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Inside the New iPhone 2.0 Firmware

Inside the New iPhone 2.0 Firmware

Posted August 4, 2008 at 12:53pm by iClarified
AppleInsider has posted an in depth article on the iPhone 2.0 software which shipped with the iPhone 3G. This article describes what's new in the 2.0 software, what hasn't changed, what's missing, what's wrong, and how it compares to other smartphone software platforms on the market.

Unappeasable critics and hopeful iPhone enthusiasts both had lists of desired improvements in hand when Apple revealed its priorities in the iPhone 2.0 announcement in March 2008. At the top was a software development kit for building third party applications, which will be discussed along with the App Store and leading mobile apps in the following segment. Significant improvements to the iPhone 2.0 software itself were also revealed. Most notably, the new software added push messaging compatible with Microsoft's ActiveSync and Exchange Server 2007, a feature designed to position it favorably against the popular BlackBerry BES messaging service. Apple later unveiled its own MobileMe service as an alternative to Exchange for consumers. Push messaging is also a big enough topic to be considered separately in its own segment.

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JSON - August 4, 2008 at 4:11pm
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JSON - August 4, 2008 at 4:08pm
Just noticed this, seems the weather update sends the IMEI to apple... not sure I like that. was the behaviour the same as in vers 1.1.4 for instance? Here's an example of an URL followed by the weather app: Anyone else noticed this?
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