As we all known that the latest and greatest iPhone OS 3.0 is going to be made public on 17th of June. Here is a list of more than 100 new features in iPhone OS 3.0.
iPhone OS 3.0 Features list
- Cut/Paste
- Copy/Paste
- Shake to undo/redo typing
- Text selection for easy mass deletion
- MMS
- Landscape keyboard in Notes
- Landscape keyboard in Mail
- Landscape keyboard in Messages
- Forward texts or picture messages
- Delete individual texts or picture messages
- Sending progress bar in Messages app moved to title instead of over the keyboard area (allows typing new message while the first one is sending)
- USB tethering
- Bluetooth tethering
- Stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
- Spotlight search (searches all app titles, mail, media, contact details, and calendar appointments)
- Search in Notes
- Search in Mail
- Search in iPod
- In-App purchases
- Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Spotlight Search
- Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Camera
- Preview icon in lower left hand corner for last shot taken in Camera app
- Shake to shuffle in iPod
- Scrolling of screenshots in App Store
- Type of phone used under each call in Recents (i.e., mobile, home, work, etc.)
- Call history log (including call duration)
- Option to Share Contact in each contact listing
- Hold link in Safari to Copy
- Hold link in Safari to Open in New Page
- Auto Fill contact information, usernames and passwords in Safari
- Login to your YouTube account
- See Comments in YouTube
- Subscribe in YouTube
- Rate in YouTube
- Shake to undo what you have typed
- Option to retry sending failed text messages, indicated by red exclamation point next to text
- Turn-by-turn GPS capabilities
- Maps can be run inside other applications
- Access to dock port for accessories to communicate
- Peer-to-peer connectivity using Bluetooth (no Wi-Fi required)
- New Voice memo application
- Extended Parental controls
- Anti-phishing
- Wi-Fi auto login
- Note syncing in iTunes
- Improved Stocks app
- New calendar types (CalDAV)
- Prompt to confirm deleting a note
- Prompt to confirm deleting a photo
- Option to select multiple photos to attach to an email
- “Find My iPhone” option for MobileMe users
- Unlimited size podcast downloads over 3G
- Pushing home button on first home screen takes user to Spotlight
- Pushing home button on Spotlight takes user to first home screen
- Variable speed playback for audio books
- App Store subscriptions
- Push notifications
- Audio/Video tags
- New video streaming capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
- Calendar subscriptions
- iTunes login
- iTunes account creation
- Encypted profiles
- LDAP (directory services)
- VPN on-demand
- EAP SIM
- Proxy support
- OTA profiles
- Revoke certificates
- Exchange ActiveSync Policies
- Media scrubber
- More languages
- Improved keyboards
- Failed app updates now are shown in a duplicate icon and labeled “Paused”
- When selecting multiple emails to forward/delete, any unread emails’ blue dot are shown next to the red selector dot instead of being overridden by the red selector dot
- Non-contact phone calls list their city and state of origin in Recents and Visual Voicemail under the number.
- Ability to change ringtones straight from Favorites
- Lap time display now displayed smaller and above time in Stopwatch
- Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
- Swipe to delete notes in the Notes app
- Advanced Bluetooth options for Handsfree devices
- Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
- Improved predictive dictionary
- Blue dot now displayed in center of location circle in Maps (V1 only)
- Listening to music while charging the battery now displays the album art instead of the battery
- Smaller font for song title on lock screen
- Option in Phone Settings to choose your phone number
- Option to disable text message reminder alerts
- Option to disable text message previews
- Option to show subject field in text messages
- Ability to integrate iPod music into apps
- Clickable email links in App Store app descriptions
- JavaScript 3x speed boost
- 11 homescreens now allowed
- Reboots to “slide to unlock” screen instead of homescreen
- In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
- Application count added in Settings>General>About
- Option “Load Remote Images” added in Mail settings
- Global address book option available if Exchange account is set up
- Speed control in audiobooks
- 30 second repeat option for audiobooks
- Improved scrubbing speeds when holding white dot in song progress bar in iPod
- When sending a text, your text box where you typed smoothly fades from white to green instead of instantly changing from white to green.
- When moving an app across homescreens, holding the app on either the left or right side will slowly advance the app one through one homescreen at a time, without leaving empty spots in the bottom right corner or each homescreen it advances through.
- Album name displayed on lockscreen iPod controls
- Shake to shuffle on lockscreen iPod controls
- Podcasts saved on iPhone now show Run Time, Time Left and Date Published
- Screen goes from dimmed to full brightness after each song when playing the iPod while plugged in
- WAVE file support in Mail
- Attachment no longer automatically downloaded until user taps the attachment in Mail
- When using a bluetooth headset with iPod, volume bar is removed and bluetooth headset name is displayed in its place.
- A hard reset on your phone (holding sleep and home for 10 seconds) now turns it off instead of restarting it.
- A space is no longer needed between two words for predictive texting to function.
The new iPhone 3GS is also due on June 19th. So, it would be a great month for Apple Lovers.
Let us know which one(s) of above mentioned features are your favourite ones.
some of these feature (eg. when moving app, screen changes without leaving blank spaces) are already available on OS 2.2.1. i just did it then on my ipod touch.
although the ‘bottom right fill in’ is a nice addition…
can i minimize apps on my iphone?
@ Hamood
you need to install Backgrounder from Cydia. it will let you switch between applications without actually closing them.
http://www.iphoneheat.com/2009/05/iphone-backgrounder-utility-updated-to-svnr230/