- Cut, Copy and Paste: About time. Apple claims they've been "working really hard" on this one. From the looks of the double clicking, grab points and choice bubbles it looks like Apple got it right. We'll have to see. Apple was very clever in their approach towards capturing blocks of text from sources like Safari although I can see formatting issues when pasting HTML in to a mail mixed with regular text. I like the shake to undo and redo.
- Landscape: Again, about time. It was available in Safari all this time can't see why Apple held this back.
- MMS: Yet another feature that should have been out since day 1. Interesting use for sending location and audio. Sorry pre 3G folks - not available for you...
- Voice memo: Great looking interface. A nice to have, but no biggie.
- Calendar: Ability to integrate with CalDAV and calendar subscriptions. OK I suppose for some, but I can think of more important features like a "week view".
- Stocks: Great upgrade, but would rather see Apple's time spent on other items and apps like this left to third parties.
- Search: Long overdue and Apple must feel relieved they finally have this out. This was one of the major reasons why I didn't like the iPhone. It's not that I search that much, but when I need to, I really want the ability. I like the ability to search across all core applications. Wonder if Apple will allow 3rd party applications to tie into Spotlight. I also took note of the server based search possible with Exchange 2007. That's significant because it signals Apple is possibly looking to make changes to its ActiveSync performance and capabilities.
- Notes sync: Another on the list of "what took so long". It's still inexcusable that a To Do program isn't available from Apple. Rise up people, come on....
- Wifi auto login: This is actually a big deal for those of us who like to connect in wifi hotspots. It's a real pain having to authenticate through Safari each time. If this can help ease the process that will be a big plus.
- A2DP: If you're one of the few who's looking to have wireless headphones you're finally in luck.
- Parental controls, youtube, etc: All nice add ons.
Apparently there are about 100 new features with 3.0 yet we've only seen and heard a very few dozen. What else is out there that we don't know about yet. There's chatter about tethering, encrypted iPhone backups, new Podcast controls, and more. We'll hear about more features over the next week as developers get a chance to go through the 3.0 software and report back.
The iPhone is far from perfect even with 3.0. Is still lacks an organized home screen, lack of ring and vibrate profiles (like a Blackberry), lack of offline mail for Exchange users, lack of customized shortcuts and the list goes on (my original issue list). No device on the market is perfect.
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