When I came across this I could not help but be excited. How often are you browsing on your iPhone and you see an image you would really like to save for later? For most, that happens often. Apple has realized the desire for this feature, and in the latest release of the 1.2.0 firmware, this ability was discovered.
The new firmware not only adds this feature, but makes it almost too easy to use. All you have to do is hold your finger on the image for a few seconds, and the shown dialog will appear giving you the choice to save the image, or to to go to the image URL. The image will be saved in an album on the iPhone so you can sync up later and retrieve it.
There are tons of things this could be useful for. Saving new images to set as backgrounds. Maybe saving a picture of of MySpace, the possibilities are endless. Again, this is directly from Safari, no iTunes, no third party application, it is all in Safari.
[Via iPhone OS 2.0 Beta 3 (5A240d) – First look - iPhone Buzz]
Sure, it works. But even with my Touch v2.2.1, the pictures are saved with low resolution. It’s as though it’s saving a thumbnail and not the actual image you see in the browser….