iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

Well it is not a point release so expect something as big or close to the changes from 1.x to 2.x. In that case it was the ability to run third party apps. This one should fix some of the deficiencies in the OS like push notifications, copy and paste, etc....

In any event I am looking forward to the changes.

Re: iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

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Post by pstinnett » Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 5:06 PM UTC

Pretty excited about this considering how big the change was from 1.x to 2.x.

Does anyone else remember if the iPhone 3G was announced when the 2.0 software was announced? I'm still using a first gen iPhone and I'd like to upgrade, but I figure I'd skip the 3G and just pick up whatever is coming next. I've seen some news saying that Apple has been buying up Flash memory from manufacturers and that goes in line with what happened previously. Wondering if I should hope for a new iPhone model on the 17th in addition to the software.

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Post by abl » Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 5:07 PM UTC

terminate-and-stay resident (TSR) capability for third-party apps built into the sdk would be a nice addition. how do you guys work around this now?

Re: iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

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Post by dkokelley » Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 5:11 PM UTC

I am going to officially start the rumors for the 3.0 release: Copy-Paste, Push Gmail, Background IM apps, and wireless iTunes sync.

This is really just my personal wishlist, but if the rumors spread, enough people will be expecting these features that Apple will have to build them in (since they're already so receptive to external input). It's a self fulfilling prophecy!

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Post by rscott » Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 5:12 PM UTC

dkokelley wrote: post #7

I am going to officially start the rumors for the 3.0 release: Copy-Paste, Push Gmail, Background IM apps, and wireless iTunes sync. This is really just my personal wishlist, but if the rumors spread, enough people will be expecting these features that Apple will have to build them in (since they're already so receptive to external input). It's a self fulfilling prophecy!

Add video in there and I'll help your cause.

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Post by sachinag » Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 5:13 PM UTC

More interesting: predict the steals from Palm Pre's WebOS.

Re: iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

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Post by pieter » Thu, Mar 12, 2009, 5:16 PM UTC

dkokelley wrote: post #7

I am going to officially start the rumors for the 3.0 release: Copy-Paste, Push Gmail, Background IM apps, and wireless iTunes sync. This is really just my personal wishlist, but if the rumors spread, enough people will be expecting these features that Apple will have to build them in (since they're already so receptive to external input). It's a self fulfilling prophecy!

Push GMail would be very welcome. I have separate Yahoo! account now for the push feature, but it's worthless. Just to name a few:

* It often doesn't work. I put it on 'fetch', but that sometimes doesn't work either, so then I have to wait for hours to receive my email

* Worst webmail interface ever

* No support for forwarding / pop / imap / whatever

* OMG, the ads

I'd drop it in a second if gmail push was there