Last summer, after the release of the 2.0 iPhone software and MobileMe, I had loads of complaints. Both were full of bugs when launched.

See: Dear Steve Jobs | Mobile Me - Not So Pushy

They finally got the bugs ironed out of the iPhone with the 2.1 software several months back, making the phone once again a joy to use. It's not perfect—but the missing features that keep it from being perfect could be addressed via software, and tomorrow we may get just a little bit closer.

Apple is going to demo the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS tomorrow at Noon central. Will copy/paste finally be added to the phone? Rumor mill says yes, along with background apps, so that your Twitter client can update in the background with new tweets without having to be running, landscape mode for more apps (like Mail), and more. There's speculation that there will be an all-new touch screen device out tomorrow... Apple's answer to the Netbook. We'll see on that one. I have no doubt that they've been working on such a device, but it may never see the light of day if Steve doesn't like it.

I sure hope that 3.0's release is not really just 3.0 beta, like 2.0's initial release was.

Boxee Remote on the Apple Store

It's no secret that I'm a big Boxee fan. After weeks of waiting, Apple finally approved the release of the free Boxee Remote into the App Store. Here's a demo of how it works:

I'd be more excited about that if I hadn't already bought Air Mouse Pro [$5.99] last week.

Air Mouse Pro lets you control your mouse via the accelerometer on the iPhone. I won't tell you that it doesn't take a little bit of getting used to, but it really is a nice way to control my Mac mini. Even better than that, it has a gesture mode much like the Boxee Remote does. When I'm in Boxee, I just use the scroll portion of the screen and I can then move around in the menus just like the Boxee Remote does. The app also is aware of what program you're running and you can set up custom controls via an application running on the Mac (or PC). So when I'm in Boxee, it knows I'm in Boxee and changes the functions on the buttons.

Here's a demo:

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