With the iPhone 3.0 firmware, Apple upped the max number of app pages on the iPhone from 9 to 11. Theoretically, that increased the number of apps the iPhone could support to 180. Theoretically.
We’ve already reviewed the iPhone 3.0 firmware, nitpicking the features one by one. But in case you still haven’t studied the update closely enough, here are the 10 things you should know about iPhone 3.0.
Apparently Optus has sent out a press release to certain publications, including our sister site Lifehacker, with some details about their plans for data tethering for the iPhone. Maybe they left Giz off the list because deep down they were so ashamed to be charging $10 a month just for the right to tether your iPhone…
Now that a good chunk of the 40 million iPhone owners around the world have upgraded to iPhone 3.0 software, we’re hearing local reports that internet tethering is working for Aussie Vodafone customers, but not Telstra or Optus ones. Typical.
We just got a load of tips from readers that the iPhone 3.0 update is sending their iPhone 3Gs into an unrecoverable mode where the activation process won’t complete.
A couple of months ago, a Major League Baseball spokeperson hinted that live video streaming—one of the vaunted promises of iPhone 3.0—could make its way to the league’s $US10 At Bat app. Tomorrow, they’re making good on their tease.
Today’s the big day, and iPhone OS 3.0 is already showing up on Apple’s servers. The update isn’t seeding through iTunes yet, but you can download a restore image directly from the source.
Remember a couple of years ago when Apple launched the first iPhone in the US and neglected Australia? Remember how heaps of people couldn’t wait to get their hands on the so-called ‘Jesus-phone’ so bought it on the grey market, then jailbroke it so it would work in Australia? Well, reader Andrew was one of those people, and after some playing around with the new 3.0 OS and downgrading back to the current 2.2 software, he discovered that he suddenly had Vodafone’s visual voicemail working.