iPhone 3.0 initial impressions

[MrPinkPanther]

Well I've been using 3.0 (Beta) for awhile now so I thought I would give my impressions on it so far.

General
I'm running Beta version 2 at the moment and its very stable and speedy, I've had no problems so far with it (fingers crossed) although when I put it in DFU mode ready for a jailbreak I got this wierd Pink background instead of the normal black one (The pink one is NASTY)

Search
The search feature works brilliantly I must say. You just scroll to the screen left from your home view and BAM, it's there waiting for you. Its extremely fast at finding all of your files and I would say its the most practical feature in 3.0. I now reguarly use it for finding videos, songs etc rather than trawling through my list. In summary, I LOVE IT!

Copy and Paste
The feature that we are all waiting for. Most of the time it works really well, it obviously isnt as easy as copy and paste on a PC and can get a little fiddly at times but its as good as it could have been. Its definatly useable and useful and as I've got used to it I've been using it more and more.

Rotation
As you probably know you can now rotate in all of the home screen apps and to be honest its pretty self explanitory. It does exactly what you would expect and how you would expect it. It doesn't seem to work on the mail application which is a little dissapointing but oh well.

iPhone SDK 3.0
Now this is really where it comes into its own. The new APIs are AMAZING and so easy to implement. They are all fully documented in the developers connection and you can add some really great features like peer to peer and maps in minuites. I have an iPod touch not an iPhone so I haven't been able to test pier to pier yet but the Maps is brilliant, you can find the persons current location, specify a location, overlay things on the top, specify the zoom level. The list is endless.

In summary I love 3.0 and see it as a vital update to the iPhone.

[:job2]

I dont like the fact that as an iPod Touch first gen owner I will have to pay for it!!

Also I wont be able to necessarily use all of the features as the first gen doesn't same all the features as 2nd gen

[MrPinkPanther]

I dont like the fact that as an iPod Touch first gen owner I will have to pay for it!!

Also I wont be able to necessarily use all of the features as the first gen doesn't same all the features as 2nd gen

I own a first gen and I think its fair enough that you've gotta pay. You only have to pay like £6 or whatever and its only once a year really, it's not that much and they aren't forcing you to upgrade.

[Yoshimitsui]

You have to pay extortionate prices for Apple products in the first place, so to make people pay with older version is unfair.

[MrPinkPanther]

You have to pay extortionate prices for Apple products in the first place, so to make people pay with older version is unfair.

iPhone, yes which is why you get it free. iTouch, no which is why you pay. Many other media player manufactures make you purchase a new one rather than just having to purchase an update even if the update is capable of running on all of the old systems. The thing is no one is forcing you to update, if they were then I think it should be free.

[blanky12!]

I've been using 3.0 for awhile, and since the 3.0 beta 2 came out, I think they can shelf it right now and start selling (release etc) It is amazingly better, just some applications do not work (pretty standard though)

[MrPinkPanther]

I've been using 3.0 for awhile, and since the 3.0 beta 2 came out, I think they can shelf it right now and start selling (release etc) It is amazingly better, just some applications do not work (pretty standard though)

Oh cool, you on the dev list? Got any apps?

[blanky12!]

Oh cool, you on the dev list? Got any apps?

currently developing some, with hardness though. I'm not used to SDK

[Ostinato]

I have the 2g iphone - I don't get the 3.0 update right? It's only for 3g peeps?

[edgates]

I have the 2g iphone - I don't get the 3.0 update right? It's only for 3g peeps?

I think everyone gets it, it's free for the iPhone 3G and $10 for iPod touch, not too sure about original iPhones, but I'm pretty sure you'll be able to get it.