2009 March

Mar 17

Summer 2009 = 3.0!

Categories: Apple, MMS, iPhone, iPhone OS 3.0 2 Comments »

Apple hosted the highly anticipated iPhone OS 3.0 Media Event in Cupertino, CA today. More than 1,000 new APIs are included in the new SDK which allow developers to access more functions of the device.

More than 100 New Features will be included in the 3.0 release, including many on my iPhone Wish List! Unfortunately, Flash & Theme Customizations will not be in this release. Also, if you have a 2G iPhone, the Stereo Bluetooth and MMS features will not be available due to hardware limitations (different radio sets) but you’ll still benefit from many of the new features. Below is a list of the features that were demoed today at the event:

Push Notifications*
In-app email*
Cut/Copy/Paste*
MMS*
Peer to Peer Connectivity
Messaging Forwarding and Delete*
Landscape Keyboard*
Voice Memos
CalDAV Support & Calendar Subscriptions

Spotlight Search
Log into YouTube account
Repeat Alerts Setting*
Call Log (was not demoed, but I have a feeling you’ll be able to delete specific call records opposed to all or nothing – and/or call records in the call log are now more detailed)
Notes Sync

*These features were on my iPhone wishlist! WOOHOO! I’m so excited to see the full feature list!! Can’t wait to see what else Apple has in store!

The links to the Apple Preview site and Presentation are included as well as screenshots from the Presentation…

iPhone 3.0 Preview
iPhone 3.0 March 17th Event Presentation

: New Features

: Cut, Copy, Paste

: Cut, Copy, Paste

: Cut, Copy, Paste

: Cut, Copy, Paste

: Shake to Undo

: Forward/Delete Messages

: Repeat Alert & MMS Settings

Mar 17

JACKPOT!

Categories: Gambling, Las Vegas 1 Comment »

I finally won my first jackpot after after 1 1/2 years living in Vegas last night!

Jackpot

Adam was teaching me how to play video poker on the nickle slots. I was getting the hang of it and almost hit a few big hands but then all of a sudden, it hits… A – J – K – 10 – Q … all of Hearts! Adam grabs my arm – the one which was still sore from the gym btw – and his eyes got real big and he screams, “YOU GOT A ROYAL FLUSH!!!” Apparently that’s a good thing ‘cuz it pays the highest on that game! I won $200 which was how much I had already spent on slots – so all in all, I walked away happy that I won and got my money back! HA!

Mar 17