iPhone firmware 2.0 hands-on
By Ryan Block 
posted March 18th 2008 1:07PM
posted March 18th 2008 1:07PM
- Exchange is so on! Changes are pushed over the network, but over WiFi it does check-ins, so it's not as instantaneous.
- There's no contact search that we can see, so far. Maybe that only gets turned on if you have thousands of contacts (which we definitely do not).
- There's a new button in the calendar, but we don't know what it is and can't make it do anything.
- The App Store is there, of course, but doesn't do anything yet (except error out that it can't connect).
- Wondering when Apple will make good on its agreement to license Cisco technology? Well, the branded Cisco VPN screen has definitely been added to the VPN settings. We couldn't really test this one, but assume it works as advertised. We don't yet know if it supports SecurID or other hardware token authenticators.
- Parental controls most certainly work. Marvel as we turn off YouTube!
- You can now order your preferred WiFi networks.
- In addition to having a new sideways scientific mode(!), the basic calculator now does commas and has new, useful functions for the math nerds; both the calc and the iTunes icons have changed.
- By far our favorite new feature is multi-select in mail, though. Now when you hit edit you can select as many messages as you want and delete or move them as a group. Friggin' finally. Now where's that two-pane client?
Update: Video after the break!
Will they be adding Spanish language support? Right now IPhone supports Italian, English, German, and French. Why no Spanish?? It is the 2nd most spoken language in the U.S.A.
What about MMS every other phone can sent and receive pictures when is the Iphone going to have this function?
yeah there are several things that are left out of the iPhone that are completely ridiculous. I know that a lack of 3g and built-in gps is a hardware issue that will probably be fixed in the second generation but the lack of any form of copying and pasting is pretty ridiculous as my 3 year old palm TX can handle so much more than that as can every other phone ok the market. And when I found out that they removed disk use from the touch and iPhone I was pissed cuz that is just ridiculous. That's why I just hack the hell out of my device to try and compensate for it
Does anyone know if long song names (more than 26 or so characters) scroll during playback in the iPod mode in the new firmware, like the iPod nano or classic? This is a feature I sorely miss on the current iPhone.