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Along with the announcement of the new iPhone 3GS model existing iPhone/iPod Touch users can finally upgrade to the latest software version: iPhone OS 3.0.

Unfortunately not much has changed in terms of Latvian language support and the date formats on the home screen and both Calendar and Weather apps still need to be fixed.

The good news is that the App Store is now available (since April) in all three Baltic countries.

If you have an iPod nano purchased before September 2006 (first generation) then you can download firmware which will convert the interface on your music player into Latvian.

To install the Latvian firmware you’ll also need to download the iPodWizard utility which is currently only available for Windows.

Apple’s announcement of the iPhone today is going to cause a bit of a stir in the mobile phone industry with its revolutionary 3.5” touch screen, built-in music and video iPod, GSM mobile phone, Internet capabilities and a user interface like never before in a smartphone.

Although we are still many months away from the final release early reports suggest that the Latvian language could also be supported. iPhone will run on a mobile version of OS X and feature Unicode friendly full version applications such as Safari, Calendar, Address Book and Notes. The big question remains on how Latvian letters will be input via the onscreen QWERTY keyboard.

The latest generation of iPods fully support Latvian text in the display of track names, genres, artists and notes both on the iPod LCD display as well as the accompanying iTunes software (Windows & Macintosh). In 2003 the iPod began supporting Unicode and the ability to display Latvian text. If you have an older model that displays in Latvian then send us the details of your iPod model and software version and we will include it on our list.

More details at Apple.

The Squeezebox digital music player introduces a new way to enjoy music and podcasts from your living room. With the release of the SlimServer 6.5 software in September came better Unicode support and finally the proper display of Latvian text on the fluorescent display. Previous versions would only display question marks instead of the accents.

More details at Slim Devices.