iPhone OS 3.00

During the keynote it seemed Apple would disappoint everyone with iPhone OS 3.0 but after blabbering about 3rd party apps for way too long they unveiled the new features and it’s clear they’ve listened to their customers. MMS, cut and paste, landscape mode and spotlight search were some of the most requested features that will be available in 3.0.

As a developer the push notification service is what I really find exciting among the 1000 new APIs.

You can watch the entire keynote here

It struck me when watch it that they are showcasing the new functionality such as MMS and forward/remove SMS and voice memo etc. The audience applauds excitedly, but this is stuff that existed in my SonyEricsson phone from 6 years ago.  If I was Apple, i would be a bit embarrassed to implement and showcase this after the phone being available for about 1 year. Still, I’m very happy they’ve done it. SonyEricsson however, should learn from Apple to bring updates including new features to their phones. I don’t want to buy a new phone to get new software feature.

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