Katie Marsal
As promised, the presentation stream is now accessible for those who were unable to attend Tuesday's event at Apple's Cupertino headquarters.
During the event, Apple revealed fundamental changes to the interface for all iPhones, including the ability to cut, copy and paste text across the entire operating system (step-by-step photos), search built into the main OS via Spotlight and in core apps, and MMS (photos). The company also brought in landscape viewing and typing into software like Mail.
In addition to the details for end users, Apple has also significantly improved the features developers can access that will have an impact on users (see some upcoming apps). Apps now support purchases and subscriptions without having to download separate apps. Developers can also directly communicate with accessories, embed Google Maps or integrate turn-by-turn GPS. Apple's long-delayed background push notification system is also due and will let apps receive notices when inactive (details & photos).
Other changes, such as access to the iPhone's media library, voice recording and a protocol for voice-over-IP, have also been added; there are over 1,000 new APIs for developers to use.
For additional details, please see AppleInsider stories addressing individual topics:
iPhone 3.0 adds Copy & Paste, MMS, global Spotlight search
iPhone 3.0 to include peer-to-peer support, push notification
App Store audience hits 30 million users, 13M iPod touches sold
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25 Comments
The phantom of the Opera.
Good stream, new features demonstrated and described well. Nice to see the iPhone OS leave adolescence and mature into a young adult.
watch 1.5+ hrs to announce new pricing on Apps for developers and Apple to make more $$$?
watch 1.5+ hrs to learn about copy and paste + MMS + Push Notifications?
No thanksThank God this is a free update. It should have been introduced in iPhone 1.0
Hopefully OS 4.0 will have video.
Hopefully OS 4.0 will have video.
OS 3.0 has video and adaptive quality video streaming, as demonstrated by the ESPN app.
Thanks for failing, but you might have wanted to watch the pres' after all.
os 3.0 has video and adaptive quality video streaming, as demonstrated by the espn app.
Thanks for failing, but you might have wanted to watch the pres' after all.
wrong!
It doesnt shoot video...........
I dont care about watching video on the phone. I want to take video.
Thanks for coming out big guy