Wow, a day after the iPhone Dev Team released their updated Redsn0w software, Apple releases an update to iPhone OS. This isn’t a significant update to the iPhone OS. It doesn’t introduce new and exciting features to the current hardware but it does fix a number of issues and bugs.

This update fixes and improves the following:

• Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS
• Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances
• Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard

This update is for all current hardware, iPhone 1G (EDGE), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and all iPod Touch devices. You can easily get the update via iTunes by connecting your device and clicking “Check for Update”

*Note* It’s been confirmed by the iPhone Dev Team that Redsn0w 0.9.2 works with this new iPhone OS update only with iPhone 1G (EDGE) and iPhone 3G and *ONLY* if you don’t care about unlocking. Just point Redsn0w 0.9.2 to the iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware IPSW — The iPhone Dev Team urges iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch users who wish to jailbreak to stay away from this update until further notice!

Downloads:
iPhone OS 3.1.3 Downloads will be up shortly!
iPhone 2G EDGE 3.1.3 IPSW Download
iPhone 3G 3.1.3 IPSW Download
iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 IPSW Download

Apple, a few days ago, announced the 3rd generation iPod Touch with not much improvement over the 2nd gen iPod Touch. Sadly, Apple didn’t add a camera. However, Apple did drop the price on the iPod Touch and boosted up the storage, which is always a plus.

New iPod Touch lineup looks like this:

• $199USD for the 8GB model
• $299USD for 32GB model
• $399USD for a whopping 64GB

The 32GB and 64GB are 50% faster than previous generation models and will run OpenGL ES 2.0. Also, existing iPod Touch owners who already have the latest 3.0 firmware will also be able to download the new iPhone OS 3.1 firmware, which is already available, at no charge, while those running older firmware versions can upgrade for $4.95, which is an absolute bargain.

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Apple released the long awaited iPhone OS 3.0 firmware (Build 7A341) for both iPhone and iPod touch via iTunes. This software update is a major update and adds over 100 new features. If you would like to quickly upgrade to 3.0, connect your device to iTunes via USB and click on Check for Updates and the iPhone OS 3.0 will start downloading and it will update your iPhone.

Features:

• Copy and Paste: Quickly and easily cut, copy, and paste text from application to application. Select entire blocks of web text with a tap. Copy and paste images from the web, too.
• Landscape Keyboard: Want more room to type? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
• Spotlight Search: Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all of your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.
• Safari: Enjoy faster performance, autofill user names and passwords, and more.
• Auto Wi-Fi login: Log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot and iPhone automatically logs you in when you connect again
• Find My iPhone: Find your iPhone if you lose it and protect your privacy with Remote Wipe.
• Shake to Shuffle: Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.

That’s just a few of the features iPhone OS 3.0 will offer, for the full list of features click here.

iPhone OS 3.0 IPSW Downloads:
iPhone 2G EDGE 3.0 ipsw Download
iPhone 3G 3.0 ipsw Download
iPhone 3G S 3.0 ipsw Download

iPod touch users can go to iTunes and buy the firmware update for $9.95USD – here {iTunes link)

Apple highlighted the iPhone and the upcoming iPhone 3.0 firmware update today in a live event in the Apple campus in Cupertino, CA. Some of these features are freaking awesome!

• In-App Purchasing: Allows developers to sell additional content from within applications. Highlighted uses include magazine subscriptions, eBooks, additional levels and items for games.
• Peer-to-Peer Connectivity: Find other devices running the app via Bonjour over Wi-Fi of Bluetooth. Good for gaming, but also other applications for sharing data.
• Third-Party Accessory Apps: Allowing accessory manufacturers to create applications to interface with their hardware accessories.
• Push Notification: Rather than using background processes that hamper battery life, utilize third-party server to push badge, text, and audio alerts from applications.
• Turn by Turn: Apple will allow developers to use CoreLocation for turn-by-turn GPS directions.
• Cut, Copy and Paste: Available across all apps. Shake to undo or redo.
• Landscape keyboard: Available in all key applications, including Mail.
• MMS: Picture messaging now available.
• Voice Memos: Record notes, lectures, interviews, etc.
• Spotlight Search: Available across all applications. Systemwide search available from main home screen by flicking to the left.
• A2DP Bluetooth: Support for stereo bluetooth headsets.

You might notice that tethering is no where to be found in that list, it was addressed in the Q&A section of the event. Apple is building the client side of tethering into OS 3.0, but cooperation from carriers is also required in order for it to be offered.

The iPhone 3.0 update is available to all registered iPhone Developers as a free beta today and it will be fully released this summer. Shame that Apple dropped the details on this amazing update and are making us wait a couple of months before it releases! This update will be free to all iPhone users and as always, it will be $9.95USD for iPod Touch users.
Some of the above features will sadly not make it to the first generation iPhone (iPhone EDGE/2G) because of hardware limitations. The features that wont make it include, MMS and stereo bluetooth. So if you got an iPhone 2G go upgrade! Apple also revealed that bluetooth support can be activated for the second generation iPod Touch.

Apple has posted an iPhone OS 3.0 Preview page listing a few of the highlights. A video of today’s media event will also be posted to the page later today.

- sources:
macrumors.com
apple.com

Took awhile, Apple has released firmware 2.2.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch. This update, like all the previous released updates, fixes bug issues and improves the iPhoneOS

iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update

This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
- Improved general stability of Safari
- Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll

Products compatible with this software update:
- iPhone
- iPhone 3G

The same update is available for iPod Touch users

In case you care:
2.2.1 (Build 5H11)
Modem Firmware 02.30.03

Beware though, installing this may render your iPhone or iPod Touch ‘unjailbreakable’ – Don’t say we didn’t warn you

Download at our iPhone Downloads section:
iPhone 3G 2.2.1 ipsw Download
iPhone 2G EDGE 2.2.1 ipsw Download
iPod Touch 1G 2.2.1 ipsw download
iPod Touch 2G 2.2.1 ipsw download