Apple is all set to provide an preview of upcoming Apple iPhone OS 3.0 on 17 March unveiling the latest iPhone SDK for developers, no further details are provided about the invite-only media-preview event but the announcement has definitely got iPhone users something to watch for in coming days, this upcoming major OS update is supposed to bring more features to somewhat lacking feature-set of this top-notch device.

iPhone still lacks basic features like Copy & Paste, MMS, Bluetooth file-transfer, Tethering and Video recording out-of-the-box and iPhone users are looking forward for these.

Apple iPhone Software Update 2.1 is now available for downloading, the much awaited iPhone update includes many bug fixes and improvements, most notable being fix for in call set-up failures, dropped calls, better battery life, improved accuracy of 3G signal strength display and dramatically reduced backup time.

According to Apple website the 2.1 update includes:

* Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
* Significantly better battery life for most users
* Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
* Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
* Faster installation of 3rd party applications
* Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
* Improved performance in text messaging
* Faster loading and searching of contacts
* Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
* Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
* Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
* Genius playlist creation