Steve Jobs Keynote for MacWorld 2008 included several bits of good news for iPhone owners and people who are thinking of getting an iPhone soon. With the latest software update, firmware 1.1.3, the iPhone will be able to send SMS to several addresses at the same time. This is quite common in other phones but the iPhone was sadly lacking this until now. What else? Google Maps will now support your own current location. It’s not GPS but a Google triangulation using other cellphones which apparently works really well in densely populated areas. Other new features include the ability to customize your home screen (just like you would a computer screen), Webclips, language, subtitle and chapters on videos and lyric support on audio. An SDK for programmers will be released in February, so expect more exciting news coming on the iPhone software front soon.
Steve Jobs also announced some milestones for the iPhone. Officially, the iPhone sells 20,000 units every day, which totals 4 million units in customer hands to date. The iPhone also took the #2 spot on the smartphone market behind RIM with a 19.5% marketshare share, outselling Nokia, Motorola and Palm combined. BlackBerry-maker RIM is comfortably in first place with 39%.
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