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iPhone OS 4 100+ new features: The Search Begins

angrytoothbrush

angrytoothbrush

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I looked high and low for one of these threads but no one added any so...
basically what I am doing and what you can do is find and screen capture any subtle differences you find and we can make a list!

1. Different iPod album view (see picture)
2. Different "find me" button in google maps
3. New text autocorrect- underlines in red and when you touch it gives you options to select.General New Features

Multitasking by double clicking home button P3,T3
Support for Apple Bluetooth keyboards
Game Center social network
iBooks with PDF support
iAd mobile advertising network
Portrait orientation lock
Camera
5x digital zoom
Tap to focus video
Settings
App-specific location settings
Cellular data only setting
Password with alphabet characters and numbers
Simple Passcode Lock (4 digit number) option
New Wallpapers
New Wallpaper preview for home screen and lock screen
Set up Internet Tethering
New Gmail and Exchange icons in Mail, Contacts, Calendars account settings
Support multiple Exchange accounts
Custom Dictionary
Compass
Remove the button link to Maps (Added back with build 8A248c β2. Not sure whether this will become part of the final OS)
Home Screen
Ability to categorize apps into folders with default folder naming based on category name in App Store
Up to 2,160 instead of 180 visible apps (12 apps per folder)
Folder name supports up to 13 characters
Custom backgrounds for Home screen and Lock Screen
Dock redesigned to that of the iPad
Rate on deleting app removed
Default utilities folder which contains the clock, calculator, voice memos and compass apps
Photos
Categorized by Albums, Faces, Events and Places (under iPhoto in Mac OS X)
Select multiple photos for mass deletion
Support landscape mode
Camera Roll
Rotate photos
Resize photos
Categorization by All, Photos and Videos
Support landscape mode
App Store
Ability to gift apps
Maps
Unified "locate me" icon
Background location icon shown on status bar
iPod
Playlist creation on device
Nested playlists
Lyrics and Podcast info on Setting
Volume control with Bluetooth headsets
Art in Album View
Notes
Notes syncing with MobileMe, Gmail IMAP and Yahoo! Mail
Accounts management appears if syncing is enabled
Notes setting below Mail, Contacts, Calendars Settings if syncing is enabled
Moved search box into title bar
Calendar
Birthday calendar
CalDAV invitations
Contacts
Unified Info by linking contacts from different accounts
CardDAV
Streamlined "New Contact" Screen
Spotlight
Search with Web or Wikipedia
Safari (Webkit version 532.9)
Bing is now a search option, along with Google and Yahoo
Recent Searches below search field
Top Hit in Search
Google Suggest appears below search field if Search Engine is set to Google
Unified "Search" keyboard button when search field being used
In-Page Video Playback
Youtube
Rotate & Zoom Videos in vertical and horizontal Position
Nike+
Upload workouts to Nike+
Accessibility
Larger fonts in Mail, SMS & alerts
Message
Include a Search bar
Character count (Can be enabled or disabled in Settings -> Messages screen)
Failed SMS Notification
Option to toggle off the ability to send group messages
Stocks
Ability to quick view current market cap in place of stock's price or % change
Mail
Unified Inboxes
Edit from Outbox
Support for multiple Exchange accounts
File & delete Mail search results
Organize By Thread in Mail
Quicklook attachments
Open attachments by registered filetype with corresponding Apps from App Store
Smart Links For Dates and Addresses
Contact Pictures in Emails
International
Spell Check
Added Cangjie and Wubihua Keyboards for Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Text replacement between Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Switch keyboard shortcut (holding the "earth" button on keyboard for a while)
Added support for Danish voice control
Hungarian Language added
Other
Persistent Wi-Fi
Wake on Wireless
Auto-join and Auto-login and IPv6 on individual Wi-Fi Networks setting
Enhanced data protection
Wireless app distribution
Mobile device management
SSL VPN support (both Juniper and Cisco)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 support
Improved Bluetooth driver for A2DP devices
 

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danpass said:
who you talking to at 2:10am for over 15min? :p
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Hey, the 900 number he chooses to do business with is none of your business.

"Oh yeah baby, tell me how much you like beta phone software. New features?! I'm getting hot!"
 
Auto time zone:

When you travel to another country / state, the iphone now automatically sets the correct time zone.

Woo! A feature my Nokia had in 1999….
 
danb77 said:
Auto time zone:

When you travel to another country / state, the iphone now automatically sets the correct time zone.

Woo! A feature my Nokia had in 1999….
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It already did this if you allowed it to get its time info from the cell towers.
 
danb77 said:
Auto time zone:

When you travel to another country / state, the iphone now automatically sets the correct time zone.

Woo! A feature my Nokia had in 1999….
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This has always worked as the time is adjusted according to the network...
 
Reading the specs it looks like their are now 2 speakers on the bottom vs one speeker and one mike.

Doesnt sound like much but it could make it a lot louder.

I hate how quite my ringer is.
 
dtboice said:
Reading the specs it looks like their are now 2 speakers on the bottom vs one speeker and one mike.

Doesnt sound like much but it could make it a lot louder.

I hate how quite my ringer is.
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huh?
No, iPhone 4 still has 1 speaker and 1 mic on the bottom and 1 mic on the top of the phone.
 
dtboice said:
Reading the specs it looks like their are now 2 speakers on the bottom vs one speeker and one mike.

Doesnt sound like much but it could make it a lot louder.

I hate how quite my ringer is.
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No theres still only one speaker at the bottom and one for the earpiece. There's now one mic at the bottom and one on top for noise cancellation.
 
dtboice said:
Reading the specs it looks like their are now 2 speakers on the bottom vs one speeker and one mike.

Doesnt sound like much but it could make it a lot louder.

I hate how quite my ringer is.
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This is for the OS, not for the actual iPhone. And you're wrong. There is one speaker, one microphone and a noise cancellation microphone.


OP: Is it possible for you to compile all these features into one post?

edit: Already posted above, sorry.
 
- Notes now syncs perfectly over IMAP. Make a change on your Mac, it shows up instantly on your Notes app. Make a change in Notes, it shows up instantly on your Mac.
- You can set a default account for Notes creation in settings.
- Google Search shows search suggestions as you type.
- Calendars shows how many calendars you are looking at at the top.
 
Found a bug :)

There is a new feature where in the iPod you can create your own playlist. This works as expected - however if you hit shuffle and then plug it into an alpine in car deck it plays the first shuffled song and then it goes in order of the playlist (not shuffled).
 
chrmjenkins said:
Hey, the 900 number he chooses to do business with is none of your business.

"Oh yeah baby, tell me how much you like beta phone software. New features?! I'm getting hot!"
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ha ha ha very funny...

quick question... when you click the tracking number where does it take you??
 
chrmjenkins said:
It already did this if you allowed it to get its time info from the cell towers.
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It only set the time, not the time zone. e.g. if you fly to NYC of course it sets your clock to Eastern time, but if you left from CA your calendars etc. are still set to the Pacific time zone. This can cause some alarm when you're looking at things in the calendar and flip out thinking you missed them (or you have 2 more hours than you actually do).

I've long wondered why they didn't use the location service to set the time zone. If this finding is true, it's now fixed.
 
maybe i just didn't notice it in OS3 but in settings>general theres an option to choose what spotlight will search through which i thought was quite nice :)
 
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