I was out at a client’s office this morning at 10 am PDT when iPhone 3.0 was released. Got home a little while ago and am installing it now. The process is similar to the 2.0 install. A backup of your iPhone is suggested, and will make very good sense… just in case!
Plug the iPhone in, click on the iPhone device in iTunes, and it will automatically tell you that there is a new software version available. Click”Update” and off you go.
Downloading the software takes a while, and then all data on the phone is backed up. I have about 875 MB free on my 16 GB iPhone 3G, so you can imagine that will take a little while.
Wait! I got a dialogue box indicating that Apple’s registration server can’t activate the phone… please try later! BUMMER!
A quick trip thru the forums indicate that this is a pretty common happening… to the point that some Apple forums were overloaded and went down.
Is it Apple’s problem, or AT&T’s? Who knows. Be patient, sooner or later it will work.
I just want it NOW! Here’s why, courtesy of Macintouch.com
Apple is now selling OS 3.0 for the iPod Touch at $9.95 through iTunes and distributing iPhone OS 3.0 free of charge to iPhone owners.
New iPod Touch features include the following:
Apple is now selling OS 3.0 for the iPod Touch at $9.95 through iTunes and distributing
iPhone OS 3.0 free of charge to iPhone owners.
New iPod Touch features include the following:
- Download movies, TV shows, music videos, and audiobooks over Wi-Fi from the iTunes Store on iPod Touch.
- Pair your iPod Touch with compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.
- Peer to Peer Gaming
- Rotate iPod Touch to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
- Spotlight Search
- Cut, Copy & Paste
- Parental Controls
- Auto Wi-Fi Login
- Create one or more iTunes Store accounts directly from your iPod Touch.
- Enjoy support for up to 34 languages and more than 40 keyboard layouts.
- Push Notifications: Apps receive information – and let you know it’s there – even when they’re not running.
- Connect fun new game accessories via the iPod Touch 30-pin connector and Bluetooth.
- Safari Improvements
- Sync Notes: Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPod Touch back to your Mac or PC.
- Shake to shuffle: Just give your iPod Touch a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.
iPhones also get some of the following features, depending on model and location:
- Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio, and contact info. MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer. MMS is not supported on first-generation iPhone. Sending video via MMS is not supported on iPhone 3G.
- Voice Memos:
Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset. - Improved Calendar:
Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support. - Enhanced Stocks App
- Internet Tethering:
Share your Internet connection with your laptop with Internet tethering via Bluetooth or USB. Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. - YouTube Login:
Log in to your YouTube account to save and sync bookmarks and rate favorites. -
MobileMe Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe
[See Troubleshooting Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe.]
OS 3.0 also brings important security patches for Apple’s mobile platform, according to the company:
- Viewing a maliciously crafted image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
- Opening a maliciously crafted PDF file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
- Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeType v2.3.8
- Connecting to a malicious Exchange server may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information
- Processing a maliciously crafted PNG image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
- Maliciously crafted content may bypass website filters and result in cross-site scripting
- IPSec: Multiple vulnerabilities in the racoon daemon may lead to a denial of service
- Multiple vulnerabilities in libxml2 version 2.6.16, the most serious of which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
- Mail does not provide a preference to turn off the automatic loading of remote images. Opening an HTML email containing a remote image will automatically request it. The server hosting a remote image can determine that the email was read, and the network address of the device.
- An application that causes an alert to apear may initiate a phone call without user interaction
- Viewing a maliciously crafted MPEG-4 video file may lead to an unexpected device reset
- Installing a configuration profile may weaken the passcode policy defined by Exchange ActiveSync
- Clearing Safari’s history via the Settings application does not prevent disclosure of the search history to a person with physical access to the device.
- Interacting with a maliciously crafted website may result in unexpected actions on other sites
- A remote attacker may cause an unexpected device reset
- Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
- Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in cross-site scripting
- Visiting a maliciously crafted website may disclose images from other sites
- Websites may surreptitiously track users
- Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in the disclosure of sensitive information
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