In the iPhone 2.0 update, there are lots of cool things to find and explore. However, one of the coolest is the brand-new screenshot capability. It allows you to take a picture of what’s on your iPhone’s display at any time. This was possible via other 3rd party apps on older firmware, but now that the feature is built into the OS… it’s minty.

To take a screenshot, all you need to do is press your home button at the bottom of the iPhone, and the power button at the same time. That’s it. Note that you only need to click the buttons quickly at the same time to get this to work. You’ll know you were successful when the screen flashes white.

To view your screenshots, simply go into your photos and view your camera roll. Your new screenshots will appear there as soon as you take them.

Cool huh!?

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: How To, iPhone 2.0, iPhone 2.0 Firmware, iPhone Screenshot

It would seem that all signs are pointing to a large international roll-out of the much ballyhooed iPhone 2.0. Why? Let me give you the skinny.

Vodafone confirmed yesterday that it has secured distribution rights for the iPhone in 10 countries… Yes, 10 countries. The countries are: India, Australia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. I’m particularly happy for the folks in Greece… as one of my digg fans recently pointed me towards this site: www.wewantapplegreece.com. Greece is clearly ‘jonesing’ for the iPhone, as is a large majority of the world.

T-Mobile has recently confirmed that it will introduce the iPhone in Austria, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Latin America.

Rogers Communications in Canada also recently confirmed their intent to launch the iPhone in Canada during the 2008 calendar year. Canadians, can I get a w00t!? (pray for reasonably priced data plans)

See how everything appears to be lining up for a huge international launch? I’m glad I’m not in charge of co-ordinating such a thing. However I would think that getting carriers on board in the above countries would not be such a hard task… at least not compared to China.

*smooth segue*

China would be the next monster to tackle. According to our friends at MacRumors and AppleInsider, the latest version of iPhone Software 2.0 has handwriting recognition for Chinese.

Exciting stuff indeed. 2008 is looking more and more to be the year of iPhone Proliferation… er, the year of the International iPhone… um… well you know what I mean.

[via MacWorld UK]

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: iPhone, iPhone 2.0, Rogers Communications, T-Mobile, Vodafone

The next gen iPhone 2.0 software is now expected to bring a contact search and meeting invites feature. This is according to the latest builds sent out to developers. New screenshots reveal a new search bar in the contacts menu.

To view all of the screenshots, head on over to Engadget.

Also worthy of note, the calendar application that was previously inactive now provides access to a meeting invitation interface. It displays the number of new requests as an icon badge, much like you see when you miss a phone call, SMS, or there is an update in installer.app.

As WWDC approaches, keep your fingers crossed that the iPhone 2.0 software and 3G iPhone will be unveiled there. I think we can be certain that one of these will be unveiled… Both would be great.

[via MacDailyNews]

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Contact Search, iPhone, iPhone 2.0, Meeting Invites