If you’re a developer dabbling away with the latest builds (or one of those clever dastardly gents who managed to get access to the beta firmware through other means), you’ve got an update waiting for you. Apple has just pushed iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 out the door.
The changes seem minor, but here’s whats been noticed so far:
- Obligatory performance improvements
- MMS now works on T-Mobile in Germany, if you modify the carrier bundle
- Spotlight now saves the last search
- Spotlight search options (Want to only search apps, or everything but music?)
- Minor UI tweaks
- iPod Touches can now change the function tied to double tapping the home button
It’s a small one at face value, but likely fixes a number of bugs sneaking around behind the scenes. We’ll let you know if anything else pops up.
Kind of underwhelming compared to the Android 1.5 updates. http://developer.android.com/sdk/preview/features.html
I’m no apple fanboy but it stands to reason that if there are more things broken there are more things to fix.
Of course the iBrick update doesn’t look as flashy as the Android update, there weren’t as many things wrong with it in the first place. :D
I suppose that might be be a valid interpretation if the features in the Android update were fixes. In fact, they are mostly added features. Feature which the iPhone still seems to lack in many cases.
Android 1.5 Fixes: 5
Android 1.5 Added Functionality: 22
Android 1.5 Cosmetic: 11
iPhone 3.0 Fixes: 3? (Obligatory is vague)
iPhone 3.0 Added Functionality: 2
iPhone 3.0 Cosmetic: 1 (Once again, vague)
Even given the vague factor, that’s a much higher feature-set-improvement to fixes ratio in the favor of Android. Factor in a similar ratio in iPhone OS 2.0 and any argument about “many things wrong with it in the first place” loses its traction pretty quickly.
Oh come on. The Android 1.5 is not at all a valid comparison – this is a beta update… Meant to fix performance and bugs in the upcoming OS release. you can’t expect many new features. Apple is obviously holding some back for launch but you aren’t going to see many new features every two weeks until June.
Wait, 2?
I count more than that.
MMS
Cut/Copy/Paste
Searchlight
Voice Memo App
Ability to delete singular SMS/MMS messages
In-app purchase
You know what I don’t need to sit here all night. But that’s more than 2. I’m nost saying I’m an iPhone fanboy. I just came from having a Moto Q9c (WinMo) and a Blackberry Curve so I think I can be pretty objective about it.
You made a pretty good point however many of the features added to the Android are features they were lacking. Features that any phone that comes out now a days already does out of the box. I was looking up iPhone app reviews and Android app reviews to compare the two. One thing that i found is that their are many android to compensate for features that Android phones lack. For example a music player so you can browse your songs and a task manager so that you can close a program.
anyone have download links for this?
for the ipod touch 1st gen? make sure its beta 3 not like beta 2 or beta 1. Thanks
I wish they wouldn’t restrict it to “authorized developers”; release it so everyone can have a whack at it and let’s see if its really any good.
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there is no base band after install firmware 3.0 beta 3 how to get back base band 2.80?
thx
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