If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, you should plug into your iTunes and get Apple's latest iPhone OS 3.0 software update. This free update offers some great new features and updates to existing features.
We tested the Bluetooth A2DP with the Samsung SBH-500 Bluetooth stereo headset, the sound quality was really good. Note: Turn down the volume on both the iPhone and the headset first, because there is not automatic volume adjustment here. Might blast your ears out.
Here is more info on the new iPhone OS 3.0 update:
"iPhone OS 3.0 also lets you run the next generation of iPhone apps, like peer-to-peer games and more. If you?ve never updated before, now is the perfect time.
Cut, Copy & Paste Quickly and easily cut, copy, and paste text from application to application. Select entire blocks of web text with a tap. Copy and paste images from the web, too.
Landscape Keyboard Want more room to type? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
MMS Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio, and contact info. Even tap to snap a picture or shoot a video right inside Messages. (MMS support from AT&T coming in late summer.)
Spotlight Search Find what you?re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all of your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.
Voice Memos Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset.
Improved Calendar Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support.
Buy Movies, TV Shows, and Audiobooks Download movies, TV shows, music videos, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store on your iPhone.
Enhanced Stocks App Get more at-a-glance information and view charts in landscape.
Stereo Bluetooth Connect compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones, car kits, or other accessories.
Sync Notes Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPhone back to your Mac or PC
Shake to Shuffle Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.
Watch out for that A2DP volume. We tested the iPhone running 3.0 with the Samsung SBH500 over-the-ear Bluetooth stereo headset and nearly blew our ears off. Seriously, the sound filled the room it was so loud!
-------------------- Lisa Gade Editor in Chief, MobileTechReview
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