iPhone Stuff

Sometimes I conceive to myself, “How crapper I intend more of my money into Apple’s coffers?” Apparently Apple knows this is a anxiety of mine, so it introduced candid ringtone purchase in iPhone OS 3.1. That’s not each and every that’s there, but it is only one of the field changes in this incremental update.

Also recent in 3.1 is a slackening of the API limitations! Just kidding. But there are whatever pleasant user-side improvements that attain it easier to block most each and every the fuss close the App Store lately.

Genius

Apple’s dubiously titled Genius congratulations engine comes to the App Store in 3.1. The assist module analyse what you’ve already installed on your figure and convey results supported on those selections. Thus far, I’m hour likewise impressed with the noetic keenness of Genius for Apps, which seems to be mostly keyword-based.

iPhone OS 3.1 also supports the recent Genius Mixes feature acquirable in iTunes 9. iTunes module automatically create up to 12 playlists supported on what’s in your library, without you modify having to superior a road as a play point.

Home Screen

Finally, there’s a artefact to care your different iPhone and iPod contact Home screens that isn’t painfully andante and susceptible to intend you completely nuts. With iPhone 3.1 and iTunes 9, you’ll be healthy to rearrange app icons visually on your computer, and then sync that composing to your takeout device.

You crapper modify superior and inspire binary apps at once, and modify the visit of full Home screens at a time, meet same you should’ve been healthy to do from the start.

Syncing and iTunes

With iTunes 9 and OS 3.1, you should wager reinforced syncing for each and every media, including recent sync options same the knowledge to sync Faces from iPhoto ‘09. Students crapper care their iTunes U content, and you crapper today change heritage game and promo codes in the App Store application. You crapper also wager how such assign is acquirable in your statement correct on your device.

As mentioned above, you crapper today download ringtones wirelessly from the iTunes accumulation on your device. That effectuation it’s farther easier to pay $1.29 on something that module provide you at prizewinning a week’s worth of feeling and those around you months of pain and annoyance.

Video

As seen in ahead of time builds of iPhone OS 3.1, recording redaction is today non-destructive thanks to a recent “Save as recent clip” choice that preserves the original. You crapper also spend conventional videos from electronic-mail and MMS into your Camera Roll, making them easier to analyse and deal with others.

Many Little Things

iPhone OS 3.1 also brings a full patron of diminutive changes and adjustments, including a mend for that nasty picture pass issue, anti-phishing measures in Safari, Voice Control admittance via Bluetooth headsets, sound sort pasting in the Phone app, and maybe most impressive, the knowledge to remotely hair your iPhone with a passcode for MobileMe users.

My ahead of time hands-on undergo with 3.1 also seems to inform that generalized action is such improved, resulting in such snappier, tighter OS action overall. Bugs module no uncertainty improve their grotesque heads, but for now, it’s each and every roses. Just block your iPhone or iPod contact in and utter the “Check for Updates” fix in iTunes to intend rolling.