Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS Preview

The upcoming release of the iPhone 3.0 OS, the Apple iPhone is slowly becoming more and more like a regular phone. Gone are the jabs that it doesn’t do MMS and copy-and-paste — all that will become available in the 3.0 version this summer.And while it’s a bit sarcastic that iPhone users are blissful about these new functionalities that should have been there in the first place, it becomes clear where Apple focusing when it planned for the iPhone — that it’s more of an internet device with a phone functionality rather than a phone that has internet connectivity.

Spotlight for iPhone 3.0 OS
Home Screen Search. Searches items on all your native iPhone apps.

Cut, Copy and Paste.
The holy trinity. To use CCP — double-tap to select text, drag from start to end points and select copy or cut. Shake the iPhone to undo/redo your edits.

MMS.
Nice, but when was the last time I got an MMS?

Bluetooth Stereo. With A2DP support.

Bandwidth throttling.
Adjusts streaming video quality according to current bandwidth.

CalDAV.
Allows for sharing calendar data across services like Google and Yahoo with .ics subscription support.

Tethering.
Share 3G internet via USB. Carriers will have to opt-in first for this.

The iPhone OS 3.0 will be free to all iPhone owners and cost $9.95 to iPod Touch users.