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Apple releases 2nd Beta of iPhone 3.0 Firmware

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Apple releases 2nd Beta of iPhone 3.0 Firmware Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Two weeks ago Apple released the first beta of the next iPhone OS for the iPhone 2009 to developers. Now Apple released the 2nd beta of the iPhone 3.0 firmware (iPhone OS beta 2 build 7A259) featuring the essential Push Notification Service.

The server side for the Push Notifications feature will be opened gradually to developers. Push Notifications are Apple's way to have Apps keeping track of changes in the background. Read more

Posted on Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:04:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iPhone 3.0 Firmware delivers over 100 new Features and comes in Summer

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New iPhone 3.0 Firmware delivers over 100 new Features and comes in Summer Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review The iPhone 3.0 firmware preview event is over and we are looking at 100 new features coming and 1,000 new API calls for developers in the iPhone 3.0 SDK.
Registered iPhone developers can get the beta of the iPhone 3.0 OS including the SDK today.
The highlights in the new iPhone 3.0 OS include cut, copy and paste; MMS, landscape view for Mail, Text and Notes, stereo Bluetooth, syncing Notes to the Mac and PC, shake to shuffle, parental controls for TV shows, movies and apps from the App Store, and automatic login at Wi-Fi hot spots. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:47:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple unveiled the best Copy and Paste in the World in iPhone 3.0 Firmware

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Apple unveiled the best Copy and Paste in the World in iPhone 3.0 Firmware Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review It happened. Apple just unveiled the copy and paste functionality for the iPhone in the iPhone 3.0 OS preview event.
It is of course the best ever implementation of copy and paste on a touchscreen user interface in the world. Why else would it have taken that long to develop?

Fun aside, the feature looks pretty neat. You select with your finger and some buttons (copy, cut, paste) appear to let you choose what to do with the selection. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:16:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone 3.0 Firmware gets previewed Today

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iPhone 3.0 Firmware gets previewed Today Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Apple will give us a look at the next version of the iPhone firmware today. Apple has invited selected media to attend a briefing of the new iPhone 3.0 firmware.
As reported rumors intensified over the weekend on what new features we will see in the new iPhone. Amongst the rumored features is Cut and Paste, Bluetooth tethering, MMS, Video recording, background processes, and improved homepage. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:05:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Tablet rumored to be Surprise at iPhone 3.0 Firmware Preview Event

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Apple Tablet rumored to be Surprise at iPhone 3.0 Firmware Preview Event Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Apple invited the media to a preview event of the iPhone 3.0 OS taking place tomorrow. ComputerWorld's Seth Weintraub writes that Apple might have a surprise up its sleeve and unveil the very long rumored Apple tablet.

Apple might unveil a 10 inch device that basically resembles an iPod touch. The 10 inch device would not be a full netbook, but would be a very nice media and online device. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:04:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone 3.0 Firmware Feature Rumors build up

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iPhone 3.0 Firmware Feature Rumors build up Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review As reported Apple will give a preview of the iPhone 3.0 firmware tomorrow, Tuesday March 17th, to the media. The rumors of what the new iPhone 3.0 OS will contain have built up over the weekend.

Rumors of the features of the iPhone 3.0 already started a while ago with background process support and multi-core CPU support. A favorite prediction is the Cut and Paste feature that is already the basis for iPhone ridicule from WinMo and BlackBerry users. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:32:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone 3.0 Firmware gets previewed on March 17th

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iPhone 3.0 Firmware gets previewed on March 17th Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Apple calls out an event on March 17th to preview the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS. Update: iPhone 3.0 Firmware gets unveiled today
Looks like Apple gets antsy because of the Palm Pre hype to show the world what the next generation iPhone operating system version is all about.
The iPhone 3.0 firmware is rumored to support multi-core CPUs and background processes. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:44:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr