Come June, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will rejoin after his extended medical leave (The cancer case was one of the rarest kind of which there is a cure and fortunately he's cured). That is when we will be geting our 3.0 software upgrade for the iphone free of cost and for the iPod touch for $9.95.
Short of Jargon, Apple will give developers the tools to make better iPhone Applications, but what will the users get?
Here's the list of the key benefits out of a 100 Apple says the iPhone 3.0 update will give.
1) Cut, Copy and Paste across all applications. (When this annoucnement was made, thunderous applause greeted prompting synics to ask why peoople were clapping for a feature that every mobile phone already has!!)
2) Forwarding SMSes and the ability to delete multiple messages at one go.
3) MMS, I isn't quiest necessary, but with QR code it can be used to sell tickets. QR codes store addresses, URLs and other informations that can appear in magazines, business cards, on advertisements and tickets. The code can be generated by a phone application and sent to a user as an MMS. This again is scanned using a mobile phone to permit entry to converts, movies among other things.
4) Spotlight. OS X Leopard's search facility will be added to the phone. I always hated swiping through seven or eight pages to find the app I wanted to run. With spotlight I'l get there in a jiffy.
5) Turn by turn GPS navigation. If your city is not mapped properly by google you can download third-party maps like map my india.
6) Support for Bluetooth stereo headphones.
7) Exchange files and contacts over Bluetooth. Songs will be excluded.
8) Instantly hook up with another Bluetooth phone and start playing games. No pairing is required.
9) You can now type your emails in landscape mode. This gives you more space between keys and lessens the chances of hittin the wrong alphabet. You can type fater this way.
10) Parental Controls. Parents can now ban sites and videos that they do not want their children to watch.
11) Better streaming of videos. The iPhones will adjust playback depending on your internet speed. So you'll get uninterrupted streaming.
12) Tethering. You can use your iPhone as a modem to get onto the Internet.
13) Voice Memo. You can record your letters and mail them and even attach contacts.
14) Sending contacts to others.
15) Attach multiple photos in an e-mail. Currently you can attach only one picture.
16) Search your e-mails. If it is not found on the phone it will search the server too.
17) Subscriptions. This will allow you to buy new levels of games through the application. You'll be able to buy magazines, books and even newspapers through the Kindle 2 app that is already available in teh Apps Store.
18) Push. Instead of running applications simultaneously, draining battery life, audio and text alerts will be pushed into the closed app.
19) Medical Apps will alow you to measure your blood sugar levels through an adaptor and even track your blood pressure.
20) With the freedom given to developers the iPhone can be turned into a control panel for practically any piece of electronics you can plug it into. This will allow users to pair the phone with a set os speakers to turn the screen into a digital equalizer. And oh yes, just shake your phone to shuffle your songs. Remember it's and iPod too!!
