Everybodies Talking About It, iPhone OS3.0

Today,  Apple hosted a preview event for its upcoming iPhone OS 3.0, highlighting a few of over 100 new features for users and over 1,000 new APIs for developers.

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- In-App Purchasing: Allows developers to sell additional content from within applications. Highlighted uses include magazine subscriptions, eBooks, additional levels and items for games.
- Peer-to-Peer Connectivity: Find other devices running the app via Bonjour over Wi-Fi of Bluetooth. Good for gaming, but also other applications for sharing data.
- Third-Party Accessory Apps: Allowing accessory manufacturers to create applications to interface with their hardware accessories.
- Push Notification: Rather than using background processes that hamper battery life, utilize third-party server to push badge, text, and audio alerts from applications.
- Turn by Turn: Apple will allow developers to use CoreLocation for turn-by-turn GPS directions.
- Cut, Copy and Paste: Available across all apps. Shake to undo or redo.
- Landscape keyboard: Available in all key applications, including Mail.
- MMS: Picture messaging now available.
- Voice Memos: Record notes, lectures, interviews, etc.
- Spotlight Search: Available across all applications. Systemwide search available from main home screen by flicking to the left.

- A2DP Bluetooth: Support for stereo bluetooth headsets. [MacRumors]

Cut, Copy and Paste?? on ALL iPhone Apps? At Last!!!

Well,there are more new features . And now it is available for all registered iPhone developers and will be released on summer for all iPhone users.

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