Nice roundup! I'm going to come back here when I upgrade to check everything out.
Hercules K
· 5 months ago
yeah, very nice round up...keep up the good work! I don't have an iPhone so no update for me lol
Carl
· 5 months ago
I already sync my Google Calendar OTA thanks to Google Sync. What will CalDAV add to this?
MrJ
· 5 months ago
yeah, but google sync is very, very flaky. There's a lot of unsupported stuff (at Google's own admission).
CalDav is a technology that Apple have backed since the release of 10.5, so you'd hope it'd be much more complete than Google Sync. It does all depend on Google's implementation of it, of course, which could be equally flaky!
DocRock
· 5 months ago
Glad you posted this I was gonna have to field like six million questions from my friends as the ex MacGenius. You have saved me crazy amounts of time. Mahalo Nui Loa.
I will add this to my blog ASAP!
abdusfauzi
· 5 months ago
seriously, i wanna an iPhone 3GS. Ergh! gotta find ways to collect some cash. hmm.
led display
· 5 months ago
Great news. downloading new version of 3.0 ...
Marcello Barnaba
· 5 months ago
For all the impatients out there: don't trust download links about "leaked" OS 3 that are spreading on twitter right now ( like these ones: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2... ): they're actual scam, you'll download a 90kb .exe virus file designed to infect windows machines.
We all lived 2 years without copy and paste, we can wait a few more hours :).
The apple site now says it won't be available until the 18th. What's up with that?
Jonathan Gilmour
· 5 months ago
That is only on the singapore site, the time difference makes it so. The update is coming very soon!
Mak
· 5 months ago
Its 8:40am and were is the new release? I have been looking for it for at least 2 hours??? Anyone have an idea were we go to download?
Diane
· 5 months ago
I'm looking for it too. When is it going to be posted???
photo sharing
· 5 months ago
I can not wait any longer!!!
I dont get home till 9pm tonight. ARGH
Mike Altschul
· 5 months ago
You missed a speedier Safari that remembers forms. That's my #1. And copy-n-paste will be nice. Other than those, this update really isn't all that exciting to me. Am I crazy?
Nick
· 5 months ago
still not able to download the new 3.0, does anyone know when we can? (9.06 EST)
David Polcaro
· 5 months ago
Great summary. Will there be a jailbreak 3.0 article to follow up? I am heading for the beach next week and free tethering would be very timely!
David Polcaro
· 5 months ago
Also having trouble downloading...
Steven Murphey
· 5 months ago
Good thing I went to bed right after midnight when the update wasnt available. I would be teed if I had stayed up waiting on Apple to meet their timeline
Kim
· 5 months ago
:O) Yeah, I was that dumb a$$ up all night and all this morning b4 work waiting...refreshing, searching for new update! lol.
QckSilver
· 5 months ago
You can guess that the software will be released sometime just after noon NY time. The reason? Well, if you check out the India website, it says iPhone 3.0 comes June 17. But Singapore/Hong Kong are saying June 18. Midnight in Singapore is noon in NYC, so it must come online AFTER that point. Midnight in Mumbai is 2.30pm in NYC, so it must come online BEFORE that point. Therefore, it will be available sometime in the next five hours or so. It is now 18.53 in Mumbai, 21:23 in Singapore.
craig
· 5 months ago
I missed the first round of orders but am looking forward to the next so I can get the new iphone. Maybe upgrade from the terrible Razr I have.
Dear Ben, You should probably edit this so you dont look like a douche when it releases, you said "To download, you can visit Apple’s Software Update page." Dude do you even own an iphone? you update it with itunes just like any other ipod or any other update for your iphone. - Stevo
Manda
· 5 months ago
It won't be free? That's not what I heard!
jigdaddy
· 5 months ago
is anyone having trouble being able to download the update? my itunes says my software is up to date...
weave
· 5 months ago
Apple is being douchelike today. They're taking their sweet time making it available. I'm still waiting right along with you....
Art
· 5 months ago
05:40 pm in Portugal and it's not available
jeff r
· 5 months ago
nothing yet 1:01 est
Harald Gaerttner
· 5 months ago
It's finally here :-)
Sean Watson
· 5 months ago
Software version 3.0: downloading. Booya.
Your Name*jb
· 5 months ago
downloading the iPhone 3.0 software update!!! Yay!!
Art
· 5 months ago
almost done, yayyy!!!
weave
· 5 months ago
ITS UP!!!!! 12:20 CST
jeff r
· 5 months ago
got it 1:20 est
Anxuna
· 5 months ago
Great news. downloading now....
stevo is the douche
· 5 months ago
@stevo: The link that Ben provides (http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate) actually shows instructions on how to download the 3.0 update using iTunes. So i wouldn't call him a douche. He's simply citing a primary source (publication directly from Apple) while courteously provides us with a link. His citation is actually very professional in my opinion.
Louis
· 5 months ago
Downloading 3.0 as of 1:17 pm EDT on Itunes.
Chris
· 5 months ago
Anybody knows how to sync CalDAV Iphone Agenda with Google Apps Calender?
the update wont work for me....its saying iphone server is temporarily unaailable?
Seth
· 5 months ago
unavailable*
Kim
· 5 months ago
May just be too busy with everyone trying at once.
Jonathan Brown
· 5 months ago
Can't wait to update...as soon as Apple's activation servers start responding! What, they thought there wouldn't be any immediate user demand for such a big update?
DList
· 5 months ago
What about the Undo button when you happen to delete to much.....?
Kristen
· 5 months ago
That really ticks me off how people who have the 3G and dowloaded the software can't do any of the good stuff like take videos and voice control and send pics and stuff
hypermark
· 5 months ago
A couple of quick comments. One, I just updated my iPod touch (gen 1) no problems.
The shake to shuffle on music is kind of cool, the unified search is nice. Haven't played with copy/paste yet but that is a big deal, regardless of wishing it was available months ago.
Also, the Google Maps update is sweet (previously unavailable for the iPod touch), and I esp. like the workflow ease of looking in my immediate area, searching for a restaurant by name, seeing it on the map, clicking, seeing street view and then being able to add to address book.
All of that said, I want to put a bow around fact that this release is somewhat akin to a "block the kick" by Apple to keep developers from even contemplating developing for Android, Pre or Blackberry, so most of the feature adds are to drive developers to do even cooler stuff.
That may seem like a "SO WHAT" if you just plunked down $9.95 for the touch upgrade (as I did), but when then next 50K apps roll out, and a quarter of them take advantage of things like hardware accessory support within apps; multi-player gaming; add levels/stories/virtual goods, the new mapping and media APIs, you will be a happy camper.
If you care about such things, here is a post that I wrote on the topic:
Final note. Many forums are bemoaning server delays, lack of app store access today.
It's nature of the beast, when 10M people (a guess, figuring 25% out of 40M devices) simultaneously try to access and download a big fat binary, so expect delays.
If that freaks you out, wait until tomorrow. It's not like they will run out of software. :-)
Cheers,
Mark
Mair
· 5 months ago
Wish I had an iPhone - maybe I could win one by signing up for Superpass at #edufire - http://bit.ly/1B9Gi5 before 19th June
iphone unlock
· 5 months ago
As an iPhone user (addict?) myself. I was frustrated like everyone else by my inability to update my iPhone 3G to iPhone OS 3.0 due to the iPhone Activation server not being available. I wrote a quick 6 step fix for this, which has worked for myself and 14 others - flawlessly every time.
Please note: In order for the steps below to work, you MUST already have the iPhone OS 3.0 update on your PC/MAC which you downloaded either through iTunes or Apple directly.
1. Plug in your iPhone into your USB Port
2. Select Update
3. While on the Extracting screen for the update, quickly disconnect from the Internet. You MUST do this while it is extracting, as it will immediately try to contact the Apple Servers once it has extracted the update.
4. Your iPhone and iTunes will not even try to check in with Apple because they realize you are in offline mode. This will enable the update to go through and load onto your iPhone without having to call out to the Activation Server.
5. Now, when it's all done, you'll be "stuck" in emergency mode. No worries. Just unplug your iPhone from your USB (You'll still be in emergency mode) and go ahead and turn your internet back on again. Make sure to wait until your iPhone disappears from the list of devices in iTunes!
6. Once you are back online, simply plug in the iPhone USB cable again, and then iTunes will quickly activate your iPhone in a matter of just 2-3 seconds.
Enjoy iPhone OS 3.0 :)
Paul
· 5 months ago
When does it come out and where is the nearest apple store to Bakersfield California
Alaister
· 5 months ago
sooo looking forward to getting the new iphone with the new os
Mary Beth
· 5 months ago
The find your i phone feature is almost useless becuase you cannot get to mobile me from a PC running IE! I use a mac at home but cannot change the OS on my work computer to reach mobile me. In the big, bad worls when you have lost your iphone, you have to find a mac or someone running firefox to find it...or in my case wait until I am home at my mac ( involves an hour commute and a ferry ) to try an find it BOO on apple for STILL not making mobile me universally accessible and making this new feature really useful
Stuart Cato
· 5 months ago
Downloaded iphone software update 3.o for my 2G iphone and now battery life empties extremely quickly - Help !!!! It is a disaster
Stuart Cato
· 5 months ago
Downloaded iphone software update 3.o for my 2G iphone and now battery life empties extremely quickly - Help !!!! It is a disaster
david
· 5 months ago
so many problems with the update password doesnt work half of the time in the app and itunes store half of the time both stores wont even open youtube works on and off
officesupplies
· 5 months ago
I was most excited about the MMS, but pretty bummed out that I still can't use it. Have they announced any dates for this yet besides end of summer?
officesupplies
· 5 months ago
I was most excited about the MMS, but pretty bummed out that I still can't use it. Have they announced any dates for this yet besides end of summer?
Cygnett
· 5 months ago
Has anyone found a decent quality case for their new iPhone?
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CalDav is a technology that Apple have backed since the release of 10.5, so you'd hope it'd be much more complete than Google Sync. It does all depend on Google's implementation of it, of course, which could be equally flaky!
I will add this to my blog ASAP!
We all lived 2 years without copy and paste, we can wait a few more hours :).
Cheers.
Anyone have an idea were we go to download?
I dont get home till 9pm tonight. ARGH
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You should probably edit this so you dont look like a douche when it releases, you said "To download, you can visit Apple’s Software Update page." Dude do you even own an iphone? you update it with itunes just like any other ipod or any other update for your iphone. - Stevo
Check out the instructions here:
http://ktula.com/2009/06/17/how-to-configure-go...
The shake to shuffle on music is kind of cool, the unified search is nice. Haven't played with copy/paste yet but that is a big deal, regardless of wishing it was available months ago.
Also, the Google Maps update is sweet (previously unavailable for the iPod touch), and I esp. like the workflow ease of looking in my immediate area, searching for a restaurant by name, seeing it on the map, clicking, seeing street view and then being able to add to address book.
All of that said, I want to put a bow around fact that this release is somewhat akin to a "block the kick" by Apple to keep developers from even contemplating developing for Android, Pre or Blackberry, so most of the feature adds are to drive developers to do even cooler stuff.
That may seem like a "SO WHAT" if you just plunked down $9.95 for the touch upgrade (as I did), but when then next 50K apps roll out, and a quarter of them take advantage of things like hardware accessory support within apps; multi-player gaming; add levels/stories/virtual goods, the new mapping and media APIs, you will be a happy camper.
If you care about such things, here is a post that I wrote on the topic:
ANALYSIS - iPhone 3.0: Block the Kick Strategy
http://bit.ly/ANdMz
Final note. Many forums are bemoaning server delays, lack of app store access today.
It's nature of the beast, when 10M people (a guess, figuring 25% out of 40M devices) simultaneously try to access and download a big fat binary, so expect delays.
If that freaks you out, wait until tomorrow. It's not like they will run out of software. :-)
Cheers,
Mark
Please note: In order for the steps below to work, you MUST already have the iPhone OS 3.0 update on your PC/MAC which you downloaded either through iTunes or Apple directly.
1. Plug in your iPhone into your USB Port
2. Select Update
3. While on the Extracting screen for the update, quickly disconnect from the Internet. You MUST do this while it is extracting, as it will immediately try to contact the Apple Servers once it has extracted the update.
4. Your iPhone and iTunes will not even try to check in with Apple because they realize you are in offline mode. This will enable the update to go through and load onto your iPhone without having to call out to the Activation Server.
5. Now, when it's all done, you'll be "stuck" in emergency mode. No worries. Just unplug your iPhone from your USB (You'll still be in emergency mode) and go ahead and turn your internet back on again. Make sure to wait until your iPhone disappears from the list of devices in iTunes!
6. Once you are back online, simply plug in the iPhone USB cable again, and then iTunes will quickly activate your iPhone in a matter of just 2-3 seconds.
Enjoy iPhone OS 3.0 :)
BOO on apple for STILL not making mobile me universally accessible and making this new feature really useful
password doesnt work half of the time in the app and itunes store
half of the time both stores wont even open
youtube works on and off
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