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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 Gets Announced…. Fanbois Rejoyce

Posted in Commentary with tags , , , on April 8, 2010 by itnerd

Apple via God Steve Jobs had one of their religious experiences famous media events today to announce iPhone OS 4.0 for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. You can watch the media event here, but I’ll hit the highlights:

  • Multi-tasking is now present in the iPhone OS. While Blackberry users (among others) have had this in their smart phones for some time, this is huge for iPhone OS users. Just make sure that you have an iPhone 3GS or a late 2009 iPod Touch if you want to leverage this feature. The key thing is that it will be battery friendly… Whatever that means.
  • Apple also announced their “iAd” mobile ad service. You’ll get interactive in-app ads for advertisers and they will be deployed by developers in their apps. Apple will be selling and hosting ads and giving developers 60% of the revenue. That sounds good on the surface.
  • There’s now a centralized Game Center that allows you to track achievements, high scores if you play online games. Sounds like Xbox Live to me.
  • iBooks will now be on the iPod Touch and iPhone platforms.
  • There’s a new mail platform that is a lot more enterprise friendly and supports a unified inbox.
  • Apple will be rolling out a new Mobile Device Management that will allow for simple wireless configuration and management of corporate iPhone OS devices. Sounds kind of like Blackberry Enterprise Server to me.
  • Spell checking will appear on the iPhone and iPod Touch (that makes it the same as the iPad).

There’s a bunch of other features that I haven’t mentioned here, so you may want to watch the video to get an idea of how expansive this OS is. Oh, I should mention that if you have a first generation iPod Touch and iPhone, none of this will work for you. It’s time for thou to upgrade.

If you’re a developer, you can download the software developer kit beta now. End users can get their hands on this in the fall (how’s that for vague) if you’re an iPad user, this summer if you’re an iPhone or iPod Touch user.

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iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 Hits The Streets

Posted in Commentary with tags , , on June 17, 2009 by itnerd

You might want to plug your iPhone or iPod Touch into iTunes now and do a sync as well as a check for updates. That’s because iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 is now available. This update is free for iPhone users, but $9.95 for iPod Touch users. If you’ve downloaded this and installed it, please post a comment and let us know what you think of it. Also if something goes south and you have a solution to fix it, that would be good to know as well.

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iPod Touch/iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released…. More “Bug Fixes” [UPDATED]

Posted in Commentary with tags , on August 18, 2008 by itnerd

WTF is the deal with Apple releasing updates that they describe as having “bug fixes?” If there wasn’t any “bug fixes” in their updates, we wouldn’t download and install them now would we? Just tell us what your updates fix so we don’t have to speculate about it.

Enough ranting.

Apple released the latest firmware for the iPod Touch and the iPhone just after 5PM Eastern today. It’s a large update (almost 250MB) so make sure you have something to read while it downloads. Word on the net is that this is NOT the fix for 3G reception issues. We’ll have to wait and see if that is the case. You can download the update from iTunes.

If you have any feedback about this update, please post a comment.

UPDATE: It does not fix 3G reception issues. There may be other issues as well.

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Apple Releases iPhone/iPod Touch Update…. Apple Says It Has “Bug Fixes” [UPDATED]

Posted in Commentary with tags , , on August 4, 2008 by itnerd

If you plug your iPhone or iPod Touch into your computer and use iTunes to check for updates, you’ll see that there’s a new update for it. iPhone/iPod Touch Firmware 2.0.1 lists “Bug Fixes” as the changes it provides. I wonder why Apple just can’t simply list what their updates (with the exception of security updates and OS updates) do. There’s no shame in fixing bugs and admitting to what they are IMHO. In any case, early reports indicate that the backup process for the iPhone is much faster. It’s over 240MB in size, so grab a coffee while it’s updating.

BTW, if you’re looking for direct download links, I don’t have any as you should really use iTunes to update.

If you’ve got any other feedback as to what this update fixes, please leave a comment.

UPDATE: Canadian Apple Fanbois have some feedback on this update.

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