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Search your iPhone – new built-in feature: Spotlight search

As we all know; Apple is coming out with new OS for iPhone, version 3.0. Apple has unveiled a few features aimed more at consumers, including copy and paste, stereo Bluetooth and spotlight search. (Search? you mean search - search)
How ironic it is– Apple is proudly announcing this as a prime feature where it suppose to be there from day one when they introduced iPhone. Don’t you think so?

Anyway, so there’s this thing called ’search’ which lets you search the content of all your emails metadata (not the text of email, just metadata, like, from, to, subject etc), contacts, calendars and anything in your iPod library.

How get a spotlight search?
(1) From Home (desktop) screen, flicking on right will bring up the new Spotlight search home screen. Start typing it, result will populate at the bottom. Tapping on search result will directly take you there or launch an application
(2) Assuming that you are at ‘Home’ screen, Click ‘Home’ button of your phone again. This leads to Spotlight search screen
(3) On ‘Home’ screen, just above below navigation bar, you will see magnifying glass icon; try to tap on it will lead to Spotlight search screen

I am sure it’s must have feature for iPhone but wonder why it took so long to get here. Are we captive audience of Apple or what?

The new OS will be available “in the summer” (Prior to Sept 22?), and will be free to iPhone 3G and original iPhone owners. There will be a $9.95 cost to iPod touch owners.

Via [iPhoneFreak and Gizmodo]

Tags: Apple New OS, iPhone Os 3.0, New Apple OS In Summer, Os 3.0, Spotlight search

Last minute notice from Apple to iPhone developers -All apps must be compatible with iPhone OS 3.0

All applications for iPhone must compatible with OS 3.0. As we all know Apple is preparing for new OS 3.0 for iPhone but today apple sent out am email to all developer community saying that they are now reviewing (and accepting) applications made with and for the iPhone OS 3.0. Also Apple is asking developers of all existing apps to verify that there app should work with OS 3.0 and there should not be compatibility issue. This is big news for all iPhone application developers and very short notice for them to get ready for OS 3.0. This email upsets may developers -see this, this and this

Here is a text of an email:

All apps must be compatible with iPhone OS 3.0

Millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers will move to iPhone OS 3.0 this summer. Beginning today, all submissions to the App Store will be reviewed on the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0. If your app submission is not compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, it will not be approved.

Existing apps in the App Store should already run on iPhone OS 3.0 without modification, but you should test your existing apps with iPhone OS 3.0 to ensure there are no compatibility issues. After iPhone OS 3.0 becomes available to customers, any app that is incompatible with iPhone OS 3.0 may be removed from the App Store.

Some important information on how to upgrade your iPhone OS to new 3.0:

1. Log in to developer.apple.com using your developer acount
2. Download new iPhone SDK for 3.0 and install
3. Download iTunes 8.2 and install (Must - in order to upgrade your iPhone with OS 3.0)
4. Download iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 or 4
5. Connect your Phone with iTunes and ‘Restore’ your Phone using “iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5″

Fine print warning: There is no way back, if you want to downgrade your OS in future. Its permanent change.

Additional reading:
Breaking News: No new app submissions unless they run on OS 3.0

Tags: iPhone 3.0, iPhone Os 3.0, Os 3.0, upgrade your iPhone to OS 3.0