My inner geek is showing! A big bad ass bag of updates is coming for the iPhone with this latest OS for the phone. Many of which I have found myself scratching my head wondering why they didn’t offer these to begin with? Well my questions now have answers, below are a couple of highlights that I have been waiting for.

Highlights from iPhone OS 3

• Tethering – been wanting this for ever since that stupid app on iTunes was released then unreleased.
• copy/paste – I’m on my iPhone constantly, writing emails, writing docs, calendar stuff, etc… needed this along time ago.
• video – currently only available for iPhone 3G S, a feature that is much overdue
• landscape keyboard – doesn’t seem that important but it so much more comfortable, feels more natural to hold and type this way
• link opens in new tab – not that big of a deal, but I like to have control of even the smallest most useless feature. Besides I usually have a zillion tabs open in Firefox so this is just natural for me.
• you tube – not really a productivity improvement but I always wanted these improvements; accessing favorites, commenting, rate, etc…
• search – search your email, notes
• stereo bluetooth – another one of those ‘how did this get left out’
• turn by turn directions – I own a Tom Tom GPS, but can’t recall the last time I used. Oh yea, not since I had a map in my pocket in the form of google maps. This makes great sense and is a welcome improvement. Although not an update to the OS I think, more like an App update/feature.

For more on the update for iPhone OS 3, checkout the list over at iSmashphone.com. How to use best 40 features of iphone 3