On March 17, Apple presented the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0 to the public. Without Steve Jobs, Grek Joswiak and Scott Forstall explains in detail the features of the iPhone OS 3.0 for users and for developers. What are the new features are?
Features:
* Cut, Copy and Paste: Features-awaited awaited by all iPhone users. Cut, copy and paste can be used in all applications in the iPhone, including third-party applications. How, we are only touching a sentence (the withdrawal to bring glass) two times, and will appear a pop-up menu to cut, copy and paste.
* Landscape Mode: The main application is equipped with the iPhone landscape mode, such as Mail, SMS, Notes and Stock.
* Messages: Now, change the iPhone’s SMS Text Messages to be. Why? Because iPhone now supports MMS. We can send the contact, voice, image and even the location via MMS. In addition, we can forward a message and delete only one SMS.
* Voice Memo: We can record memos and save them in a iPhone and a separate menu in the iPhone.
* Calendar: After version 2.0 is given in support Microsoft Exchange, now at version 3.0, given the iPhone and support for CalDAV. ICS.
* Spotlight: Spotlight page has withdrawn where we can find SMS, e-mail, contacts and even a song. This feature also can be found independently on all major applications iPhone.
* Shake to shuffle
* Bluetooth A2DP
* Create a meeting invitation / meeting.
API in the new iPhone 3.0 SDK:
* Subscription: This feature is very suitable for electronic applications magazine. Developers can offer a subscription for several months with a nominal amount.
* In-App Purchases: In an application, a user can perform transactions in the application directly, such as buying extra innings in a game.
* Peer-to-Peer: This feature is support for multiplayer games and do for other applications using Bluetooth and Bonjour.
Accessories: Apple include support for other devices to use third-party applications such as FM radio transmitter and heart beat detector through Dock connector or via Bluetooth.
* Maps: Now, developers can use in Google Maps application. Developers can also bring their own map.
* Push Notification Services: After delayed about 7 months, this service eventually applied to the iPhone OS 3.0. Function as a substitute for background processing.
iPhone OS 3.0 is available now. For the users iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G, this update is available free of charge. However, the special iPhone 2G is not supported for the Bluetooth A2DP and MMS because of the hardware constraints. Meanwhile, for the iPod Touch 1G and 2G, a user must pay $ 9.95.
Google Earth application, which comes first since 2005, it is not only invite you to see the roads on the mainland. Now experience will increase, because it can dive down to the sea surface, such as exploring the shipwreck in the form of 3D.
