[sneeks]

iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, March 17th

[hutch]

Should be interesting, although 3.0 is a scary number when it comes to Jailbreaking and Unlocking....

Think this more or less guarantees a new iPhone on the horizon.

[Matt_C]

Perhaps they'll integrate the things they promised for 2.0?

[hutch]

What people want and what Apple promise are two very different things

Im not expecting anything too groundbreaking with 3.0 to be honest probably just a few basic features (push, themes, etc) most of which are already available via Cydia.

[Hitby]

The most interesting rumour for 3.0 that I've heard is the ability to tether your laptop to your 3G connection. Fingers crossed that makes it in!

[Naaktgeboren]

Originally Posted by hutch

Should be interesting, although 3.0 is a scary number when it comes to Jailbreaking and Unlocking....

Think this more or less guarantees a new iPhone on the horizon.

The irony is that modern iphone+ipod jailbreaks have been forced to be so low level that once found, they're good forever.

[spiderman78]

Typical....a good mate gave me O2 friends and family discount code last night and now news of 3.0 and the potential for a new iphone in the summer. Don't know whether to sign up to a contract now or wait. Then again I've no idea if my code has an expiry date on it.

[amcluesent]

Perhaps with Jobs out the picture some sanity will return to Apple and they'll put in what customers want not want Jobs says we deserve to have. Maybe the bluetooth stack won't be an epic fail either.

[shahedz]

would be great if you could send and recieve MMS messages

[UselessLuke]

Originally Posted by shahedz

would be great if you could send and recieve MMS messages

I can't see this happening because it'd mean a change in the tariffs with the phone companies rather than just a firmware upgrade.

[Wee Steve]

No official word yet about this?

[UselessLuke]

Originally Posted by Wee Steve

No official word yet about this?

I think I read that it was happening at 5pm GMT

[Imran_UK]

Live from Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 preview event

[jotty]

copy and paste finally !!

[jotty]

And MMS

[UselessLuke]

I'm loving the look of this. If they keep this up, I'm going to be tempted to unjailbreak my phone (as it's slowing it down a bit).

MMS, copy/paste and turn-by-turn navigation. Add in themes and folders for springboard icons and I'm sold.

[dannius]

And SMS forwarding..

Looks like OS 3.0 is going to be a very useful update.

[SeedyR]

...and a search function!

[Imran_UK]

is MMS still charged at the cost of sending 3 sms, been years since I last sent MMS

[venomizer]

Oooo, it gets better.

[UselessLuke]

Forgot they've also added deleting of individual messages. Meaning I'll be able save certain messages from someone without having to keep an entire thread of messages

[UselessLuke]

Originally Posted by Imran_UK

is MMS still charged at the cost of sending 3 sms, been years since I last sent MMS

It depends on the network. I'm not sure what kind of deal O2 will have. Hopefully it will be in this region. For other tariffs I believe 4 SMS = 1 MMS

[SeedyR]

Plus stereo bluetooth, note syncing and landscape keyboard in most apps.

[Hitby]

Available today! Woo Hoo

Boo: Just for devs

[Steven]

Wow MMS! Its like 2002 all over again

Wonder if they have spotlight down like for Mac, fast but without the battery drain on the mobile platform

[army74]

Looking forward to this update

[darren68uk]

I thought o2 have the mms capability disabled for iphone sims, so does this mean it will work straight away when 3.0 is out or will it need along winded call to o2

[Steven]

I imagine they will just 'flick' the switch so to speak as that is essentially what they do if you for example have an ancient sim card and put it inside a modern phone post millennium

I speak from experience

[dpb69]

Will OS 3.0 be for current iphones to update to, or will it be on a new coming model only?

[Dave_C]

It's a free update to iPhone users, but 2G iPhone's wont get A2DP or MMS capability due to differences in hardware. The update will cost iPod Touch users $9.95. There has been no mention of a new iPhone as of yet.