iPhone / iPod Touch Version 3.0’s Features Revealed – Does This Change Anything?

Posted 03/21/2009 at 8:48pm | by Justin Kerr

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If you’re looking to start a heated debate in the Maximum PC forums, Apple vs. PC is almost guaranteed to get people’s blood boiling. But wither you’ve built every PC you’ve ever owned, or your heart bleeds only for Steve Jobs, we can at least all agree one thing. The iPhone & iPod Touch are pretty kick ass devices even for Windows users. With more then 30 million of the gadgets shipped since launch, and 800 million applications sold, it appears as though the Apple hen will be laying golden eggs for some time to come.

But with success comes competition, and with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and even Palm looking for a slice of Apple’s lunch, they clearly needed to address a few glaring omissions from their feature list. Version 3.0 (which is expected to launch sometime this summer) will bring long awaited features, most of which are far less revolutionary then Apple would want you to believe. Here are the highlights:

- The ability to copy & paste.
- Bluetooth Stereo headphone connectivity in 2nd generation devices
- Turn by turn navigation from third party applications (not using Google Maps)
- MMS
- Better access to the dock connector for hardware developers.

Another interesting feature is the ability to perform transactions within applications. This feature could obviously be abused, but it could also unlock new DLC within games, or maybe even allow us to buy Kindle books from the same application we use to read them.

Are you looking for your chance to sound off either for, or against the iPhone? Cats vs. Dogs go!

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