Today Apple allowed developers to get their hands on the first beta of iPhone OS 4.0. The latest major revision to the OS carries over 100 new features and seven major features.
During the keynote presentation Apple demonstrated these seven major features:
- Multitasking
- App Folders
- Enhanced Mail app
- iBooks for iPhone and iPod touch
- Enhanced enterprise features
- Game Center
- iAd
Apple also alluded to the following features:
- File & delete Mail search results
- Search SMS/MMS messages
- Web search suggestions
- Choose image size in Mail messages
- Bluetooth keyboards
- CalDav invitations
- Larger fonts for Mail, SMS & alerts
- Cell data only setting
- Spell check
- Persistent Wi-Fi
- Gift Apps
- Birthday calendar
- Recent Web searches
- Create Playlists
- Sync IMAP notes
- Top Hit in search
- 5x digital zoom
- Nested Playlists
- CardDav
- Tap to focus video
- Upload workouts to Nike+
- Places in Photos
- iPod Out
- Home screen wallpaper
- Search SMS/MMS messages
- Wake on wireless
Let's take a look at what's present in the first beta of iPhone OS 4.0, build number 8A230m (captions below images).
