iPhone Firmware 3.0 Features List

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Finally iPhone Firmware 3.0 features got revealed at Macworld Expo San Francisco. Looking at iPhone OS 3.0 features one thing is sure that its major update to iPhone OS with incredible new features for both dev and customers.

iPhone Firmware 3.0 has successfully fulfilled expected feature list with many demanded futures like Copy past, MMS, Push functionality making their way to iPhone Firmware 3.0. The event was started with iPhone software vice president Scott Forstall and iPhone product marketing chief Greg Joswiak.

Here is Complete List of iPhone OS 3.0 Features For Users

1. Copy & Past :- Finally Copy Past feature will be reality

2. A2DP

3. Push Notifications

4. MMS

5. Landscape mode in Mail, SMS and Notes

6. Bluetooth (Peer to Peer connection via Bluetooth)

7. Spotlight :- Universal Apple Search Feature

8. CalDAV. Calendar App

Lets move towards iPhone Firmware 3.0 Features list for Developers. Apple has worked significantly harder to make iPhone SDK even better for iPhone Apps developer. iPhone OS 3.0 will have following features for App developers.

iPhone Firmware 3.0 Features For Developers

1. 1000 New API’s

2. New business model In –APP Purchase 70% developer revenue and 30% apple commission.

3. Allowing accessory manufacturers to create applications to interface with their hardware accessories.

4. Ability to embed Google Maps directly into their application.

5. Developers can now use CoreLocation to make Turn by Turn applications.

That’s all for iPhone OS 3.0, most intresting part is apple has set to release iPhone Firmware 3.0 this summer and Developer can get their hands on Beta version of iPhone Firmware 3.0 SDK from today.

Download Beta Version iPhone 3.0 SDK for Developers

You can download Beta Version of iPhone 3.0 SDK from http://developer.apple.com/iphone/

The iPhone OS 3.0 update will be free for iPhone users but iPod Touch users will have to pay $9.99 for the update.