iPhone 3.0 update now live in the UK

OS refresh finally arrives so thousands can now shoot video of their cats

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17 June 2009 18:11 GMT / By Duncan Geere

Ladies and gentlemen, start your updates. The iPhone 3.0 firmware is now live in the UK. To get it, in iTunes connect your iPhone, select it under Devices in the Source List on the left, then in the iPhone Summary pane, click Check for Update. Click Download and Install.

Highlights of the iPhone 3.0 OS include the long-awaited ability to cut, copy and paste, MMS messaging, subscription-based applications, push notifications, apps aimed at accessories and better map integration including turn-by-turn directions.

Other new features include a landscape on-screen keyboard in certain apps, the ability to sync Notes, Wi-Fi auto-login, the ability to forward and delete multiple messages, voice memos and improvements to the phone's search functionality.

Hordes of readers have flooded Pocket-lint today with hundreds of comments, eagerly awaiting the update, after we revealed that it would be live between 5 and 7pm, thanks to some Twitter sleuthing by @richardlai.

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Comments

  • IT is live in US Posted by Pat, US
  • But you have to text "MMS" to 1010 to get it working here in the UK - then you wait for O2's response... Posted by Richard, UK
  • "The iPhone "iPhone" cannot be updated at this time because the iPhone activation server is temporarily unavailable.

    "Please try again later."

    I rest my case.     Posted by Christopher Lee, England
  • ... aaaand of course the activation server is slammed, so you can't actually do the update. But by God it's live ...

    *grumble*     Posted by Rusty, USA
  • This may be useful for some:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1747     Posted by Christopher Lee, England
  • Just to correct you the software update will not allow video recording. you need the 3GS for video functionality.... Posted by Steven Haskayne, United Kingdom
  • i wish to have this... this keep me awake and at the same tym relax Posted by Hersan,

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