iPhone OS 3.0 SoftwareHere are all the features in the iPhone OS 3.0, including those little, hidden ones. If you’re not sure about updating to 3.0 yet, you probably will make your decision after taking a look at the following features.

Features:

  • Cut, Copy, and Paste
  • MMS (Sending & Receiving Multimedia such as Pictures, Videos, etc. through text messages)
  • Text Selection for Mass Deletion
  • Shake to Undo/Redo while typing
  • Landscape Mode in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Stocks
  • Ability to Forward SMS & MMS
  • Delete individual message rather than clearing the whole conversation in “Messages” App
  • Sending Progress bar on the top instead of being over the keyboard area
  • USB Internet Tethering
  • Bluetooth Internet Tethering
  • Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
  • Spotlight Search (App titles, Mail, Media, Contacts, and Calendar events)
  • Search in Notes, Mail, and iPod
  • In-App Purchases (Buying add-ons for Apps like more levels, etc.)
  • Option to have double clicking the home button to go to the Spotlight Search, or to Camera, as well as Phone and iPod
  • Preview icon in Lower Left Hand Corner for last shot taken with the Camera
  • Shake to Shuffle in iPod
  • Scrolling of Screenshots in the App Store
  • Type of Phone used under each call in recents in the Phone App (mobile, home, work, etc.)
  • Call History Log with Call Durations
  • Option to Share Contact Details in each Listing
  • Hold Link in Safari to open in a New Tab or Copy the Link
  • Auto-Fill Contact Information, Usernames, and Passwords in Safari
  • Login to YouTube account in the YouTube app
  • View Comments on Videos in the YouTube app
  • Rate Videos in the YouTube app
  • Option to Retry failed text messages
  • Turn-by-turn GPS Capabilities
  • In-App Maps
  • Peer-to-Peer connectivity over Bluetooth (P2P)
  • New Voice Memos App
  • Extended Parental Controls
  • Anti-Phishing
  • WiFi Auto login
  • Ability to Sync Notes through iTunes
  • Support for New Calendar types (CalDAV)
  • Prompt to Confirm Deleting a Note or a Picture
  • Option to Attach Multiple photos to an email
  • Pushing Home button on Home screen takes you to Spotlight, the button brings you back from Spotlight as well
  • Variable Speed Playbacks for Audio books
  • App Store Subscriptions
  • Push Notifications
  • Media Tags (Audio, Video, etc.)
  • Video Streaming Capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
  • Calendar Subscriptions
  • iTunes account creation & login
  • EAP Sim
  • Proxy support
  • Exchange ActiveSync Policies
  • More Languages
  • Improved Keyboards
  • Ability to change ringtones from Phone Favorites
  • Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
  • Swipe to Delete Notes
  • Advanced Bluetooth options for Hands-free devices
  • Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
  • Improved predictive dictionary
  • Album Art is replaced with the Battery when Listening to Music and charging your iPod
  • Option to disable Text Message Reminder Alerts
  • Option to disable SMS Previews
  • Option to show Subjects field in Text messages
  • Ability to integrate iPod Music into apps
  • Clickable links in the App Store
  • JavaScript 3X Speed boost
  • 11 Homescreens instead of 9 in 2.X
  • Reboots to Lockscreen instead of Homescreen
  • In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
  • Option “Load Remote Images” added in Mail Settings
  • When moving an app across homescreens, holding the app on either the left or right side will slowly advance the app one through one homescreen at a time, without leaving empty spots in the bottom right corner or each homescreen it advances through
  • Album Name displayed on Lockscreen if you’re listening to iPod
  • Shake to Shuffle on iPod Lockscreen controls
  • Podcasts saved on iPhone now show Run Time, Time Left, and Date Published
  • Screen goes from dimmed to full brightness after each song when playing the iPod while plugged in
  • WAVE file support in Mail
  • Attachment no longer automatically downloads unless user taps on it
  • A hard reset on your device (Holding Sleep and Home button for 10 seconds) now turns it off instead of restarting it.
  • A space is no longer needed between two phrases for predictive texting to function