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Is this what's in the next iPhone update?

The iPhone Blog is reporting what's purported to be in the next, and hopefully imminent iPhone update to version 3.1. As we've reported, developers were seeded with the beta Tuesday.

Here's the list:

  • Voice Control now works over Bluetooth
  • Updated AT&T profile to 4.2 (MMS is now enabled)
  • Improvements to OpenGL and Quartz.
  • iPhone vibrates when moving icons
  • Non-destructive video editing means trimming a clip no longer saves over the original video but gives you the option to "Save as copy..."
  • APIs to allow third party apps to access videos and edit them.
  • Updated modem firmware to 5.08.01

If true, it will put smiles on a lot of iPhone owners' faces. The omission of Bluetooth voice control seemed downright silly. Losing your original video after an edit seemed pretty counter-intuitive as well. It also appears MMS will appear in the update, but that only matters if AT&T turns it on.

No firm dates for the update of course, but if the above is accurate it will be a good one.

Thanks Brad for the tip


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Dude

We need an API to interact with LIVE video streams as well. We cannot do augmented reality without access to the LIVE video stream in a supported API!!!!!

July 07 2009 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mojo

Unless the development toolkit allows developers to modify the phone, this is more junk from Apple for creating cool games or non-essential and forgettable half-done applications. Programmers constantly tell me Apple wants to keep all of its proprietary technology to itself which is why I can't have a spam filter, today screen, snooze button on alarms, and numerous other items you'd expect on the phone. Business applications and Outlook sync are terrible as is document management. I'm with you guys - the 3GS battery life is such a disaster I'm considering returning the phone and taking a bath on the applications I bought. Makes me think someone is going to clean Apple's clock soon and it won't be pretty when Android 2 comes out.

July 07 2009 at 1:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Griffon

Sure hope that means full AVRCP control for BT... Two years late this stuff is seeming pretty half assed.

July 03 2009 at 8:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sulley

[b]To hell with new features, fix what's there first. All I can say is that it better resolve the damn Wi-Fi signal drops.[/b]

Every time I seem to look, while I'm waiting for a web page to load, it's dropped the signal in my house. I never had this problem before 3.0 and it is horrible. Getting it to find the Wi-Fi signal isn't even just a step-by-step process. Sometimes, going into Settings --> General --> Wi-Fi will pull it up, other times I have to keep turning Wi-Fi on and off, others I have to keep turning the Ask to Join on and off. It's a ROYAL PAIN in the rear. I use my iPhone in Wi-Fi covered areas a lot and this is a MAJOR problem.

I can only imagine what the iPod Touch users are feeling when they don't even have a 3G/Edge signal to fall back on when their Wi-Fi signal drops.

July 02 2009 at 4:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob Aman

I still really want access to Voice Control in the SDK. It'd be sweet if turn-by-turn directions could be started with "directions to home" or restaurants could be selected by "what restaurant should I eat at".

July 02 2009 at 4:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ifokust

Is It too much to ask to have the ability to delete call history 1 by 1 instead of all or nothing?

July 02 2009 at 12:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Fourinchespyle

Ever since the 3.0 update my iPod doesn't remember my place in a song 90% of the time. Now when I hit the play button on my earbuds it just plays the first song on my iPod. I'm listening to 3+ hour radio broadcasts and it's a major PITA to scroll through to find my place. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? I no likey the update. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

July 02 2009 at 3:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MJ RIP

Apple - Please extend Spotlight to search SMS as well.

July 01 2009 at 11:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lerry

something that I've been waiting on since day 1, is the option to have the wallpaper visible on the phone under the apps, instead of only on the locked phone. I dont know why apple doesnt allow this, but if its becuase of batter life, like background apps, I'd still like to have it so if they could do an option in settings to enable wallpaper or not might be something good. I swear that everything I wanted from my phone I already have like tether, mms, c.c.p., so if they could give me a damn picture instead of the damn back background that would actually complete my list and have no reason to jailbreak.... another thing.... is it me or does the speaker on the 3gs louder than the one on the 3g... I have both phones ring with the same ringtone and I believe the 3gs is louder!!!!

July 01 2009 at 7:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Exidor

I want the blue dots representing whether or not a video has been played to behave correctly.

July 01 2009 at 5:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Justin

I'm concerned that the AOL Screenname iTunes Store issue isn't on the list. Anyone have any idea on when a solution is coming for that one?

July 01 2009 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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