What To Look For In iPhone OS 3.0

Now that you have downloaded Apple's long-awaited iPhone OS 3.0, what are you going to do with it?  Well, here's an idea: Give every new feature a spin! Below is a list of new features that are new to iPhone OS 3.0 pulled straight from Apple's website: - Cut, Copy, and Paste: "Quickly and easily cut, copy, and paste text from application to application. Select entire blocks of web text with a tap. Copy and paste images from the web, too." - Landscape Keyboard: "Want more room to type? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari." - MMS (not yet supported by AT&T): "Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio, and contact info. Even tap to snap a picture or shoot a video right inside Messages." - Spotlight Search: "Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all of your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod." - Voice Memos: "Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset." - Improved Calendar: "Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support." - Buy Movies, Television Shows, and Audiobooks: "Download movies, TV shows, music videos, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store on your iPhone." - Enhanced Stocks App: "Get more at-a-glance information and view charts in landscape." - Safari Improvements: "Enjoy faster performance, autofill user names and passwords, and more." - Internet Tethering (not yet supported by AT&T): "Share your Internet connection with your laptop with Internet tethering via Bluetooth or USB." - Stereo Bluetooth: "Connect compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones, car kits, or other accessories." - Automatic Wi-Fi Login: "Log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot and iPhone automatically logs you in when you connect again." - Sync Notes: "Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPhone back to your Mac or PC." - Parental Controls: "Decide what music, videos, and apps your kids can access." - Multiple Login for iTunes Accounts: "Create and log in to one or more iTunes Store accounts directly from your iPhone." - Login to YouTube Accounts: "Log in to your YouTube account to save and sync bookmarks and rate favorites." - Shake to Shuffle Music: "Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library." - New Languages: "iPhone supports 30 languages and more than 40 keyboard layouts." - MobileMe Find My iPhone: "Find your iPhone if you lose it and protect your privacy with Remote Wipe." - Next Generation of Apps: "Run the next generation of iPhone apps, like peer-to-peer games and more." Give each feature a try and tell us which one is your favorite so far.

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