On Thursday, Apple sent out invitations to a Tuesday, March 17, 10 AM PDT special event in Cupertino to discuss the iPhone 3.0 OS and a new SDK. The invitation doesn't mention new hardware, just new software. Perhaps this means I will be spared the temptation to buy a new iPhone this year. My wallet hopes.
Despite what people say about the iPhone, it is missing a number of features other phones already have. Things that make people go, huh? My hope is that the iPhone 3.0 OS will fix those "shortcomings." These are pretty well-known issues, such as:
- Video recording
- Copy-and-Paste
- Landscape mode in email / SMS
- Background processing
- MMS (I've been informed this is in for sure)
- Tethering (AT&T has confirmedthis feature was coming in 2009)
- Flash
The announcement of the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS will make me hold off on the jailbreak that I, er someone I know, was considering, since a lot of the reason this person was considering doing so was because of some of the missing iPhone features listed above.
On the other hand, you have to assume that the iPhone 3.0 OS will make jailbreaking a ton harder, if Apple has anything to say about it.
It also means that Google and Palm will be watching the event carefully. Though, as I stated, in reality Apple is playing catch-up with some of these things, not vice-versa. We'll see what happens on Tuesday, when the iPhone 3.0 OS is unveiled in more detail.
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