iPhone 3.0

Apple hosted an event this morning to present the latest iteration of the iPhone software to the media & developers. Looks like we are getting a lot more stuff to really boost the functionality of the iPhone (and iPod Touch). There will be 100 new features – with an impressive looking implementation of copy & paste.

As a quick overview:

• Apple notifications
• Search (Spotlight)
• Copy & paste
• In application e-commerce
• Peer-to-peer connectivity
• Voice memo’s
• Audio recorder
• MMS support
• CalDAV calendar type
• Calendar subscriptions
• Shake to shuffle
• Shake to undo
• Stereo Bluetooth output
• Auto fill
• You Tube account access

The vaunted push notifications didn’t appear. Apparently they’re working on it but it caused rapid battery drain. Their Apple notifications system is the stand-in here – I’m sure developers will make it work in ways its not supposed to to mimic some push functionality.

Not getting Flash support BUT if the source uses video in HTML5 it will be supported as H.264 and a couple of other formats/options.

The update will be free to all 3G phones but a paid upgrade (US$10) for gen 1 phones and iPod Touch – some of the features won’t be available on gen 1 phones though. Developer Beta of the SDK available today.

Here’s a transcript of the event.