to type? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.

MMS (not on AT&T)

Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio, and contact info.2 Even tap to snap a picture or shoot a video right inside Messages.

Spotlight Search

Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all of your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.

Voice Memos

Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset.

Improved Calendar

Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support.

Buy Movies, TV Shows, and Audiobooks

Download movies, TV shows, music videos, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store on your iPhone.

And so on.

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Grannyville
on Jun 17, 2009
There's some pretty nice features in that bundle of goodness. Too bad I have a jail broken iPhone. I wish they could update the Notes app so you can save some notes directly on the home screen. Is tethering only happening with the 3G S?
adamb1000
on Jun 17, 2009
The iPhone Dev team should release a jailbreak for 3.0 later today.
DarkSages
on Jun 17, 2009
@Grannyville "Is tethering only happening with the 3G S?" I don't belive so but becasue of ATT US user will not. They claim that they will allow it in the future but when and for how mush $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
danieldecker
on Jun 17, 2009
Tethering is a *carrier dependent* feature of the 3.0 *software*, only the compass, voice control, and video recording are dependent on the updated hardware (3G S)
chuckb84
on Jun 17, 2009
No, tethering will also work with 3G, once d@mn ATT gets their act together and figures out how much more money to screw out of its customers. ATT is the worst part of the whole iPhone bit. I am very hopeful that the jailbreak expected later today will reenable PDANet.
subzerohitman721
on Jun 17, 2009
I am in the process of downloading the update for the iPod Touch. Best part of the deal? No AT&T. You'd figure the top mobile carrier in the U.S. would be able to support all of this wonderful technology on day one. Sorry, the international carriers are ready to go. However, this goes back to a question I asked a long time ago. Who choose AT&T? Steve Jobs. Very bad decision, Mr. Jobs. Please tell us there will be no more exclusivity clauses? Two carriers in the U.S., for crying out loud! Also, can we please have iPhones in the future with one for Wi-Max and one for LTE?
chuckb84
on Jun 17, 2009
This explains how to enable tethering WITHOUT a jailbreak. If you are interested, I suggest you go get this quickly. Read the comments section for a simplified procedure that doesn't involve installing a prerelease version of itunes. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10265889-233.html And, of course, this may break when the next software update occurs....
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 17, 2009
sacr3dc0w, "Don't blame Jobs" Wrong. Absolutely blame Jobs. If he couldn't get the deal he wanted with Verizon then he could have changed his deal if that was more important than taking responsibility for whatever issues there were with at&t wireless. It was his call, he made the decision and so he deserves the credit and the blame. As for Verizon, since we don't know what Jobs offer was, it's hard to say they didn't end up winning out. It could well have been a deal where the carrier lost money on each phone but gained enough in subsidies and other credits to cover network expansion or some other detail that would be worth it to the then almost bankrupt at&t but insane for a carrier that was successful.
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
STOP.THE.PRESSES! Both Pogue and Mossberg criticized the iPhone today. This is *not* supposed to happen...at least not according to this website. Pogue: >>no physical keyboard, no way to swap the battery yourself and no way to avoid using AT&T as your carrier.<< Mossberg: >>I don’t think this latest iPhone is as compelling an upgrade for the average user as the 3G model was last year. / The iPhone still lacks a physical keyboard. It still can’t run more than one third-party app at a time, as the Pre does. Its otherwise excellent Web browser still can’t play videos created in Adobe’s Flash software, which is widely used on the Web. And it still isn’t available on any U.S. carrier besides AT&T.<< Bonus - Inhatko: >>I’m running through the list of highlights and I’m seeing a great many items that have been the bread-and-water of premium smartphones for years. / Good Lord, it’s been a hell of a wait for some basic functionality...
Grannyville
on Jun 17, 2009
Cheers guys for the info. My iPhone is still on 1.1.4. I couldn't find the right program to upgrade and jail break my phone to version 2.x from 1.1.4. (Any recommendations would be nice : ) ) But I'm not all the fussed, however, it would be nice to have some of the newer features like MMS and copy & paste. Apps don't really appeal to me that much. I'm happy to use it as my music player with SMS tagged onto it : ).
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
>>If he couldn't get the deal he wanted with Verizon then he could have changed his deal<< The iPhone platform is a unqualified business success. I'd say Jobs has done well in demanding that things be done his way.
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
I'm getting a iPod touch (in probably September) when it follows with all the new hardware that the iPhone 3G S has now...
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 17, 2009
Ocea "The iPhone platform is a unqualified business success. I'd say Jobs has done well in demanding that things be done his way" But the question was whether it would have been a success for Verizon with the deal Jobs offered them. They may well have been right to say no. Again, though, the choice of contract and carrier was, at the end, up to Jobs so any responsibility for problems that result from that deal (like delayed MMS, bad coverage, network issues and whatever the results are for tethering costs and availability) are Jobs' responsibility.
SPiotr
on Jun 17, 2009
@ocean "Both Pogue and Mossberg criticized the iPhone today" I wouldn't pay those guys much heed. They are known members of an infamous evil and deceitful sect.
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
I (and the market) say big deal to "delayed MMS, bad coverage, network issues and whatever the results are for tethering costs and availability". It seems (and the market agrees) that Apple got much more right than wrong.
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 17, 2009
Ocean Well, you and the market are only a small percentage of either Cell Phone users or Smart Phone users no matter how defined (roughly 10-17% depending on wh is measuring and how) so apparently a lot of people ARE saying it's a big deal.
Waethorn
on Jun 17, 2009
I will add to what Ihnatko said: All of those features (short of buying media from the iTunes store on the phone) has been available in Windows Mobile for years.
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
>>Well, you and the market are only a small percentage of either Cell Phone users or Smart Phone users no matter how defined<< True. Thats why I said in my first post: "The iPhone platform is a unqualified business success." Apple targeted a sliver of the market it thought would be ready and willing to go with it's platform and it's become "a unqualified business success" there. Can anyone argue that Apple has been unsuccessful? No. They only argue hypothetical "could have been more successful" scenarios. Well...they could have be wholly less successful in those scenarios too. We don't know. Lets just stick to reality where it is: "a unqualified business success" .
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
Waethorn: Thats exactly what Ihnatko said. But I thought all these guys did was fawn all over Apple. Weird. That, or someone has been over-exaggerating.
DarkSages
on Jun 17, 2009
@Ocean "I (and the market) say big deal to "delayed MMS, bad.. " Ocean ok we get it the iPhone is selling but I don't think it is selling becuase of the great carrier ATT. It would have sold about the same if not better if it would have gone with a different carrier. The problem is not the iPhone it is ATT, I will also point out that those that actually bougth the first iPhones and are still buying them with their ATTs rediculust prices for their plans... I am in a family plan with sprint and on avarage I pay $40 for 600m unlimited text/data. Also because I have a touch diamond I have an app that gives me free tethering over wifi or usb.
Waethorn
on Jun 17, 2009
@Ocean: I probably could've bet money that if El Steve-O was at Macworld and WWDC, they'd be making excuses for the iPhones lack of features instead.
bAsKeT cAsE
on Jun 17, 2009
im just a bit annoyed that i have to pay $10 for each update they release. its pathetic really.
boyreinvented
on Jun 17, 2009
The reason that Jobs went with AT&T is that they have a GSM network, like the rest of the world. One model for worldwide usage. Simple.
Waethorn
on Jun 17, 2009
"The reason that Jobs went with AT&T is that they have a GSM network, like the rest of the world. One model for worldwide usage. Simple." Then ask him why the world uses different GSM frequencies abroad, and why AT&T doesn't use them, or why there isn't one iPhone that rules them all.
DRWAM
on Jun 17, 2009
Grannyville, there is no app that will update a jailbroken phone. You must still backup, restore, update, then re-jailbreak or unlock, then download all your apps that were not from iTunes as they will all be erased. I updated to 3.0 and I'm awaiting for the new jailbreak app. I skipped 2.21 update as I did not want to do it all over again.
Lindy
on Jun 17, 2009
boyreinvented is correct. Sprint and Verizon are not on GSM, like the rest of the planet. ATT has or had the most subscribers making the most money for upgrades. So Apple jumped into the cell phone market and they picked the biggest cell provider in the US to start their adventure into cell phones. They also chose only GSM to help keep costs down and allow easy global roll out. How hard is that to understand. My personal phone has been on Cingular/ATT and for the last 8 years my coverage and service has been perfect. My work phone is with Sprint and where I live (Northern CA) Sprint is effing horrible. ATT is either horrible or perfect depending upon where you live. I would bet that is the same for all vendors. Again not a tough concept to figure out.
Lindy
on Jun 17, 2009
@Darksages the new iPhone is sold out right now. It has been sold out for at least a week. I am not seeing how ATT is holding them back?
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 17, 2009
Ocean: Conclusions: Pogue: In the meantime, these are excellent upgrades—maybe not enough for you to switch from the iPhone 3G, but definitely enough to keep the iPhone at the top of most people’s wish lists. Mossberg: Both the new iPhone and iPhone OS are packed with features that make a great product even better. Not exactly panning the new stuff... Or, as they'll show up in the advertising: "Packed with features that make a great product even better." - Walt Mossberg "[iPhone 3G[s] is] at the top of most people’s wish lists" - David Pogue
Jon Fingas
on Jun 17, 2009
While Apple might have picked Verizon at first, it probably made the wise move in the long term and seems to say as much now. A CDMA iPhone would probably have been available on Sprint, Verizon, Bell and Telus. That's it. Apple would have had to build a second model to serve everyone else. Plus, as Pre users are finding out, you can't use EVDO data and CDMA calls at the same time while you can do both calls and voice on AT&T's network. Let's just hope rumours of a major AT&T capacity upgrade (not just speed) are true, because it needs that.
rr0de74@live.com
on Jun 17, 2009
Mike I must ask, why do you even post in these Apple only blog threads? You clearly hate Apple and everyone that comes here knows that like they know their name. This thread is about the 3.0 update for the iPhone and even Paul was matter of fact, to the point. I am pretty sure you dont own any Apple products. Yet you come here and blather on at the resident Microsoft shill. Strange. To add my 2 cents. ATT has be nothing but good to me. My wife has a iPhone gen1 and will upgrading to the 3G S as soon as she has time to get down to either ATT or an Apple store. I support Exchange in a corporate environment and if I had a choice I would either use a BB Curve or iPhone. BB for pure business messaging or iPhone for everything. Unfortunately I am given a Windows Mobile phone and its less than stellar, 8 days a week.
Ocean
on Jun 17, 2009
>>Not exactly panning the new stuff...<< There is no major reviewer that is...Paul included. They aren't much different from Paul...at all.
johnbaxter
on Jun 17, 2009
Given the Verizon coverage here, I would have had to skip the iPhone had it been Verizon. (Or T-Mobile, or Sprint) I was in fact going to leave Verizon for AT&T whether I went with the iPhone or not. (I was off Verizon contract in mid May of iPhone year.)
RunTimeError
on Jun 17, 2009
Ocean, Like I've said before, don't confuse Mikegalos and Waethorn with "logic".
RobertC
on Jun 17, 2009
Arguably the best network in the world to run the iPhone 3G/3GS is on Telstra's NextG network in Australia. It is simply the best available anywhere in terms of speed, coverage and reliability. It runs on UMTS 850, supports tethering, video calling, HSDPA at 21mbps, HSUPA, MMS - everything and it's done so since October 2006. The United States is way behind the rest of the world on this stuff. Really. Much like their cars. It's ironic, because you yanks are pretty innovative when you try but the big corporates can't be bothered investing.
RobertC
on Jun 17, 2009
I for one, still can't see why the US goes gaga for Sprint's old and crappy EVDO network. It can't even do simultaneous data transfer. It's old technology. Get with the times.
trieste
on Jun 17, 2009
Posting Apple related topics in a Windows site is of course waving a red rag at a bull. Mikegalos and Waethorn play the part of/by talking bullocks. (It's funnier if you're not North American)
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 17, 2009
rr0 "Mike I must ask, why do you even post in these Apple only blog threads" Two questions for you as a reply: 1) Why is the Windows Supersite flooded by Mac fans and ABM Windows bashers? 2) Why is it that those same people don't actually answer the factual questions and comments and, instead, turn to personal attacks when their mythos is challenged by reality? Seriously. Read through these comments and see who presented facts and who just spouted unmeasurable opinion? Who went to personal attack and who answered questions? When you've done that, get back to us (or go and hang out on a Mac site where you can repeat what Cupertino has told you without anyone asking any quesitons you'd rather not hear)
Waethorn
on Jun 18, 2009
"But I thought all these guys did was fawn all over Apple. Weird. That, or someone has been over-exaggerating." Their RDF has been fading since Jobs wasn't at Macworld or WWDC this year. Reality is finally catching up with them.
Dipsh t Admin
on Jun 18, 2009
"The reason that Jobs went with AT&T is that they have a GSM network, like the rest of the world. One model for worldwide usage. Simple." Not really that simple. As mentioned, even with GSM, they use difference bands in different countries. And GSM being the world wide standard somehow is a falsehood. True, they do have more deployments and subscribers, but CDMA is not slacking in any way. Certainly, deployments through Europe are slim for CDMA, but *little* countries like China have pretty big deployments. http://www.cdg.org/worldwide/index.asp?h_area=0&h_technology=999
Waethorn
on Jun 18, 2009
"Arguably the best network in the world to run the iPhone 3G/3GS is on Telstra's NextG network in Australia. It is simply the best available anywhere in terms of speed, coverage and reliability. It runs on UMTS 850, supports tethering, video calling, HSDPA at 21mbps, HSUPA, MMS - everything and it's done so since October 2006." According to Telstra, they still don't have a single USB modem that supports 21Mbps mode, and I have to point out that the iPhone doesn't support that speed either. The maximum it supports is HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps. That's all. Telstra: The company that brought you the nation's most reviled internet service: BigPond.
chuckb84
on Jun 18, 2009
Mike, "1) Why is the Windows Supersite flooded by Mac fans and ABM Windows bashers?" Why, it's for what Paul calls "balance". He's stated repeatedly that his tirades against Apple are to "balance" the Mac fanboi sites, so I take him at his word and try to provide it here. A few people (maybe, hopefully, just a little?) may have noticed that I occasionally indulge in some sarcasm, a little irony, and do sometimes note the hypocrisy and obvious vested economic interest being served on this blog. (I won't repost the Upton Sinclair line for a few more days). If Paul would STFU with Apple BS, I think you'd find that you could all enjoy the echo chamber much more peacefully. I don't object to rational comments, but things like this, "At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco yesterday, a Steve Jobs–less Apple attempted to live up to the on-stage shenanigans of its maestro, announcing new products, taking one-sided jabs at competitors, and generally exaggerating things before a tittering, sycophantic crowd." What is he, four years old?
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 18, 2009
chuck, So it's your contention that Paul personally invited Mac fans and ABM Windows bashers here to promote "balance"? Interesting. You'd think that given that invitation you guys would be trying to use rational thought rather than a wierd persecution complex and personal attacks as a way to make your point. Oh well, I guess you play with what you have. (As for Paul's description of the WWDC keynote, it looks pretty accurate to me. Care to say which part you think isn't accurate? Here's my checklist... Steve Jobs-less? Check Announcing new products? Check Taking one-sided jabs at competitors? Check Generally exaggerating things? Check A tittering, sycophantic crowd? Check
Dipsh t Admin
on Jun 18, 2009
"I think you'd find that you could all enjoy the echo chamber much more peacefully." I doubt that. rj will still be around promoting his FUD either way, and every little criticism, even if warranted, will lead many to lash out against Paul as a shill. I've said it before, that his behavior is a extension of the Mac fanatic base that posts here. Reread the "Thin skins of Mac fans" post he did some time ago. It explains it all quite well.
Ocean
on Jun 18, 2009
Mike is the fierce MS partisan (partisan a la Cheny) that many MS fans wish Paul was.
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 18, 2009
Ocean And, once again, the personal comment rather than pertinent facts. I do find it amusing how low the signal to noise ratio is in defense of Apple. I think we've had more comments on my beard than pro-Apple comments with actual, documented facts.
Ocean
on Jun 18, 2009
It's a truthful statement. Apple needs no defending. They are a successful business in the niche they've carved out for themselves. They are influencing the entire industry in both OS and Smartphone development.
chuckb84
on Jun 18, 2009
Mike, "So it's your contention that Paul personally invited Mac fans and ABM Windows bashers here to promote "balance"?" No, it is my contention that if Paul acts like a jackass, he'll be regarded as a shill, a faux "journalist", a fanboi, an Enderle-in-waiting, and the devolution of these threads will continue. The frustration is that he does good commentary on occasion and his reviews have depth that nears that of Ars and other sites I respect. However, the "tittering sycophant" line, how anyone who uses a Mac is always---always--referred to to as an "Apple fanatic", how it is always "Goatberg", the personal attacks, either to individuals (Mossberg), or collectively, to Apple users, that I can't stand. He encourages the more ridiculous drivel in this echo chamber and it really lowers the level of the discussion. As for, " a wierd persecution complex and personal attacks"...this describes Paul's attitude in a nutshell. Again, not always, but certain things just send him spinning off into the bizarro world. He does a GOOD job criticizing Microsoft, on occasion, but just flips out over Apple.
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 18, 2009
Chuck Or, to put it into a measurable and factual basis: Number of years Macintosh has been on the market: 25 Number of years Macintosh has been competing with Windows: 23 Current Macintosh users as a percentage of all Personal Computer users: less than 3.5% People who think nobody ever went to the moon and NASA faked the moon landings on a sound stage: 6% (Mac user share data taken from Apple's 2009 WWDC Keynote. Moon Landing a Hoax data taken from two Gallop polls)
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 18, 2009
Ocean "They are influencing the entire industry in both OS and Smartphone development." Please justify that comment regarding OS development (we'll save Smartphone for another day as that's actually plausable in some ways) How is Apple influencing the entire industry in OS development? Please, feel free to point out where Mac OS X was the operating system that drove the others to play catch-up. (And, no, commenting on my beard is not a relevant answer)
mikegalos@msn.com
on Jun 18, 2009
And Chuck, it IS amusing that the only time you list that Paul even occasionally does a "GOOD job" is when he criticizes Microsoft. I think that you answered your own post quite well with calling out what the only criterion for success is in your eyes.

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