With the iPhone related news coming to a screeching halt due to the holiday weekend here in the US, I thought I would take a little time to offer a post on a feature that was added in iPhone OS 3.0 — improvements to the Messages app.
Most people seem to be pretty happy with the newly available landscape mode for SMS, however that is not where the updates to the Messages app have stopped. In addition to landscape mode there has also been a few other perks added, which for me as a heavy text message user come very welcomed.
If you are in a specific message in the Messages app, you will see the familiar “Edit” button on the top right corner of your iPhone display and hitting that reveals the additional features. Users now have the option to delete messages on an individual basis as well as the previous “Clear All.” Additionally, you can also forward messages on individual basis.
Once you tap the “Edit”button, simply tap the messages that you want to delete or forward. Once the message has been chosen you will see a red check mark on the left side. Once you have selected the message or messages just tap the “Delete” or “Forward” button on the bottom.
Personally, the individual delete is not as exciting, of course, it could help if you have sent something slightly embarrassing, but still feel the need to keep the rest of the conversation. For me, the forwarding is very nice, because now you can share one bit of information without having to give the person you are forwarding the message to a complete conversations, especially when in most cases they will have no need for the message as a whole.
September 5th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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