If you did n’t find much to pant at during the iPhone type O 3.0 part of Monday ’s keynote presentation at Apple ’s Worldwide Developer Conference , that ’s graspable . Much of what was showed off were features that we saw trotted out back at March ’s iPhone special outcome where Apple ab initio introduced the software update .
That said , we did get a glimpse at a few brand name new iPhone capabilities as well as a more detailed look at some of the features that were only hinted at three month ago . lease ’s take a facial expression at what ’s come to our iPhone when the update set down on June 17 .
What’s in store
As rumor , the iPhone ’s iTunes Store took a step in the direction of para with its desktop sibling by adding the ability to buy and rent movies , telly shows , euphony videos , and audiobooks from inside the telephone set ’s iTunes app .
As with podcasts , music , and apps , any content that ’s over 10 megabit will only be useable to download via Wi - Fi , and not via the iPhone ’s cellular connection . Apple ’s also made content available from iTunes U , the computer memory ’s educational section with classes and lectures from schools around the world .
In addition , the iTunes program will now fend for users logging into one or more different iTunes account , and even let you make accounts directly on the phone . antecedently , the iTunes app on the earphone pulled its story selective information from whatever write up was enter on the computer that you were syncing with .
Parental units
Apple also showed off a few additions to the iPhone ’s maternal controls section , most notably the ability for parent to restrict what applications their children can use . This also demand that all developers resign an age - rating for their software , as Apple senior vice Chief Executive Scott Forstall later said . The App Store has received a lot of criticism for its issues with its approval process , including some apps that have been banned as a result of exceptionable content , even in case where the capacity was similar to that being sold elsewhere in the iTunes Store . Enabling restrictions on coating and forcing developers to rate their apps could be a way of life for Apple to absolve itself from some of the responsibility of policing for edgier mental object .
Fill ’er up
AutoFill was shortly mentioned in Apple ’s iPhone demonstration back in March , but this was the first metre we got a glimpse — albeit a brief one — at what it ’s capable of . As in Safari on the desktop , not only can AutoFill retrieve the usernames and password for your vane sites , but it can also populate contact entropy fields on forms free-base on the data you ’ve entered in your phone .
Tether ball
Little iPhone lost
you’re able to also send a message to your iPhone , along with an watchful sound that play even if the phone ’s toller is off . This can help oneself in situations where the GPS location does n’t : for example , if you ’ve misplaced the iPhone somewhere in your house . The chime can be play repeatedly , enabling you to easy track down the sound .
eventually , if the headphone is lost for estimable , or contains tender information , you could also opt to remotely wipe all information from your telephone set : contacts , mail , euphony , photos , etc . And of course , should you then turn up your phone , all you need to do is secure your iPhone back into your computer , and you could fix from the late backup .
Language, please
The iPhone OS already support almost 20 language in iPhone 2.0 — iPhone 3.0 expands that number to about 30 , including long - wait sustenance for right hand - to - left languages like Hebrew and Arabic . Apple also take down the inclusion body of Thai , Greek , and Korean , and note that every keyboard has both landscape and portrait orientations .
The “s” is for software?
Along with its speedy new hardware , the iPhone 3 G S also brings with it a miscellany of unexampled software package feature . While these feature are admit in the iPhone OS 3.0 update , they ’re only useable to iPhone 3 G S user .
The 3 G S add new camera features , including auto - focus , auto - exposure , and car - white - balancing , all of which work in tandem the the 3 G S ’s new camera . There ’s also a tap - to - focalize feature that lets you pick out which part of a conniption you desire to focus on . In addition , the camera can also shoot video , which you ’re capable to trim using a built in filmstrip perspective very interchangeable to that of iMovie ’ 09 . Once you ’ve trimmed the cartridge clip , you could easily divvy up it over einsteinium - chain armor , MMS , or upload it to YouTube or your MobileMe gallery .
The iPhone 3 G S also adds Voice Control , a speech - identification feature that lets you keep in line vernacular actions such as call in contacts and act medicine just by speak into the iPhone ’s microphone or the unit ’s headphone mic . Hold down the base button to rally the Voice Control interface , and you may tell it to dial your friend by name , by number , or represent music by track , artist , or play list — you may even tell it to begin playing a Genius play list .
In improver to the Voice Control feature article , Apple also babble about adding fresh accessibility features to the iPhone 3 G S , such as Voice Over , zooming in on text , displaying a mellow - contrast white - on - black show , outputting mono audio , and more . Voice Over , in particular , features a turn of specialized gestures to check unlike functions of the phone . However , the accessibility feature are available only on the 3 G S.
Apple also added reinforcement for Nike + to the iPhone 3 G S , admit you to apply the Nike + iPod Sensor in conjunction with a new software program to track your advance while running , and sync that data to iTunes for future consumption , just as you’re able to with the Nike + iPod Sports Kit .
at long last , the iPhone 3 G S also includes a new digital reach . Not only does it tolerate you to tailor yourself using a compass port ( which also provides longitute and latitude ) , but you’re able to also use the compass in the Maps computer program to show you which way you ’re facing , and even orient the map corrently to help following counsel easier .
