http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for iPhone firmware 2.0 hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
We get it. Keep holding out brother.]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
3G is a property of the hardware.]]>Mar 18th 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/nice job.]]>Mar 18th 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
What concerns me is that people aren't purchasing the phone because of 'this 3G thingy', yet don't even know what it is or does. It's more like they are just following what everyone else says. If you aren't aware of what it is or does, you probably shouldn't be too concerned about it.

Still, I will purchase my next iPhone when 3G comes out, I want streaming internet radio!!!]]>Mar 18th 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
Yeah i get annoyed by that stuff too like people saying the "atm machine" instead of just the atm like it should be.

I don't know why it just bothers me.]]>Mar 18th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
You can't actually brick an iPhone. That's because Apple was smart in how they set it up. People often talk about bricked iPhones but they are using the term incorrectly because it's not difficult to recover from. A software update for the iPhone is technically NOT a firmware update because unlike a Windows Mobile phone, the OS is not stored in ROM (Read Only Memory). I believe only the bootloader is stored in ROM. Therefore, updating the iPhone OS is a much less worrysome event compared to other phones and this is why we will see many more updates for iPhone users...and that's a GOOD THING.

Another benefit of storing the iPhone's OS in the general flash is that it has a lot of growing room for more features. Other phones can not be upgraded as much because the ROM memory capacity is only slightly larger than what the OS requires.]]>Mar 18th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
all i can say to the rest is the like apple. they are spiff even though i only like windows]]>Mar 18th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 20th 2008 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
The BT works on the phone side of things, which is expected...but if you were like me and shelled out 100 bucks for a Stereo headset, you will be PEAVED for sure!

PLEASE tell me that a firmware update will fix this!!! and that it's coming soon!]]>Mar 31st 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 24th 2008 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
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3G is much faster!!!
3G can be used while you are on a voice call (great if you are using Gmaps or browsing the internet and taking a phone call over a bluetooth headset)
3G does not consume as much battery life as wifi!
3G auto/switches to EDGE/GPRS when not in use so as to conserve battery life!!!

If the iPhone had 3G, it would be a killer phone. You may not have shopped around, but the rest of us have. We've seen the advantages first hand, and going back to using an EDGE only phone is like being in the stoneage. Analogous would be you going back to using your Motorola RAZR or whatever crappy phone you had before you bought your iPhone. My HTC Touch Cruise (using Opera 9.5 beta) loads entire pages before the iPhone loads the first image on a site....]]>May 22nd 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/May 23rd 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/pretty much every nokia phone can do copy and paste and at least one of my 3 OLD samsung phones could too. ]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
WINDOWS FREAKING MOBILE]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
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I want one!]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Sometimes I have a new client and I can't remember their name... so I can search in Address Book for the project name, since I keep the project name in my notes under the contact. This also works for any other information listed under the contact.]]>Mar 18th 2008 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Well, what little updates they have made to the iPhone more than trumps the updates made to 99% of the other phones on the market, smart and dumb combined.
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You mean little features like EVDO Rev A and real satellite based GPS on the Mongul? Thats trumped by multi-delete in e-mail FINALLY coming to the iPhone?

The reason the iPhone has to do so much updating is because its so far behind!]]>Mar 18th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
No, but adding a ground-up implementation of Exchange support and releasing a full third-party SDK IS bigger than enabling a very slightly faster network standard (that was supported in hardware but merely didn't have software support until they bothered releasing the patch) and activating a chip you had sitting dormant in the device. Multi-delete in MobileMail.app is just a nice touch :)

And I said most phones on the market - Sprint is one of the few carriers that actually does a decent job of supporting its customers with firmware updates (see: Treo updaters, Mogul), but even they haven't come close to what Apple's done in the time since the iPhone's launch, and they certainly don't release things as quickly. The Mogul's patch was the exception, not the rule.]]>Mar 18th 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 22nd 2008 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/
Ryan Block, Could you please elaborate on why you assume it works well with absolutely NO evidence?

I can't stand the "engadget is apple biased" crap that floats around the boards and usually dismiss it right away, but I think this merits an explenation.]]>Mar 18th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/iphone-firmware-2-0-hands-on/Mar 18th 2008 1:22PM