Pocket Edition v0.3.0 alpha

v0.3.0 alpha was a major update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition that was released on April 24, 2012. It added notable features, such as crafting, new mobs, blocks, items, and tools as well as other changes and fixes.

v0.3.0 alpha was reuploaded on April 24, 2012 to fix a crash upon launch, and reuploaded again later that day to add more inventory space and a smaller GUI. It also fixed an icon bug.

Blocks

 * Crafting table
 * Allows the player to craft a larger variety of blocks and items.
 * Can be crafted with wooden planks.
 * Iron ore
 * A mineral block that can be found underground.
 * Requires a stone pickaxe to be mined.
 * Currently serves no purpose.
 * Brick slabs
 * The half-height version of bricks, which can be crafted using them.
 * Brick stairs
 * The brick variant of stairs, which can be crafted using them.

Items

 * Snowballs
 * Dropped from snow layers and snow blocks.
 * Can be used to craft snow blocks.
 * Sticks
 * Used to craft many tools and items.
 * Can be crafted with wooden planks.
 * Dandelion yellow
 * Used to craft yellow wool.
 * Can be crafted with dandelions.
 * Bowls
 * Currently serve no purpose.
 * Can be crafted with wooden planks.
 * Sugar
 * Currently serves no purpose.
 * Can be crafted with sugar cane.
 * Books
 * Used to craft bookshelves.
 * Can be crafted with paper.
 * Paper
 * Used to craft books.
 * Can be crafted with sugar cane.
 * Coal
 * Obtained by mining coal ore with a pickaxe.
 * Can be used to craft torches.
 * Lapis lazuli
 * Obtained by mining lapis lazuli ore with a stone pickaxe.
 * Can be used to craft blue wool.
 * Wooden tools
 * Can perform certain actions faster and more efficiently than by hand, but are not as effective as stone tools and have significantly lower durability than them.
 * Wooden axe
 * Wooden shovel
 * Wooden pickaxe
 * Wooden sword
 * Arrows
 * Currently serve no purpose.
 * Are not yet obtainable.
 * Bones
 * Currently serve no purpose.
 * Are not yet obtainable.
 * Bone meal
 * Currently has no functionality.
 * Is not yet obtainable.
 * String
 * Currently serves no purpose.
 * Is not yet obtainable.
 * Feathers
 * Currently serve no purpose.
 * Are not yet obtainable.

Mobs

 * Cows
 * A common passive mob.
 * Does not drop anything when it dies.
 * Chickens
 * A common passive mob.
 * Does not drop anything when it dies.

Gameplay

 * New sounds
 * New inventory
 * Crafting
 * How the player make blocks and items.
 * : uses the Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS) crafting system.

Non-mob entities

 * Cameras
 * Are now obtainable via an inventory editor.

Gameplay

 * Survival
 * All items now need to be gathered, except shears, bricks, and glass.
 * The player no longer starts out with the following items in infinite stacks:
 * Stone shovel
 * Stone pickaxe
 * Stone axe
 * Stone sword
 * Ladder
 * Torch
 * Wooden door
 * Fence
 * Fence gate
 * Wooden planks
 * Wooden stairs
 * Cobblestone stairs
 * Stone slab
 * 13 of the 16 colored wool blocks (excluding white, magenta, and orange)
 * Leaves
 * Bookshelves
 * Creative inventory
 * Additions:
 * Brick stairs
 * Wooden slab
 * Brick slab
 * Orange wool
 * Magenta wool
 * Crafting table