iPhone OS 3.0 firmware officially released and now available

If you were looking forward to all the new features of the iPhone 3.0 OS then the wait is over. Apple have officially released it and it is available to download via iTunes.

iPhone Software Update

This update contains over 100 new features, including the following:

• Cut, Copy & Paste with shake to undo
• Landscape keyboard in key applications
• Enhanced Messages application
– Send and receive photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS*
– Forward and delete single or multiple messages
• Added search feature in Mail, Calendar, Notes and iPod
• Spotlight search across iPhone
• Support for CalDAV and subscriptions in Calendar
• Improvements to Safari
– Performance
– HTML 5 support
– HTTP Streaming audio and video
– Auto-fill usernames and passwords
• New Voice Memos application
• Sync Notes with a Mac or PC via iTunes
• Internet Tethering over USB and Bluetooth*
• Browse and download movies, TV shows, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store**
• Stereo Bluetooth***
• Wi-Fi auto login
• Enhanced Stocks application
• More Parental Control options for Apps, Music, Movies and TV Shows
• iTunes account creation and login**
• YouTube account login and access to subscriptions, ratings and favorites**
• Shake to shuffle
• New languages, dictionaries, and keyboards
• Find my iPhone and Remote Wipe via MobileMe (subscription required)**
• Support for more Exchange policies
• Create and send Exchange meeting invitations
• Search mail on server (Exchange Server 2007 and supported IMAP servers)
• Search LDAP company directory
• VPN on demand and VPN proxy support
• Encrypted configuration profiles
• Encrypted iTunes backups
• 1,000 new developer APIs, including:
– In App Purchases
– Apple Push Notification Service
– Accessories support
– Peer to Peer Connectivity
– Embedded Maps
– iPod Library Access
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone
• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3G S

* Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S and requires support from your wireless provider.
** Not available in all regions or in all languages.
*** Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S.

Posted on Jun 17th, 2009 by Philip Nicosia in Software | 14 Comments

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14 Comments to “iPhone OS 3.0 firmware officially released and now available”

  1. on 17 Jun 2009 at 9:28 pm1Billy

    Yeah you can donwload it from Itunes but it stops the install saying
    “iphone activation server is temporarily unavailable”
    Great work Apple nice to get our hopes up and then this.

  2. on 17 Jun 2009 at 9:43 pm2gustav

    thats so not true…
    i downloaded and imnstalled 3.0 right when it came out. Works great!!!

  3. on 17 Jun 2009 at 10:37 pm3John J

    Downloaded it with no problems whatsover–took about 25 minutes in total to download and install–luv the new features–just wish Video had been included

  4. on 18 Jun 2009 at 12:49 am4Simon W

    Ahem, Where is VPN on Demand? It is not even in the iPhone user guide!

  5. on 18 Jun 2009 at 1:25 am5Rasmus

    i downloadet and had to reboot my iphone twice, lost all og my data txt mesages and anything on it amd i can’t download the new update

  6. on 18 Jun 2009 at 6:41 am6Stone

    Yeah I got one for yea….I am missing the camera button in txt, there’s no cut option but copy and paste….??? Now I am kinda lost…I am 3g updating from a jailbreak…I have done restore twice, once with using the backup and second without… No change! :(

  7. on 18 Jun 2009 at 6:59 am7David h

    Downloaded it when they said and works fantastic.

  8. on 18 Jun 2009 at 12:48 pm8Chris

    I downloaded it 3 times. First 2 failed and my mates all had same problems. 3rd time lucky and all is well apart from peer to peer. That don’t work, not happy. Is anybody else having that problem ?

  9. on 18 Jun 2009 at 3:17 pm9Jaxlee

    @ Stone — Everybody is missing the camera button (assuming you are with AT&T) because they dropped the ball and aren’t ready for MMS…I believe we will be able to send voice notes via MMS as well, but the only option right now is email…I’m guessing another update in the future when AT&T decides to get some work done. I noticed mine says cut when in an email, but haven’t tested anything else.

  10. on 18 Jun 2009 at 8:04 pm10Simon W

    …and now iTunes wont even recognize my phone (Does not even charge via USB!)

    It does charge on wall outlet and on another machine.

  11. on 19 Jun 2009 at 1:40 am11jcrigler

    I downloaded this and my VPN stopped working so I can’t get to my company email. Now I will need to back up and restore to 2.2 This sucks!

  12. on 20 Jun 2009 at 9:00 pm12Chris

    Update went fairly quickly, but it dropped all the apps I downloaded. How do I get them back onto the phone from iTunes????

  13. on 22 Jun 2009 at 9:30 pm13erol

    when i update it i can not conect on wifi….anyone with simular problem? write on my mail..
    emavmudoski@yahoo.com
    I NEED HELP PLEASE.????????

  14. on 12 Jan 2010 at 6:15 am14Vageha Razi

    Hi,
    I updated the firmware of iphone 2G from 2.2 to 3.0 but unfortunately, i lost the NOTES app while upgrading the OS.
    upon upgrading the iph, the ‘notes’ app didn’t show up at all.
    since the ‘search’ is the feature of firmware 3.0 , so while searching my notes, it generates the error message,
    ‘this URL wasn’t loaded.
    search ://com.apple.mobilenotes/4/1

    I wonder if i could get my notes back by some means . im still trying to figure out the means but things seems to have get lost at the moment.

    i would really apprecaite if any Iphone technical folk would help me in fixing this issue , and gives me the way out that REALLY works.

    Thanks .

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