iPhone OS 3.0 officially released - internet tethering, stereo Bluetooth audio, more

Posted Jun 17, 2009 at 7:35PM by Glenn M. Listed in: Firmware, News Tags: 3G, Bluetooth, iPhone

After much waiting, torrent-scanning, and news-watching, Apple has finally released iPhone OS 3.0. The new OS supports internet tethering, stereo Bluetooth audio, and a number of features that you may also want to know about.

Features:

Peer-to-peer gaming support
Third-party game accessory support
Push notification
Internet tethering
Stereo Bluetooth audio
MMS messaging
Cut, copy & paste
Spotlight search
Landscape keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes and Safari

The upgrade is not only a major overhaul of the previous iPhone operating system, it's also a ramp-up for the gaming capabilities of the iPhone and iPod Touch. With peer-to-peer gaming and game accessory support, the iPhone markets itself more as a gaming platform now than it used to.

iPhone users may avail of the upgrade for free, while iPod Touch users will have to cough up US$ 9.95 for theirs. The new iPhone 3G S will also come with the new firmware, so there won't be a need to download if you're planning to get one.

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Comments

# We will see — Guest 2009-06-18 02:46

I'm just gonna wait until the jailbreak and unlock come out to see this for my self

# !!! — dominicanito 2009-06-18 03:04

cant wait fot the jailbreak and unlock on the 3.0 I still on 2.2 finally I going to use my s9hd on my iPhone

# Q of Peer to Peer — Guest 2009-06-18 09:20

is this like Ad Hoc for the PSP cause the iPod really needed that since only way to play multi was through the internet or a network.

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