iPhone Software 3.0 beta 3 delivers gradual improvements

Apple on Tuesday evening made available to iPhone developers a third beta of iPhone Software 3.0 showing some early signs of optimizations and carrying with it an updated version of the iPhone SDK 3.0.

iPhone Software 3.0

Available in four distinct distributions — iPhone, iPhone 3G, first-gen iPod touch, and second-gen iPod touch — the third beta of iPhone OS 3.0 carries build number 7A280f and arrives exactly two weeks after the second beta.

People familiar with the software in the brief time that its been available have been reporting speed optimizations during keyboard input and use of the included App Store application.

Spotlight also reportedly saves its last search results and offers options for excluding applications from searches, though it's unclear if these two findings are new to beta 3.

iPhone SDK 3.0

Arriving in tandem with iPhone Software 3.0 beta 3 was a similarly labeled beta of iPhone SDK 3.0 carrying build number 9M2728. Among the changes included with the new build is an updated beta of the Xcode IDE that showcases a new Overview toolbar and a "completely revamped" assistant interface for creating new projects, targets and files.

Meanwhile, updates to Interface Builder introduce new drag-and-drop capabilities for repairing objects and reordering files in document outline view, as well as a new string table interface that simplifies the process of making textual changes across multiple documents.

Apple did warn developers that an issue with beta 3 of iPhone Software 3.0 will prevent them from running iPhone apps that have been compiled for earlier version of the iPhone software, but said it hopes to resolve the issue with the release of the next beta.

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43 Comments

solipsism

said about 15 years ago

Does the YouTube app work in Beta 3. It stopped working in my Beta 2.

nasserae

said about 15 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by solipsism

Does the YouTube app work in Beta 3. It stopped working in my Beta 2.

Yep. It seems they fixed the problem.

pg4g

said about 15 years ago

hey Solipsism, you asked about Snow Leopard and why iPhone 3.0 isn't based on it in another thread. Did you get my response?

solipsism

said about 15 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by NasserAE

Yep. It seems they fixed the problem.

Sweet! I hope I don't need SDK 3.0 Beta 3 to install it. I'm using my cellular card and it will tkae many hours.

Something I noticed in the v3.0 betas that I find really nice and won't make any spec sheet is the way Maps work. When I used to readjust my location when using the GPS I would want it to recalculate form my Current Location. With v2.x it would have the street of the last calculation from the previous Current Location. This was fixed by removing the name and timing 'c' to bring up current location as an option. In v3.0 it automatically has Current Location in there. Not a big deal, but something that saved me a couple small steps.

Also, the iPod app now has an option in AudioBooks to jump back 30 seconds at a time. It's where the Genius button is on music tracks. And when you get a call that is not in your phonebook it shows you the city and state that area is for, though it seems to only appear in your recent/missed calles and voicemail list, not when the call is coming in. I hope that add it to the latter.

(I think these are v3.0 features and not from v2.x or earlier. If they are, please excuse my lackluster observation skills)