Jelly SMS 3.0.0 has been approved by Apple.

 

It’s a big release, including the following (all features work on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch):

1. Re-designed user interface for the iPad

 

Jelly SMS is now compatible with the iPad, using all that extra screen size to give you a better view of your sent messages, delivery reports, and when composing new texts. It’s also now more intuitive to send ‘fast replies’ to your friends.

 

2. Support for multiple profiles

Have you got more than one phone or voip account that you want to send from? Well now you can add as many profiles as you like. All within Jelly SMS on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

- This lets users define loads of separate accounts, and easily switch between them inside the app.

- For example, you could use this if your partner or friend wanted to borrow your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and send some webtexts, they could simply switch to their O2.ie account, and send texts as if it came from their phone.

- Another reason would be that you might want to use your My-Cool-SMS.com account for sending international texts (very low cost), and then switch back to your Three.ie account for sending free national texts.

 

3. New ‘Settings’ popover

Now, right within the app, you can define the font, font size, default message signature and various other things.

 

PLUS:

• Copy sent messages just by tapping and holding them
• Forwarding SMS by Mail now happens within the app itself without exiting.
• Added support for KwtSMS.com including Arabic support
• Better error handling for certain providers
• Fixes and support for iOS 4

 

New: Get Jelly SMS totally free now on the app store (free SMS!)

Update Feb 2 2010: Reports say that the latest iPhone 3.1.3 allows this to work again but ONLY on factory unlocked iPhones. Thanks to Éamonn for the heads up!

O2 Ireland users: O2 have now enabled tethering for users as detailed on their forum. Simply connect to iTunes on your computer and click ‘Check for Update’ and accept the new carrier settings file when prompted. Tethering will now work for you!

This evening I got internet tethering working on my iPhone 3G running the latest 3.0 iPhone build. This means I can now use my iPhone as a modem on my laptop or any machine (with iTunes 8.2 installed) when I’m out and about. Here’s how I did it.

How to install:

If you view this page actually ON YOUR iPhone all you need to do is:

1. Select your operator below & install the profile when prompted:

Three Ireland Contract

Vodafone Ireland Contract

Vodafone Live! Ireland

AT&T USA Contract

O2 UK Contract

O2 UK Pre-Paid

T-Mobile UK Contract

Virgin UK Contract

Three UK Contract

Vodafone UK Contract

Rogers Canada

Fido Canada

Note: Do this at your own risk!! I have only tested this on my own device (3G O2 Bill Pay iPhone) and cannot guarantee it will work with yours.

2. Restart the iPhone.

3. Once it restarts, go to Settings > General > Network and turn on tethering.

Done. Now connect your iPhone to the computer. The computer will automatically detect a network connection on the USB port. It just works.

On your Mac / PC turn off your Wi-Fi or unplug your Ethernet to check how it works.

Note: You will need at least iTunes 8.2 or greater installed on all the computers you want to tether with.

There you have it – Irish users get free text messages (O2, Vodafone, Meteor, Three + many others) on your iPhone and iPod Touch or on your Mac/PC with JSMS, and now you can use free internet tethering on the go.

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