I thought I should give this announcement some column space because I’m quite excited with the prospect of the new features of v3.0 of the iPhone and iPod Touch operating system.
It’s what Apple call a “major update” to the operating system that powers the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s nothing new really, 100s of other smart phones already have the functionality this update brings. Things like cut, copy and paste, MMS (picture messages) and an in-phone search facility. Unfortunately, not Flash video.
More interestingly, Apple has released an update to the SDK (software developer kit) to assist developers writing applications.
The App-Store has been a huge success story since the launch of the iPhone and iPod Touch. The store has an choice of over 25, 000 paid-for and free applications. So far, over 800 million downloads have been made!
Developers will now be able to use the iPhone’s mapping capability in their own applications, as well as take advantage of “push” technology to alert users of messaging or alert software.
The operating system upgrade, the third for the iPhone, will be available from the summer and free to all iPhone users.
Users who want to download the 3.0 software onto their iPod touch will have to pay a fee of £6.80.
Posted by Steven Grant on 03/19 at 10:25 AM
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