No iPhone 3G for me, but at least I have the iPhone 2.0 Software. For the previous iPhone owners, you can get the software for free. For iPod Touch owners, it will cost you 10 dollars ($9.95 to be exact). Apple has an overview of the new features on their website here.
After playing around with it a bit, here are my favorites features.
Multiple Calendars
Loading the Calendar gave me a big surprise. My events were color-coded to their respective calendars in iCal on my Mac.
In addition, you can display all the calendars all at once or individually.
Japanese and Chinese input
The Japanese input interface got a major facelift. There are now two ways to input Japanese - QWERTY and Kana. The Kana input experience is great, and, in a way, fun. It beats inputting Japanese on regular phones.
2.0 also includes a Chinese hand recognition input interface. It’s very fun to write Chinese characters with your fingers, but I’m not sure about how practical it is when writing messages.
The App Store
The coolest thing has got to be the App Store. The screen shots below show what kind of applications I got on my Touch. The only paid application I bought was Super Monkey Ball, all the others were free. I also found some applications in the Japan App Store that aren’t in the US store. In particular, Japanese comic strips of Golgo 13 and Keroro and an utility application for train schedules in Japan.
Applications that don’t require wi-fi (except the Remote):
Applications that require wi-fi:
Japanese and Chinese inputThe Japanese input interface got a major facelift. There are now two ways to input Japanese - QWERTY and Kana. The Kana input experience is great, and, in a way, fun. It beats inputting Japanese on regular phones.
2.0 also includes a Chinese hand recognition input interface. It’s very fun to write Chinese characters with your fingers, but I’m not sure about how practical it is when writing messages.
The App Store
The coolest thing has got to be the App Store. The screen shots below show what kind of applications I got on my Touch. The only paid application I bought was Super Monkey Ball, all the others were free. I also found some applications in the Japan App Store that aren’t in the US store. In particular, Japanese comic strips of Golgo 13 and Keroro and an utility application for train schedules in Japan.
Applications that don’t require wi-fi (except the Remote):
Applications that require wi-fi:
Stay tuned from impressions of MobileMe on iPod Touch.
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