The iPhone OS upgrade, not specifically this software, is the reason I am going to upgrade my iPhone this summer. Pretty soon everything will run off some sort of OS. Our kitchens, our bathrooms, our entertainment centers. Everything.

The ability to run background apps in Apple’s upcoming iPhone software update could make driving safer by allowing specialized distraction-preventing services to run on the popular device.

These products have taken off in the last few years as the dangers of distracted driving – blabbing or texting away on a cell phone – have become all-too-clear through studies and personal experience.

Now Illume Software, the makers iZUP (“eyes-up”) – an application that blocks texting, calling and Web browsing on mobile devices while driving – have announced that they will have a version of their product ready to work on the iPhone’s new 4.0 operating system when it comes out this summer.

Although, having this software on my phone wouldn’t hurt. Unless I was abducted and shoved into someone’s trunk, then I would want my texting and calling to work while I was moving.

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