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Apple Rolls Out iPhone 3.0 Operating System Upgrade

18 06 2009

Due to Server overload people are having trouble installing the upgrade. Apple on Thursday released iPhone 3.0, a major upgrade for its iPhone operating system, delivering capabilities customers have demanded, such as multimedia messaging, copy and paste and universal landscape mode.

The operating system, which previewed in march, became available for download at 0310 in the iTunes Store.

The update is free for owners of the original iPhone as well as the current iPhone 3G. Users wishing to upgrade must plug their device into their computer with the USB dock connector and then load iTunes 8.2 (80MB), where they can download and install iPhone 3.0 (230MB).

iPhone 3.0 (which some have confused with the third-generation iPhone, iPhone 3GS), addresses many complaints about the current and previous iPhone operating systems. Despite iPhone 2.0’s introduction of the iPhone’s phenomenally successful App Store for distributing third-party applications, many Apple critics have blasted the iPhone for its lack of a basic copy-and-paste function, among other shortcomings. iPhone 3.0 adds copy-and-paste functionality and many new features that will give immediate benefits to end users, regardless of which applications they use.

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iPhone 3G S: Apple Announces New iPhone

10 06 2009

Apple has announced a new version of the iPhone: the iPhone 3G S. The “S” apparently stands for “Speed,” with Apple indicating that the new device is “the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet.”
Features of the iPhone 3G S include “longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control.” The device will include version 3.0 of iPhone’s OS software, which adds “more than 100 new features,” most notably copy/paste, MMS, and a new “find my iPhone” feature that helps you track down a missing device.The iPhone 3.0 software will be available a couple days before the new device (on June 17th, US TIME) as a free upgrade to existing iPhone users.

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iPhone 3.0 Photos leaked

31 05 2009

A chinese blog has blurry photos that appear to show an iPhone — possibly the next-generation model — using autofocusing with its camera, movie recording and the digital compass.

New Camera

Old Camera

Full article at Apple Insider

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iPhone END OF LIFE in Australia

23 05 2009

Mactalk Australia have posted a rumour, to help confirm that a new slew of iPhones will be arriving soon. As stated in a e-mail to staff from within Vodafone, 16GB iPhones are coming to an end.

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iPhone Background Apps a Worry

18 05 2009

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After adding QIK to my iPhones set of applications, there has been a real issue with battery life. Before adding the app I would get about 18 hours of general use before a recharge was required. After installing QIK and the installer app, battery life is down to about 8 hours. I have made no other changes to the phone. I am concerned as to what apple plans to do about this issue in iPhone 3.0, as I can see a potential headache coming on. The poor battery life needs to be fixed before we worry about running apps in the background.