18 Jun
Leave it to iPhone to reinvent the way you cut, copy, and paste words and images. Multi-Touch makes it faster and easier than ever

Quickly cut, copy, and paste words with a tap. You can also copy content from the web, then paste it into an email or text message.
18 Jun

Flick to the left of the main Home screen to open Spotlight and search your iPhone. Tap to go directly to a contact, play a song, open a calendar event, and more.
Search names in Contacts. Search subject, sender, and recipient in Mail. Search calendar events by subject, location, or attendees. Search all text in Notes. Search for albums, artists, or song titles in the iPod application.
If the contact or email message you’re looking for isn’t on your iPhone, you can continue your search on the server.* Search responds with all the results so you can display them on your iPhone.
18 Jun
Shoot and edit a mini-masterpiece right on iPhone 3G S. Record high-quality video, trim it to the perfect length, and share it any way you want.

A tap of the camera toggle switches from photo to video. Then you’re ready to record 30-fps VGA video — perfect for posting on the web — in portrait or widescreen landscape.
No need to wait until you’re at your computer to start editing your mobile movies. Trim your footage right on iPhone. Just drag to select start and end points on a filmstrip.
18 Jun
With a 3-megapixel autofocus camera and a photo application that makes it easy to share, iPhone 3G S is the most photo-friendly phone ever.

i-Phone snaps shots with a tap then saves them in the Camera Roll, where they’re easy to enjoy. Rotate iPhone to see a photo in landscape. Zoom in or out with a pinch or a double-tap. Turn any photo into your iPhone wallpaper. iPhone even geotags your photos with information about where they were taken.
Autofocus keeps things sharp, and a macro lens takes great close-ups. But you can also tap the iPhone display to selectively focus on anything in the pictur
18 Jun

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.
18 Jun

Numerous MacRumors readers have reported that the tracking statuses of their iPhone 3G S’s have begun to read, “now shipping.”
18 Jun
Over at iSmashPhone, they’ve provided a list and details of 40 cool new things to do with iPhone 3.0
1. Forward or Delete Individual Messages*
2. Email up to 5 photos at a time
3. Shake to undo and redo typing
4. Shake to shuffle
5. Copy/Cut/Paste
6. MMS*
7. Landscape Keyboard
8. Double click home button
9. Call history log*
10. Hold link in safari to copy/open in new page
11. Auto Fill Usernames/Passwords
12. Type new message while previous is still sending*
13. Spotlight Search
14. Voice Memos#
15. YouTube
16. Safari
17. Moving app across pages
18. Parental Controls
19. Share Contacts
20. New App Store View
21. Note Syncing With iTunes
22. Encrypt iPhone Back Up
23. Mail Search
24. Notes Search
25. iPod Search
26. A2DP Bluetooth
27. Turn By Turn Navigation
28. Tethering
29. In App Purchasing
30. Peer-to-Peer Connectivity
31. Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe (Mobile Me Users Only)*
32. Force Quit An Application
33. Retry failed text message (exclamation point next to text)*
34. Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Audiobooks downloadable over 3G (no size max – this has been disputed in their comments)*
35. Playback audiobooks in variable speeds
36. Calls from non-contacts include city and state of origin (or city and country)*
37. Swipe to delete note in Notes
38. Album Art Displayed While Charging (instead of battery logo)
39. App Counter
40. Unlock and Jailbreak iPhone 3.0
* Not available on iPod Touch
# Requires external microphone on iPod Touch
I’ll add a couple to that list:
41. Can redeem gift vouchers within the App Store app (under “More”)
42. New apps don’t install to the home page. (Haven’t fully tested this one yet but when I upload new apps from my Mac, it left the blank spot I had on my home page and installed the two new apps on my second page.)
18 Jun

Apple have released iPhone OS 3.0, so you can enjoy cut & paste capability, better search or landscape-mode QWERTY (to name a few) just now. The free upgrade can be done through your iTunes directly. Just hook up your iPhone or iPod touch to iTunes and hit the update button to get 230MB updates file.