Unity 3 GUI and Sprite Engine

The press-release announcing Unity 3 found here says:

Does anyone have more information on the GUI improvements and sprite engine? I haven't seen any official mention of either of these since the press release. Do those new features apply only to the iPhone license? What's new or better about them?

This is a topic very close to my heart, so any information is greatly appreciated.

 

The new GUI and Sprite Engine has been delayed until 3.x.

 

Thats a shame.

 

Yeah, that's a shame, but thanks for the update!

 

Yeah, this was mentioned in the Unity 3 release thread a while ago, but it's of course buried some 30 pages deep

But have no fear, it's still coming as part of 3.x so it will be free as all of our .x releases are.

 

Maybe I missed this, but 3.0 is not going
to have
a free version?

 

It will, but no beta for it. That is just for pro preorderers.

 

Despite this feature being delayed is it in any way possible to find out more details about what might be in the upgrades of these two systems and what they're capable of?