Apple seeds updated iPhone 2.0 beta, not many changes

Looks like Apple's been passing around a new working version of the iPhone 2.0 beta firmware -- not too many changes since the last release we saw, though. So far, from what we can tell the build is now officially 2.0 (before it was registered as 1.2), the Cisco VPN settings got some tweaks, and the root-level mail / ActiveSync settings have been reshuffled a bit. We'll let you know if anything else pops up.

Update: Oh hey, Safari apparently has a YouTube plugin now!

Gallery: Apple seeds updated iPhone 2.0 beta, not many changes

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[Ryan @ Mar 30th 2008 5:44PM]

Good thing this has already been "Pwned"...

[Zorn @ Mar 30th 2008 5:44PM]

Is this out there leaked on the internet in any fashion?

[Rich @ Mar 30th 2008 5:48PM]

Is this really worthy of Engadget and not just Engadget Mobile?

[srw985 @ Mar 30th 2008 5:57PM]

nothing else to read on a sunday

[Homeboy @ Mar 30th 2008 6:18PM]

My exact thought. Just when I thought we were going to have an Apple free Sunday this "news" pops up. This is clearly something highly insignificant which IMO belongs to Engadget Mobile

[Seth @ Mar 31st 2008 12:37PM]

People are just upset because they don't like reading about iPhone news because they don't own an iPhone.

Besides on a Sunday, even those "XBOX Live Is Down...AGAIN!" posts would entertain me.

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Mar 30th 2008 5:54PM]

Finally, news after 6 hours!

[g33k @ Mar 30th 2008 6:17PM]

go outside!

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Mar 30th 2008 7:01PM]

dude, in case my avatar and name don't give it away, I'm from Chicago. Know what's Chicago's nickname? Windy city. You know why? 'Cause it's pretty darn cold in times like MARCH!! :P Sorry, coudn't help it.

[Robot Overlord @ Mar 30th 2008 10:54PM]

actually, the nickname references the politicians, not the actual weather.

[austin @ Mar 30th 2008 11:21PM]

@ robot overlord-you took the words out of my mouth

[devin.lieberman @ Mar 30th 2008 6:15PM]

And I thought yesterday was a slow day :)

[DaftFunk @ Mar 30th 2008 6:49PM]

I've been coding for this for the iphone for about 3 months and I just succeeded in loading up a custom firmware for the iphone. It doesen't have call support but it does have built in emulation for snes/nes/gba/gbc and genesis. It's still in the alpha stages but heres a video of it in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

[Backlin @ Mar 30th 2008 7:04PM]

I've seen that URL plenty of times before bro.

[YoJIMbo @ Mar 30th 2008 7:26PM]

Wow, that is a great video of your Firmware inaction!

[Sanchez @ Mar 30th 2008 9:12PM]

Damn you, that's the third time today!

*note to self* "practise random link clicking restraint".

[Abuzar @ Mar 31st 2008 12:18AM]

Hah! I didn't see it. I LOVE tabs. I just clicked it with my center mouse button and in the Far corner it said Rick Rolled! I don't use my speaker for web browsing anyway, so the jokes on you!

[Steffen Jobbs @ Mar 30th 2008 6:52PM]

So this update doesn't have the "point-to-point transporter" firmware. That'll probably be included in the next update.

On a slow day, any news will do. Since it's Apple iPhone news, it's that much sweeter.

SARCASM ALERT!!!

[Argelius @ Mar 30th 2008 6:59PM]

Cool! Copy and Paste will be coming to the iPhone!!!!
Most excellent.

Oh, wait. Nevermind.

[cookedart @ Mar 30th 2008 7:11PM]

I've been told there's a YouTube browser plugin?

[Jamma @ Mar 30th 2008 7:40PM]

that's been there since release.....


In other news, I heard Blu-ray might win the format war...

[cookedart @ Mar 30th 2008 7:57PM]

I said Browser plugin, as in YouTube works within Safari.

[Luigi193 @ Mar 30th 2008 8:32PM]

You mean FLASH

[Alan @ Mar 30th 2008 8:42PM]

Erm not necessarily.. they could have done some H.264 code voodoo that lets the youtube video load inside safari like a quicktime video.

[Tom @ Mar 30th 2008 9:41PM]

No, but it already redirects youtube links to YouTube.app

[Alan @ Mar 30th 2008 10:02PM]

Yes I am aware that this is the current way it works. I'm not saying that this is true or even useful if it is, just that another site was reporting that a youtube safari plugin might be a supposed difference, and one that the original post did not outline (the title of the post, after all, suggests that there were few changes).

[jonathan @ Mar 30th 2008 7:30PM]

Why cant any of these leak already...I still cant get over that!! Apple must have this locked down pretty good.

[dagamer34 @ Mar 30th 2008 10:15PM]

Beta firmware comes with disabled phone features so that it users like you don't foolishly install it.

[Shmalec @ Mar 30th 2008 7:35PM]

apple sucks anyway

[Abuzar @ Mar 31st 2008 12:19AM]

Yeah, NO.

I personally don't use ANY Apple products, but still. They must have done something right to keep on going. I think Microsoft funded them for a while, but they came out of it.

Competition is good.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Mar 30th 2008 7:45PM]

We've become an updating society. ooh updates. lol

[william @ Mar 31st 2008 6:56PM]

can someone fucking leak this already?
i want enterprise wpa and activesync

[Crash Gordon @ Mar 30th 2008 11:57PM]

Just to let those of you who want it leaked. first off they way it is installed and registered, at least the official version, it would be very difficult to leak due to the registration process required to install and activate it on your phone, plus from the sound of the apple docs if you try to install this on a non-registered iphone it will brick the phone.

second, its neat all the features are cool, but unless you are actually using it for development purposes it sucks right now. very unstable, contacts are messed up and the itunes restore is screwed up to. i suggest you just suck it up and wait.

plus why is this on here now? this came out days ago.

[David @ Mar 31st 2008 1:20AM]

so does anyone have a way of downloading it...like...now?

[MJZimmer88 @ Mar 31st 2008 3:57AM]

Yeah, you can download it here: __________

Oh wait, never mind, like everyone else alive, you still gotta wait.

Or you could freeze yourself. Careful not to get aids. I

[MJZimmer88 @ Mar 31st 2008 3:58AM]

*That last line should end with "I (heart) b00bs"

[Matthew Fleigle @ Apr 1st 2008 12:13PM]

The firmware has leaked onto Bittorrent according to several iPhone blogs!