Jump Out of Your Skin

Here we are in Europe waiting for the download patiently.  Apple said it would be today but they did not say when.  However when it does happen the servers will be hit hard and not doubt there will be a lot of waiting time.

With over 300 new features this is a long awaited update to the phone and brings it closer to what its competitors in Blackberry and Palm could already do in the smart phone front.

I think it also heralds a new peak in sales with the new 3Gs coming out as the obstacles in the past for people taking the iPhone as their primary smart phone are now largely removed.

I will watch with interest as O2 my Irish provider of the iPhone have yet to release their upgrade path for existing users.  With a monopoly I am not optimistic of any attractive plan and will probably be with this version for another 12-18 months before being in a position to move to the newer 3GS version.

Let me know what you think of the new Os and more importantly when it actually comes out,

There is a growing buzz amongst iPhone users with the upcoming June 8th release of the new iPhone OS 3.0 at Apple’s  WWDC event in San Francisco. There is also a lot of debate as to whether a new version of the iPhone will come out at that date. .

If you can’t remember the features promised earlier this year and have not been part of the beta program here is the March 17th Apple presentation where Apple announced the proposed features.

Here are the some of features that our Apple crazy house is looking forward to.

• Push technology
• Cut, copy, and paste.  This brings the iPhone into the realms of current Smart phones out there
• Send photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS  Even the most basic phones have these features and it will allow me at last forward messages to my friends phones.  This release also allows you to copy and paste photos – nice.
• Read and compose email and text messages in landscape mode.  This will be great as it also widens the keyboard making it easier to manage messges.
• Search your iPhone like Spotlight on the Mac – searches your mail aexcel.
• And to all the nice neat applications that developers are busy creating to match this set of features

Some Useful links to information about the OS 3.0 Release

• WWDC Offical Site. This gives the official run down on the events plans
• Apple Press release on WWDC
  
• Gizmodo Everything you need to know on iPhone OS 3.0
• Learn about the beta program on the Apple.com web site