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scottajronan wrote:

downloaded it but I get the error that I cannot contact the iPhone activation server.  Anyone else getting that.

I got the message saying that they can't recognize my sim card. Still I'm getting no problems when using the phone.E.g: right now while I type this post.

 

sturner wrote:

I MUST download, and before the Allies take it! I WANT it downloading by noon!

See to it.

Someone cut the lines to the charges, mein Fuehrer! Cupertino has fallen, intact!

Alles ist kaput.

True, I believe you have to buy a new phone to get this.  If you go to the iPhone 3G new features, it's just copy-paste, voice memos, spotlight, landscape kb, and new messages.

gd wrote:

scottajronan wrote:

downloaded it but I get the error that I cannot contact the iPhone activation server.  Anyone else getting that.

I got the message saying that they can't recognize my sim card. Still I'm getting no problems when using the phone.E.g: right now while I type this post.

 

Some issues might be expected with 45 security patches rolled in.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc released 45 software patches on Wednesday to address rare security vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices.

The company released them as part of its widely anticipated iPhone 3.0 operating system.

"This is a large cluster of patches for the iPhone," said Dino Dai Zovi, a security expert who is writing a book on cracking the iPhone.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31413509/ns … -wireless/

I uploaded 3.0 to my touch. A voice recorder? I will have to try it out.

So far I thought there would've been more noticeable diferences. Still the voice recorder has already come in handy twice. They made sending mms so easy and that landscape keyboard has been a relief. Somehow the device seems  snappier. And the shake to shuffle feature is a keeper. Only thing that the shake should be working when your not in the iPod.

Last edited by gd (2009-06-18 10:08 am)

knobtwirler wrote:

True, I believe you have to buy a new phone to get this.  If you go to the iPhone 3G new features, it's just copy-paste, voice memos, spotlight, landscape kb, and new messages.

1) CALDAV syncing
2) Subscribe to calendars
3) Forward individual text messages
4) Email multiple photos at once
5) Shake to undo
6) MMS soon
7) Tethering now if you own a Mac. Shhhhh ;-)
8) Video downloads over 3G
9) Stereo bluetooth
10) Restrictions
11) Push notifications
12) Find my iPhone (best feature EVER)
13) Safari Autofill
14) New options for Home button double-click
15) Changes to the call history log
16) Text messages send in the background (very welcome)
17) Improved YouTube application
18) Share contacts
19) Note syncing
20) Encrypt iPhone backup
21) Turn by Turn navigation available to app makers
22) Peer to peer connectivity
23) Variable speed playback for audiobooks
24) Shake to shuffle
25) Dock port accessories
26) Wi-Fi auto login (if this works on my work network it will be worth the upgrade by itself)
27) LDAP
28) Album art shows while playing music and charging the battery (small but useful)
29) Music available to apps
30) Mail integration in apps
31) Option to not load images by default in Mail
32) 30 second instant replay in audiobooks and podcasts
33) variable speed scrubbing when listening to audio

And there are many other new items that I didn't list. But yeah,  just copy-paste, voice memos, spotlight, landscape kb, and new messages.

I am highly unimpressed.

I wish it would remember what i type into the spotlight search... other than that... i'm looking for a pair of discrete a2dp headphones now. Suggestions?

frankly wrote:

macmenace wrote:

Are the compass and voice control features only available on the 3Gs? Because I can't figure out how to use them on my 3G.

No and no. The compass most definitely requires the hardware magnetometer that is in the 3GS. There is pretty widespread speculation that the voice control feature at a minimum requires the faster processor and additional RAM and that it might even have its own specialized chip or chips on board.

Ah ok. That is too bad.

Anyone having success with the Bluetooth sharing between phones?  Aren't we supposed to be able to send Contacts over Bluetooth, etc?  Not having any luck with that.  When I click "Share" on a contact page, it automatically goes to e-mail.  Yes, Bluetooth is turned on, etc.  What am I missing?

frankly wrote:

knobtwirler wrote:

Frankly, you rock!

The weird thing about some of these features is that Apple hid them really really well. I think I might have stumbled across the CalDAV syncing in a few weeks but luckily several people posted it on their sights. You have to go into the following to find it:

Settings: Mail, Contacts, Calendars: Add Account...: Other: Add CalDAV Account:

and then you can enter your information. Of course, you also have to know what a CalDAV account is and why you would want to use it. Personally, this is a great feature for me. It enabled me a create a calendar using Google Calendar that I can then subscribe to on my iPhone, my wife's iPhone, my MacBook Pro, and my wife's MacBook. Now we can share events that we're doing together including the ability to make changes to them and it all syncs wirelessly. That is a great feature.

I just want to be able to sync my iCal into another Calendar program offered on the Touch that actually has the features I want (Organize/SmartTime+). I would like to be able to do this straight from iCal to SmartTime. Why this is so difficult I have no idea! However, this and other 3rd part calendar programs all require you to first sync to a gmail calendar (or something similar) and then from gmail sync to iCal. This has never worked for me and never has. Any ideas?

Also, since updating there are a couple of apps that keep appearing in the App. Store icon on my Touch even after updating them multiple times. One such app appears and the Install icon is grayed out and after I close the App. Store the icon shows that all apps are up to date. Bug?