iPhone 3.0 is Officially Released

Finally the much awaited iPhone OS 3.0 is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users! The latest iPhone 3.0 update comes with lots of new features which were showcased at Macworld Expo, San Francisco.

Although the iPhone 3.0 has been released, users will have to check the iPhone Dev team’s instructions to unlock their iPhone. Dev team has already released QuickPWN & Pwnagetool to jailbreak the devices and they have a new software, named as ‘ultrasnOw’ to unlock iPhone.

The ultrasnOw is an updated version of YellowsnOw software which was used in unlocking process of iPhone 3G. If you upgrade iPhone 3.0 (Build 7A341) on your iPhone then it will automatically update the baseband to 04.26.08.

Some major improvements and new features in iPhone 3.0 -

Cut, Copy and Paste
MMS
Push Notifications
Spotlight search
Stereo Bluetooth
Landscape Mode

There are many other features included in iPhone 3.0 OS, you can check them here.

In order to update your device, you will have to sync it with latest iTunes version and wait for iPhone 3.0 update message. If you want to download the update as an .ipsw file then you can use following links.

Download iPhone 3.0 Firmware

Firmware 3.0 – iPod Touch
Firmware 3.0 – iPod Touch 2G
Firmware 3.0 – iPhone 2G
Firmware 3.0 – iPhone 3G

The iPhone 3G S devices will have iPhone 3.0 as a default OS. So, iPhone 3G S users don’t have to worry about upgrade procedure.

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