iPhone v2.0 firmware features
June 9, 2008 by James
Today, at the WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs announced the list of features that we’ll be getting with iPhone v2.0 firmware. iPhone v2.0 software will come preloaded for 3G iPhone users, while iPhone v1.0 and iPod Touch users will get the new firmware sometime early next month.
New v2.0 software will feature additions for enterprise users, as well as additions to the SDK, and new features for regular users.
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According to Steve Jobs, the enterprise features include: Microsoft Exchange support, push email, calendars, contacts, auto-discovery, global address lookup, remote wipe, and Cisco VPN services (so now we know what was the “interoperability” agreement between Cisco and Apple).
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As for the SDK, iPhone developers have access to SQL lite, OpenGL ES, OpenAL, Cocoa Touch, Xcode, and other tools. Additionally, Apple has developed a new service that will maintain a persistent IP connection to the iPhone, where a server will send pingback to the device, instead of running applications persistently in background (a-la Windows Mobile).
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“it’s a unified push notification service for all devs. It preserves battery life and maintains performance. And it all works over the air — WiFi and cellular. Available in September, but next month we’ll be seeding to devs,” Apple’s Scott Forstall clarified the latter.
As for endusers, there will be the following new features:
- Contacts search function (which we’ve already reported on earlier).
- Full iWork document support: Pages, Numbers, and , Keynote.
- Microsoft Office support: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Bulk delete & move.
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- Ability to save web/e-mail images in your library.
- Scientific calculator (that we’ve reported on earlier).
- Parental controls for web.
- Handwriting recognition (which we’ve also reported on earlier), as well as handwriting recognition for Chinese and Japanese characters (we’ve just reported that HWPen Chinese handwriting recognition program was bought out by Apple, and now we can already see its implementation here).
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Tags: app, Apple, application, iPhone, iPod Touch, Microsoft, News, OS, Steve Jobs
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- iPhone 2.0 firmware to be launched in June. Enterprise users can try it now
- iPhone 2.0 firmware is available to download through iTunes
- Apple acquires HWPen handwriting recognition program for iPhone 2.0
iPhone v2.0 firmware features
Article by James
My name is James Farlow, I'm 23 years of age, attending university in computers engineering and apart of that I enjoy blogging here and now for a few sites. The phone that I currently use is a custom modded white iPhone 4 but am really looking forward to iPhone 5.
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