In a small conference held at the headquarters of the company in Cupertino, California, Apple has announced some of the developments which will bring the new operating system the phone iPhone, which is already available in over 80 countries and in 2008 sold more 13.5 million units.
The alma mater of the spoiled child of Apple and has been incorporated and is cargadito news: the most striking are the classic cut and paste, streaming video and the possible connection Peer 2 Peer (P2P), which increases the chances gaming network. IPhone 3.0 promises to make mobile Steve Jobs, a gadget even more appealing.
After waiting three years, the implementation of copy and paste text on iPhone has been one of the most eagerly awaited by users. Agree with those presented by Scott Forstall, vice president of iPhone software, the option to copy-paste works between multiple applications such as email and Internet browser, and also has the option to undo. You can also copy multiple photos to be added to an e-mail.
Furthermore, another application that benefits to users is that with the 3.0 software all the emails and text documents can be written in wide mode, so the keyboard is easier to use.
Now, multimedia messaging
Now the message service is also amazing improvements Because it can send multimedia messages (MMS), which can receive audio files and images. It also announced the possibility of forwarding text messages, something that until now could not be done.
IPhone 3.0 also includes the Voice Memo application that allows you to record voice messages, an application to send and receive files between iPhones and iPod Touch and an improved timetable. The new soul iPhone also includes a new application dubbed Spotlight, which provides the ability to search not only contacts but also in applications such as email.
For his post also highlights the new feature P2P Support Forstall has been defined as an application "great for video games" that will find other devices with the same game using the same application form and set up an IP connection to a network game online through technology "bluetooth."
More Accessories
One of the big surprises has been the turn of the company in the connectivity of accessories, so far limited to some audio products that worked with proprietary iPod connection.
Apple will allow new products or medical devices, radio transmitters, which can connect via Bluetooth or via cable to the phone and control its functions. In addition, the iPhone being able to broadcast in stereo Bluetooth audio.
LifeScan, a medical services company, staged a demonstration of a glucose meter can keep track of the different steps in the user and suggest diets or keep a schedule of insulin injections. The application can send messages with the glucose levels to parents or doctors.
With the new version of the OS developers can also generate revenue from new levels and content or subscription services, a demand that magazines and media have done.
Users can buy extra content and the money is distributed the same way as the applications. 70% goes to the developer and the rest for Apple.
The company also has ruled on the controversial selection process and validation of applications, which sometimes left out of the store to developers that App Store, in principle, did not appear to violate any terms of contract. According to Scott Forstall, head of iPhone software, "96% of applications are approved and issued 98% of them are approved in less than seven days."
IPhone users and iPod Touch have downloaded 800 million applications since the store opened just eight months ago.
Wikipedia can be downloaded in mobile phones for ten euros
The French company has adapted WikiPock free encyclopedia phones. It is in eight languages, including Spanish
During one year, the team has worked to WikiPock "compress four gigs all items" of eight versions of the free encyclopedia (German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Polish and Portuguese). "Mobile phones have limited memory and CPU power is less than the PC, but we managed to work well."
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