Comments on: Apple iPhone 3G Firmware 3.0 – Was It Worth The Wait?

By: James Duncan

James Duncan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:13:59 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not iPhone bashing as no other phone has come close in my opinion but the new update was just a bit mmmh.

It has kind of made me lose interest in upgrading to the iPhone 3GS though which is probably a good thing considering the price.

By: Murphx

Murphx — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:13:27 +0000

I think copy and paste should have been there from at least v2 of the OS, but the other stuff I think is a great addition and just proves that Apple is continuing to innovate in all the right areas for the iPhone.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:54:59 +0000

Worth the wait? Yes.

Underwhelming? Also yes.

Worth the wait because it brought a lot of useful features that will make most of the day-to-day tasks I carry out on my iPhone a lot easier.

Underwhelming because the majority of these features should have already been there. Also, the spotlight search seems to search the email bin too, and given I receive a lot of notification emails during the day which I delete after reading, it can make filtering down the search results hard. Safari doesn’t seem to save htaccess based user/passes either.

The phone generally feels a bit tighter though and Safari definitely seems quicker. Looking forward to seeing what app developers do with 3.0, but this update just seems to have made me want a 3GS more now after seeing glimpses of the potential there (the compass and video camera are really tempting too).