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O2 Confirm Release Time of iPhone OS 3.0 and Features

Under: Apple iPhone, Phone Software
Date: June 17th, 2009

O2 has confirmed that the new iPhone OS 3.0 software will be ready for 6PM today (June 17); this software will already be on the new iPhone when it releases Friday and will be available to download for your existing iPhone for free.

The all new software will give you around 100 new features for both 2G and 3G iPhone customers, features will include the likes of Cut/Copy/Paste, Move text/Numbers/Email addresses between apps, you will also get a new search area which will allow you to: Find contacts, email addresses, phone numbers, apps and much more.

Other features will include:

Read and write texts, emails and picture messaging holding your iPhone sideways
Landscape
Longer battery life

Existing iPhone 3G customers will get the all new Picture Messaging (MMS), sound files and location with MMS messages, contacts, Send photos, the brilliant Internet tethering.

Just a quick update: According to Pocket Gamer they say that Telefonica has sent out SMS to iPhone users in Spain saying that the new iPhone OS 3.0 is available right now even though it is not.

UPDATE: iPhone OS 3.0 is now live

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rj
if you know the time of the release then what is the time zone for the release.. this is a big piece of information to leave out.. and how is it this particular site got a confirmation and everyother website is still guessing.. the truth is no one knows for sure when it will be out today and that’s that.. it will be out when apple releases it!
mark
I’m downloading from iTunes right now. Columbus, Ohio 11:37
graeme
its 6:00pm and doesnt look like its working agh this is worse than christmas
graeme
cancel the comment.
ITS WORRRKINGGGGGGGG!!!!
DOWNLOADING AS WE SPEAK 229.3MB
Rob
Surely the longer battery life bit only applies to the 3GS?
Serot_Sisam
Download OS 3.0 NOW in NC! cant wait til its done
Serot_Sisam
Im done downloading!!! Looks better than before, Thanks APPLE!!!!
LT
Started downloading, saw it was going to take an hour to finish so I carried on doing other things in the meantime. Very excitedly went to see if it had finished downloading – it has but now my phone is stuck with a ‘trying to connect to iTunes’ image on the screen (and cannot connect to iTunes properly…keeps telling me to check my network settings. I can only make emergency calls, as I appear to have no network coverage. Apple problem or O2 problem?
LT
Good to go now. Perhaps it was just me being impatient! ^^
jak
all good, done the download at 6.08pm, nice new features!
mel
There is no button for push notifications and i want the espn alert sound and i have no idea where to find it… this update blows