I have to say, I’m bugged by the lack of battery percentage indicator option for the iPhone 3.0 OS.  This is only because it was supposedly in the beta and because the iPhone, like every other phone I’ve ever seen, isn’t exactly totally accurate in reporting remaining battery life with either its small icon or its big “battery charging” icon.  But still…to make a software-based battery percentage an “iPhone 3G S only” feature is going a little far, isn’t it? 

Other than that, iPhone 3.0 actually does seem more optimized in certain places (the “go home” animation is definitely smoother), and keeping the firmware the same size certainly helps in that department.  The games I have seem to run at least the same.  Cut-copy-paste is a very welcome add.  Voice Memos seems pretty slick, it’s quicker than running YouNote.  Of course, I’m still in the “discovery” phase with 3.0.

I updated last night.  It took well over an hour.  But I updated my son’s as well.

It has improved the speed of safari and typing.

I still need to play with it more to notice other changes.

It will only last one day, since tomorrow I will be getting the new 3GS.

ATT new change of heart lets me update and not wait until July.

David Pogue has a nice article on the 3GS. 

Says it vaults a year ahead of the competition.

Me WANT it!!!! 

Nice!  If you can, say, sell your iPhone 3G around the same price you bought it or better, it’s a no-brainer, right?  (Actually, if AT&T had something like a trade-in program for this - turn in your old iPhone 3G when eligible, get a “free” iPhone 3G S with renewed 2-year contract - they’d be geniuses, but this _is_ AT&T after all.)

As for me, I’ll probably just wait for iPhone 3G S 2 or whatever next June like most other folks.

sstenner - 18 June 2009 09:52 AM

David Pogue has a nice article on the 3GS. 

Says it vaults a year ahead of the competition.

Me WANT it!!!! 

Ironically in the printed version of the NYT David’s article is attributed to that shit Joe Nocera. The guy who said Steve Jobs is dead. Or dying. Who cares - he makes his facts up too.

Mav - 18 June 2009 09:55 AM

Nice!  If you can, say, sell your iPhone 3G around the same price you bought it or better, it’s a no-brainer, right?  (Actually, if AT&T had something like a trade-in program for this - turn in your old iPhone 3G when eligible, get a “free” iPhone 3G S with renewed 2-year contract - they’d be geniuses, but this _is_ AT&T after all.)

As for me, I’ll probably just wait for iPhone 3G S 2 or whatever next June like most other folks.

IF you bought your 3G at the subsidized price ($199/$299) you can attempt to sell it for that price [I am], but there are currently so many available on eBay and other sites that it’s become increasing difficult to get even half the cost back. What reason, for example, would someone pay $199 for a used 8G when they can buy a new one for $99? The 16G was then $299, but is now the low end of the 3GS line at $199. Why buy a used one when the same price gets you newer hardware?

Mav - 18 June 2009 09:55 AM

Nice!  If you can, say, sell your iPhone 3G around the same price you bought it or better, it’s a no-brainer, right?  (Actually, if AT&T had something like a trade-in program for this - turn in your old iPhone 3G when eligible, get a “free” iPhone 3G S with renewed 2-year contract - they’d be geniuses, but this _is_ AT&T after all.)

As for me, I’ll probably just wait for iPhone 3G S 2 or whatever next June like most other folks.

Since I have the original iPhone purchased on day 1 ), I am eligible to upgrade.  I haven’t checked out the prices those are bringing on ebay…maybe people who are looking for a phone to jailbreak would pay enough for me to do it….I’ll have to look into that.  I think I read somewhere that you shouldn’t update to the new OS, if that’s the intention, as jailbreaking isn’t possible or something, with the new OS.

rattyuk - 18 June 2009 09:57 AM

Ironically in the printed version of the NYT David’s article is attributed to that shit Joe Nocera. The guy who said Steve Jobs is dead. Or dying. Who cares - he makes his facts up too.

Really?  What the heck is THAT about? 

3.0 is working well on my original iPhone. I’m pleasantly surprised. I used it last night and this morning as my primary news reader and other than the comparatively slow Edge speeds, it’s an impressive update for an aging phone.

Here’s a (non Apple supplied) list of the “100 new features”

From Everythingicafe:

1. Cut/Paste
2. Copy/Paste
3. Shake to undo/redo typing
4. Text selection for easy mass deletion
5. MMS
6. Landscape keyboard in Notes
7. Landscape keyboard in Mail
8. Landscape keyboard in Messages
9. Forward texts or picture messages
10. Delete individual texts or picture messages
11. 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)
12. USB tethering
13. Bluetooth tethering
14. Stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
15. Spotlight search (searches all app titles, mail, media, contact details, and calendar appointments)
16. Search in Notes
17. Search in Mail
18. Search in iPod
19. In-App purchases
20. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Spotlight Search
21. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Camera
22. Preview icon in lower left hand corner for last shot taken in Camera app
23. Shake to shuffle in iPod
24. Scrolling of screenshots in App Store
25. Type of phone used under each call in Recents (i.e., mobile, home, work, etc.)
26. Call history log (including call duration)
27. Option to Share Contact in each contact listing
28. Hold link in Safari to Copy
29. Hold link in Safari to Open in New Page
30. Auto Fill contact information, usernames and passwords in Safari
31. Login to your YouTube account
32. See Comments in YouTube
33. Subscribe in YouTube
34. Rate in YouTube
35. Shake to undo what you have typed
36. Option to retry sending failed text messages, indicated by red exclamation point next to text
37. Turn-by-turn GPS capabilities
38. Maps can be run inside other applications
39. Access to dock port for accessories to communicate
40. Peer-to-peer connectivity using Bluetooth (no Wi-Fi required)
41. New Voice memo application
42. Extended Parental controls
43. Anti-phishing
44. Wi-Fi auto login
45. Note syncing in iTunes
46. Improved Stocks app
47. New calendar types (CalDAV)
48. Prompt to confirm deleting a note
49. Prompt to confirm deleting a photo
50. Option to select multiple photos to attach to an email
51. “Find My iPhone” option for MobileMe users
52. Unlimited size podcast downloads over 3G
53. Pushing home button on first home screen takes user to Spotlight
54. Pushing home button on Spotlight takes user to first home screen
55. Variable speed playback for audio books
56. App Store subscriptions
57. Push notifications
58. Audio/Video tags
59. New video streaming capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
60. Calendar subscriptions
61. iTunes login
62. iTunes account creation
63. Encypted profiles
64. LDAP (directory services)
65. VPN on-demand
66. EAP SIM
67. Proxy support
68. OTA profiles
69. Revoke certificates
70. Exchange ActiveSync Policies
71. Media scrubber
72. More languages
73. Improved keyboards
74. Failed app updates now are shown in a duplicate icon and labeled “Paused”
75. 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
76. Non-contact phone calls list their city and state of origin in Recents and Visual Voicemail under the number.
77. Ability to change ringtones straight from Favorites
78. Lap time display now displayed smaller and above time in Stopwatch
79. Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
80. Swipe to delete notes in the Notes app
81. Advanced Bluetooth options for Handsfree devices
82. Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
83. Improved predictive dictionary
84. Blue dot now displayed in center of location circle in Maps (V1 only)
85. Listening to music while charging the battery now displays the album art instead of the battery
86. Smaller font for song title on lock screen
87. Option in Phone Settings to choose your phone number
88. Option to disable text message reminder alerts
89. Option to disable text message previews
90. Option to show subject field in text messages
91. Ability to integrate iPod music into apps
92. Clickable email links in App Store app descriptions
93. JavaScript 3x speed boost
94. 11 homescreens now allowed
95. Reboots to “slide to unlock” screen instead of homescreen
96. In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
97. Application count added in Settings>General>About
98. Option “Load Remote Images” added in Mail settings
99. Global address book option available if Exchange account is set up
100. Speed control in audiobooks

Anyone know if we can sync wirelessly to our computers?

I took a quick look around the new OS slitespeed, I think I have to report “negative on that.

Jose

List of Hidden iPhone 3.0 Features, Launch Unlimited Apps with Spotlight

Thursday June 18, 2009 11:12 AM EST; Category: iPhone
Written by arn

MacRumors forum user bndoarn has organized a massive list of hidden 3.0 features. The list is over 96 individual features so far. Some are more significant than others, of course. Here are a few interesting highlights:

- There is no limit to the number of apps that can be installed (beside storage space). Once you reach the home screen limit, Apps installed after that are installed without an icon but can be accessed in Spotlight. You can also use this to hide any apple application (i.e. weather and stocks), if you get to 11 pages.
- In the Settings -> General -> Home Button you can now set the double click to the new search feature or the camera
- Notes now has data detectors. Links are clickable, phone numbers are callable, email address are emailable, and address are locatable (using Maps)
- When a phone call interrupts you, after the phone call you are taken back to the app you were in before you were interrupted
- You can now have 11 home screen pages instead of nine
- Now there is a different way to force quit apps. now you have to hold the sleep/wake button until the red slider appears, then you press and hold down the home button to quit the app

The first on the list is perhaps most notable, allowing you to use Spotlight as an application launcher to avoid swiping through pages and pages of apps and also installing more than the allotted number.

I think the coolest new feature is shake to undo any text input anywhere, even entry fields.

Jose

josesensei - 18 June 2009 07:49 PM

I took a quick look around the new OS slitespeed, I think I have to report “negative on that.

Jose

Thanks Jose, I couldn’t find it either.