I’m sure by now that a lot of you have downloaded and installed the 3.0 firmware update that was released on Wednesday. One of the most asked questions I get now is “What’s new in 3.0?”. Here are all the features that I have managed to scramble together on the web. They may be more than the 80 odd below; just give’s you an idea of how major this update is.

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

Thanks George

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