Mobile Mania

Looks like that Bluetooth chip in the iPod Touch 2G we've always thought was for Nike+ suddenly got a lot more useful: Apple's Greg Joswiak said that Bluetooth can be "unlocked" on the device during the iPhone OS 3.0 Q&A session. That's two years of rumors to rest, right there, and a solid move, seeing as three of the major 3.0 features are A2DP, wireless accessory control and peer-to-peer connections over Bluetooth. Any touch owners feeling more inclined to drop the $9.95 now?

Apple wouldn't let you do it, but WinandMac found an app called iBluetooth for jailbroken iPhones that will allow you to send and receive files over Bluetooth. Just like a real phone!

There's really not much else to it. You can shoot files to and from Bluetooth devices, like other Bluetooth-enabled phones that aren't iPhones. If that's the one feature you've been waiting for, well, get to jailbreaking.

So it looks like Apple’s planning on holding an event for iPhone 3.0 OS March 17th along with showing off an updated SDK. This would fit nicely with their brief history of having a preview software event followed by a hardware refresh in June/July. As far as what we’ve been told of iPhone 3.0, here’s what we’ve got:

* MMS
* Tethering via Bluetooth and USB

We’re working hard to get some more information and know that our list above isn’t exactly thorough, but hey, it’s something! Plus, there has to be copy and paste, right?