More iPhone OS 3.0 features emerge: Video record, Internet tethering, Find My iPhone

By Christian Zibreg, TG Daily, March 23, 2009

Chicago (IL) - Last week, Apple barely scratched the surface on all of the features in store for the iPhone OS 3.0. The company apparently decided to save a few pleasant surprises for the official release this summer. According to iPhone developers now playing with 3.0 and SDK 2.0, the device receives two biggies: video recording and Internet tethering functionalities. In addition, subscribers to Apple's MobileMe suite of cloud services will be able to locate stolen a device geographically using the web interface.

Since Apple unveiled the iPhone OS 3.0 and an associated SDK 2.0 this past Tuesday, we've really learned only about a dozen new capabilities planned for both developers and end-users. Apple's list included in excess of 1,000 new APIs for developers and over 100 user-centric features (check Apple Insider's excellent screenshot gallery for visual run-down through demoed features). In the meantime, three new features were discovered thanks to developers who have access to the new SDK and iPhone OS betas.

These include video recording and sharing, Internet tethering and a cool new capability allowing owners to geographically locate their lost or stolen iPhones via the MobileMe cloud service. While Apple made no mention of these features during the presentation, developers claim these functionalities are already in place in the iPhone OS 3.0 they're using.

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