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iPhone OS 4.0: Over 100 new features

by Steven Sande Apr 8th 2010 at 2:00PM

During today's Apple live event, it was noted that over 100 new features are being added to iPhone OS 4.0. We captured some of that information, and list just a few new features here for your reading pleasure:
  • QuickLook: The feature everyone loves in Mac OS X now comes to iPhone and iPad
  • Folder Storage: You can now have up to 2,160 apps on your iPhone through the use of folders
  • Full app access to still and video data
  • iBooks on iPhone: A smaller version of the iBooks app for the iPhone platform.
  • Unified inbox for Mail: At last, all of your emails go can be viewed in one inbox; no more switching between inboxes. You can also have multiple Exchange accounts. The emails can be organized by threads, much in the same way that they are in Mail.app on the Mac.
  • Wireless App Distribution: Companies that create custom in-house apps no longer need to distribute those through a "wired" connection; employees can now install the apps from anywhere, anytime.
  • Homescreen Wallpaper, Bluetooth Keyboards: The iPhone and iPod touch will get these features that are now on the iPad.
  • Fast app switching
  • Background location: Apps can stay updated with location information even when you switch to another app.
  • Selective use of location: Location can be enabled or disabled on an app-by-app basis.
  • Local notifications: like push notification, but not requiring server access. It's all done on the phone.
  • Task completion: Items that take some time can now complete in background while other work is going on in foreground. For example, uploading an image to Flickr can happen in background while you're doing something else.
  • iAds: Developers get 60% of the ad revenue by adding interactive iAds to their apps. You can add fully interactive advertisements without taking people out of your app.
  • Address and Date data detectors: Just like those in Mail.app in Mac OS X, these add information to Address Book and Calendar with a tap.
More detail on individual features will be forthcoming. Stay tuned to TUAW all day today for all of your iPhone OS 4.0 news.

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jeremyjacks

Quick Question:
Last year I brick'd my iPhone 3G by installing a 3.0 beta and solved that by paying ($5) to some random developer to add me to his developer program. Am I going to have to talk with him about seeing if my phone is still registered or is there some other way I can check? There's no real hurry seeing as the 3G doesn't support multi-tasking but it's always cool to have something no one else has. ;) That's what high school is all about, am I right?

April 09 2010 at 5:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jatz

Any word on an improvement to iCal? A weekly view or a journal view would be so useful.

At the moment the calendar is average at best.

April 09 2010 at 11:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tad

I am a student developer looking to get my hands on OS 4. If any developers are selling free slots, please email me at jeg279@cornell.edu
Thanks

April 09 2010 at 10:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom

Updated my screenshot gallery: http://gallery.me.com/riedrich#100109

April 08 2010 at 5:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mr Angry

No remote printing sadly, I was actually looking forward to this.

But the other stuff has blown me away, great job Apple!

April 08 2010 at 5:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sameer Thadani

Tom

or any other developer.

If you have an free UDID slots, I would love for you to grant me the ability to get 4.0. I am a student at East Carolina University, and am majoring in Computer Science. I am currently a developer of app but do not have the $99 membership. It would be greatly appreciated if you could help me out. My email address is st0101@ecu.edu. Thanks in advance!

April 08 2010 at 4:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bryan

What about multiple e-mail signatures... ?

April 08 2010 at 3:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
m wasserman

another worthless update...jailibreaking has done all this and more for a long time..
can anyone say blue tooth audio control?

I'm moving to Andriod, as the Iphone is just getting stale....

April 08 2010 at 3:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Tom

But judging from my first minutes with OS 4.0, no other smartphone OS implements those features as neatly as iPhone.

April 08 2010 at 4:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom

Finally, you're able to move a calendar event to another calender right on the iPhone. This wasn't possible before. Oh, there are now two Toms in this forum. Very confusing ;-)

April 08 2010 at 3:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Thomas Roughton

Do the words Non-Discolosure Agreement mean anything to you? Better be careful.

April 08 2010 at 3:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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