iPhone update 3.0 Improvements

iPhone and iPod Touch users will now gain cut, copy and paste features, thanks to the forthcoming iPhone 3.0 update. The new software will offer over 100 new applications/features, and it is expected to be released this summer. Another big win for long-suffering iPhone users: MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service, support. This enables you to send and receive photos, contact information (using the vCard standard, which will automatically add it to your Contact list), audio files and locations. The new Messages application not only supports MMS, but it can also forward and delete messages, either individually or multiply. Landscape orientation is coming to all key applications. When you rotate the iPod Touch or iPhone sideways, the new functionality will enable you to input using a larger keyboard in Mail, Notes and SMS. The new release will be a free update for all iPhone 3G users, and will also work on the original iPhone — though Apple cautions that certain features, such as MMS and stereo Bluetooth support, will not work on the original model. A software update for the iPod Touch will cost $10, much as the 2.0 release did.