Thursday, July 24, 2008

Overlooked Features in iPhone 2.0 Software for iPod Touch

The major features of iPhone 2.0 Software may be the App Store and MobileMe synchronization, but there are some other features that may have been overlooked.

In addition to the App Store, Exhcnage support, and MobileMe support, the following are features that I think are significant:

  1. Multiple calendars
  2. Save images to photo library from Safari and Mail
  3. New languages, dictionaries, keyboards and input methods (The Japanese Kana input keyboard is a good addition although there are still areas to be improved)
  4. Mass delete and move of messages
  5. Microsoft PowerPoint and iWork attachment viewing (Finally!)
  6. Contacts search (no need to scroll through contacts to find someone)
  7. Tapping the status bar scrolls to top of page (very nifty)
Here are screenshots of details of the what's inside the iPhone 2.0 software in iTunes. Most of the time I don't read the contents and just press next, but this time I actually took the time to read it, and found it quite informative.  

Another feature not documented here is that you have the ability to send mail from different accounts.





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