The trouble is I can't get used to it. I know its a great feature but I've become one with my iPhone how it was. Must persevere.
The iPhone 3.0 upgrade is available at last on O2. Its a big deal, cementing in place all the learning over the last year or so and some significant improvements. It also has to be bulletproof. Phone OS unreliability on new devlices has haunted other vendors, but not Apple. It needs to stay that way.
As I discover the new features and get a perspective on them I will add my observations to the list here.
I see it. I dont quite believe it. MMS that actually works, is unobtrusive and useful. The main reason for this is that its not called MMS in the user interface and its not hidden away separate from the messaging system. All the other mobile phone OS developers should hang their heads in shame when they see that whats been holding back MMS adoption has been dreadful design without thought to how its used. Im actually going to use MMS now having avoided it like the plague for years and years and years. Look how unobtrusive it is in this my first ever recieved MMS message. Its just 'there' in messaging. No cryptic technical nonsense for me to deal with. To make an MMS message you dont need to think about it or switch any mode or anything like that, you just use the messaging application you already know how to use and add media to it. Brilliant.
Full list of new features
01.Cut, Copy & Paste
At last you can 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.
02.Landscape in more apps
Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes and Safari.
03.Messages - (MMS)
Do you find it hard to get excited about MMS. I certainly do but finally perhaps it might be useful. Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio and contact info. Even tap to snap a picture or shoot a video right inside Messages.
04.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.
05.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.
06.Improved Calendar
Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support.
07.itunes store
Download films, TV programmes, music videos and audiobooks from the iTunes Store on your iPhone.3
08.Stocks
Get more at-a-glance information and view charts in landscape.
09.Safari Improvements
Faster performance, autofill user names and passwords, and more.
10.Internet Tethering
Share your Internet connection with your laptop with Internet tethering via Bluetooth or USB.4
11.Stereo Bluetooth
Connect compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones, car kits or other accessories.
12.Automatic Wi-Fi Login
Log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot and iPhone automatically logs you in when you connect again.
13.Sync Notes
Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPhone back to your Mac or PC.
14.Parental Controls
Decide what music, videos and apps kids can access.
15.iTunes Store Account
Create and log in to one or more iTunes Store accounts directly from your iPhone.5
16.YouTube Login
Log in to your YouTube account to save and sync bookmarks and rate favourites.
17.Shake to Shuffle
Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.
18.New Languages
iPhone supports 30 languages and more than 40 keyboard layouts.
19.Mobile Me
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20.MobileMe Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe
Find your iPhone if you lose it and protect your privacy with Remote Wipe.
21.Latest Maps
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22.Run the Latest Apps
Run the next generation of iPhone apps, like peer-to-peer games1 and more.
