The iPhone 3.0 software will be available worldwide on June 17th (today for developers). It will be free for iPhone owners and $US9.95 for Touch. There are also some new features unveiled at WWDC.
AU: The local press release reckons that the iPhone 3.0 software will be available in Australia from June 26, the same day as the new iPhone launches.
Whats new: MMS will be available from 29 carriers at launch, but it won’t be coming to AT&T until “later this summer” (WEAK!), tethering is official for 22 carriers (no AT&T at launch naturally), Safari handles JavaScript 3x faster along with HTTP streaming audio & video, auto-fill, and HTML 5 support. There are also 30 languages total available in 3.0—including Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, Greek, and Korean.
There is also a new “Find My iPhone” feature that is available to MobileMe customers. It shows users where their lost iPhone is on a map. You can even send it a remote wipe command to protect your sensitive data in the event that it is stolen.
Naturally, there are also plenty of new apps on the horizon. Head on over to our WWDC 2009 iPhone app roundup to get all the details.
Steve
Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 12:57 AMBastidos!
Just got in from work at 2245hrs and wanted to update on the 17th and Fu@*^ng nothing!
All this hype about the 17th, now I see the 26th. What’s the diference? just set it the same for the whole world!!!