The day is finally here. We all have been waiting for that ‘one’ major OS update from Apple, and its release date was recently announced at WWDC 2009 in San Francisco.

iPhone OS 3.0 was first shown in a Preview event for developers in March, and since then it has been in news with 100 new features that are going to be released with it for both, iPhone and iPod Touch. iPhone OS 3.0 beta was also leaked several times.

Features

The reason why this is called a major OS update for iPhone can be read below.

• Download content within apps
• Peer-to-peer Connectivity
• Support for external accessories
• Improved Maps app.
• Push Notifications for more apps
• Cut, copy and paste feature

You can read more about these iPhone OS 3.0 features here.

Download OS 3.0 for iPhone – iPod Touch

The direct download links can be found below.

Download OS 3.0 for iPhone 3G: iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

Download OS 3.0 for iPod Touch 2G

Direct links will be updated as soon as OS 3.0 hits the App Store. Keep checking back! ;)

Till we wait for the direct links, you can use iTunes 8.2 to update your iPhone or iPod Touch to OS 3.0.