iPhone 3.1 OS Update Available For Download Now

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The new iPhone 3.1 OS Update is available for download now.
The fixes include Genius recommendations, Genius Mixes, iTunes 9 support, ringtone downloads and more. See the complete list of fixes below. I am downloading now. Update: iTunes already overloaded. iPhone 3.1 software download already timed out. The iPhone 3.1 Update is a 306.2MB file and after 30 min. I only got 50MB downloaded - yippie. Update: I was able to download the 3.1 update and its running fine on my iPhone 3GS. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:19:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone 3.1 OS reveals hint to new Apple Tablet Codename 'iProd1,1'?

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According to Ars Technica the iPhone OS 3.1 contains a configuration for a device named iProd1,1, in the USBConfiguration.plist file found in the latest beta.
This new Apple device could be the heavily rumored Apple iTablet. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Augmented Reality: Out With iPhone 3.1

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Augmented reality represents the future for smartphones. In essence, AR involves layering extra information and search controls over the real world, as seen through a camera. The first augmented reality application was Layar for Android, and now an iPhone equivalent is out too.

Unfortunately, iPhone users are going to have to wait a while longer for full AR functionality. Apple's just announced that the iPhone camera won't be ready for AR until the 3.1 update. Some AR functions work fine with OS 3.0, but Apple's still decided that they won't release any AR applications over their App Store until 3.1 hits.

Posted on Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

iPhone 3.1 OS Beta 2 released

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Apple released the next beta version of the upcoming iPhone 3.1 firmware update to developers.
The first iPhone 3.1 beta was released end of June. Looking at the pace of releases we should soon see the iPhone 3.1 released to iPhone owners.

Apparently there are no changes in the feature set compared to the first iPhone 3.1 beta. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:52:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Round Up: iPhone 3.1 Features

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We received news earlier today about the iPhone 3.1 update being released to developers. Since then, we've heard additional news about what we can look forward to in the 3.1 update. It's shaping up to be a doozy of a patch. Here's a list of new features;

Posted on Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:25:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

iPhone 3.1 OS Beta released to Developers

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Apple already released a new iPhone Software Update to developers. The new version is iPhone 3.1 and has been released as beta to iPhone developers.
There are several new features in iPhone 3.1 that have already surfaced. The iPhone 3.1 will let you save a copy of video locally, so you can edit without overwriting the captured video.
Additionally Voice Control is now supposed to work over Bluetooth, the iPhone vibrates when moving icons, new Video APIs and improvements to OpenGL. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:47:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr