iPhone iPod Plus

Yesterday, after the event of submission of the iPhone 3.0 software, Scott Forstall, Phil Schiller and Greg Joswiak answered a series of questions from the press on developments that are expected for the iPhone and iPod Touch for this summer, when it it is expected that the software, according to the announcement, transformation from beta to final version and is available to all users. The trio of executives spoke of Copy and Paste, Flash, using the iPhone as a modem and the connection point to point with Bluetooth.

Copy and paste
When they were asked by a reporter from Time about why Apple had taken so long to implement the feature “obvious” to copy and paste, “said Forstall had not been so easy and should be solved several safety problems when copying and beat between applications.

Unlike other operating systems, smart phones, the iPhone offers security “real” application-controlled operating system, instead of trusting that you can copy any software from any source.
Flash, the eternal forgotten

Asked for support in Adobe Flash, the video is still a black hole by visiting a website with Flash, Apple said it has no announcements on that front, and moved the point of view of the fact that iPhone and iPod Touch offer support for streams in. H264 and adds support for streaming video and audio for HDTV.

The video playback is the main use of Flash on the web beyond the animated advertisement. Any of the ways, there are many well-known Internet sites that use Flash video, including YouTube, CBS Mobile and the BBC have made available to standard users. H264 directly on the iPhone .

IPhone as Modem
When asked about using the iPhone as an external modem, Forstall said that the feature requires solving two problems, working with providers of telephone services and create support within the iPhone. “We will support the use of the iPhone as a modem in the 3.0 software” Forstall said, “we are working with telephone providers around the world to see how they can add support for using the iPhone as a modem on their network.”
Point to Point Connection Bluetooth

The new service connection point to point via Bonjour to discover and recognize other Bluetooth devices used exclusively, said Apple. Once connected to the phone service used, for example, to allow players to join a multi-line, requires no configuration by the user or disconnect from a WiFi network to continue to work or access to the telephone network .

When asked if the developers could send audio files via Bluetooth to share songs via the iPod, the trio of executives remained stunned for a few seconds before he answered Forstall “I think probably not, you can not move file” .