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As is often pointed out, the iPhone sure does a lot, but not nearly all it can do. Case in point: Wouldn't it be nice if you could save an image your viewing in Safari directly to the iPhone? Well, when Apple finally gets around to releasing the massive iPhone 2.0 (sometimes referred to 1.2.0) firmware upgrade in June, there's a good chance you will.

That feature's apparently been added to the most recent beta-edition of that firmware upgrade, available in the latest version (the third beta release) of the iPhone software development kit (SDK), which is being used by developers to create official native applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. The App Store to deliver that software is coming in June.

All you'll need to do to download an image is touch a picture in Safari for a little bit with your finger. This pulls up a dialog box with options to Save Photo, Go To URL or Cancel.

Not a spectacular addition to the iPhone, and one that should have been there in the first place, but welcome nonetheless.

[via Gizmodo]