“British reviewers who have tested the Apple iPhone that goes on sale in the U.K. Friday report that it comes pre-installed with a software update — 1.1.2 — that disables third-party applications,” Phillip Elmer-Dewitt reports for Fortune.
“According to the British gadget website T3, the update closes the so-called TIFF exploit — the software loophole used by hackers to ‘jailbreak’ version 1.1.1,” Elmer-Dewitt reports. “The update is also likely to disable — and perhaps re-brick — iPhones unlocked to work with cellular providers other than Apple’s official carriers (AT&T in the U.S., O2 in the U.K., T-Mobile in Germany and Orange in France).”
“Apple would undoubtedly prefer that everybody wait until it releases its official iPhone software developers kit (SDK) in February, and Apple-sanctioned apps start to flow in,” Elmer-Dewitt reports.
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MacRumors reports that they’ve “independently heard that iPhone Firmware 1.1.2 is destined to arrive upon the European launch of the iPhone later this week.”
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T3 reports, “There are plenty of cool new changes that will make Apple’s cell a truly global affair. First off, there’s support for dozens of languages, so if you happen to be a fluent Cantonese speaker, the phone has all the relevant character sets so you can display your language properly.”
“There’s full support for French and German, with special keyboard lay-outs on the ready to tackle accented characters – perfectly understandable, of course, what with the phone heading for launch across the channel this month too,” T3 reports. “And then there’s access to The Cloud WiFi hotspots, which is already available to iPod Touch customers.”
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How about To Do integration and proper Notes integration??
I use acute and grave extensively (Italian) – will the new keyboards natively support typing these characters?
forget that… I’m still on 1.0.2! I could care less about iTunes store on my phone so there is absolutely NO reason to update the iPhone software. I hate how apple is anti-consumer!
“I hate how apple is anti-consumer!”
Yeah, damn them for making such a great product.
“Yeah, damn them for making such a great product.”
+1
..it’s almost too sad to see …an intensive-care unit of emasculated third-party apps ..miscellaneous code floating in jars of formaldehyde and iphones filling up medical waste bags. For some hackers it’s a little like hiking on the rim of a volcano when you’ve been given a warning ..you’re having a good time ..and then you get served up in your own fat ..then again, where would we be without the adventurous …boldly sailing into uncharted seas …the risk takers, the crazy mthrf*krs.
“I hate how apple is anti-consumer!”
Gee, really? If Apple is anti-consumer, this makes MSOFT pure stalinists.
What are you people talking about? The company has a strategy plan and they are following it. I’m also with unlocked and hacked iPhone. So what? I knew the risk and went for it.
Can’t blame the company for doing what they should be doing – developing a great product!
MDN Magic word PLANE: As in if you don’t like it, take a plance and move to the jungle.
I hate how Apple is anti-people-who-are-anti-its-policies!
If you unbrick your phone, you are stealing, plain an simple.
Another thing to consider is this. ATT was the first company to give Apple want they wanted as far as cell phone featuers. In turn, Apple promises that the relationship will be exclusive for 5 years. Apple must do EVERYTHING they can to protect that. If ATT does well, Apple does well.
I wonder how many heads have rolled at other phone companies since the iPhone came out. I bet some other companies laughed in Apple’s face, but who is laughing now? Not Mr. Ballmer, that is damn sure.
Hmm…this update is gonna be kinda different. Like, from 1.0.2 to 1.1.1 you were getting a much better working OS and downloadable content, so the upgrade is was a choice. With this one…why should I update?? All it does it turn part of the phone off!
Don’t buy the damned thing if you hate it/Apple so much! Vote with your feet, you puerile, whining little twit! If you’re so DAMNED RIGHT, show ’em in Cupertino and buy a couple of dozen Razr’s or Treo’s, OK?
Suggestion: Take a product as designed, or LEAVE IT ON THE FRICKIN’ SHELF! Better yet, design your own iPhone-liek device and put Apple out of business.
Gawd, but I do truly loathe people like you.
“According to the British gadget website T3, the update closes the so-called TIFF exploit…”
Hmmm, I thought it was a GOOD thing when a software maker closed an EXPLOIT!?!! Since it can also be a VULNERABILITY–why don’t the whiners get that?
I wish they would add the ability to autenticate on an 802.1x wireless network, so I could connect to my campus wireless!
Copy and paste would be nice too!
Things that should be included in updates:
MMS
saving photo attachments to photo albums
AIM
not having to hack the phone for custom ringtones
All things standard in most phones
I love my iPhone and Apple makes great products but at $399 (down from 599) people should be able to mess with THEIR phones if they want. That’s the beauty of an OWNERSHIP society.
And Apple’s behavior is like MSFT these days… purposely changing system software to BREAK third party apps.
“I wish they would add the ability to authenticate on an 802.1x wireless network, so I could connect to my campus wireless! “
Amen. This is something badly needed for both iPhone and iPod… hell, in my University alone there’s 20k potential customers that might be turned off because it can’t access the network in one of the places they are most likely to use it, and I’m sure there are many other larger institutions in the same situation.
Does the update fix the (very serious) UI flaw that deletes a contact you added without asking you if you want to “save changes?” if you forget to click on the Save button at the end? Even if you already clicked on Save button for the name, phone number, address, and/or email address?
FYI – I’m using 1.1.1
Fsck the NSA / AT&T;/ Xerox / Cisco spies in the hardware
Fsck the iPhone
Fsck the low quality iPod touch
Fsck the glossy screens
Fsck the way Apple has been treating it’s customers lately.
BUT MOST OF ALL!!!
Fsck Microsoft even more than all of the above.
Apple, the lesser of two evils.
With this one…why should I update?? All it does it turn part of the phone off!
I thought the iPhone updates were automatic?
IOW, you GET new firmware and “features”, like it or not.
How Jobsian…
@ want it or no
“I thought the iPhone updates were automatic?”
See, that’s your problem. You “thought” without researching. iTunes automatically downloads the updates, then when you next connect your iPhone, iTunes asks if you want to update. You don’t want to fix the tiff vulnerability? Just click No.
Or install the hack that fixes the tiff problem. Or wait until the next hack. Or wait until the official Apple iPhone SDK in February (the Jobsian way?).
Yes, Apple has now completely proven itself as the lesser of two evils. Thanks a lot Mr. Jobs!
Course Apple has followed: be great, be good, be better than the worse, screw the loyal, long time customer.
Too bad.
The amount of whining and complaining here never ceases to amaze me. All of you who call Apple “anti-consumer” and “the lesser of two evils” need to pull your heads out of your asses and take a look around. Did you ever stop to think for just a second that maybe there is a good, solid reason why there are not 3rd party apps on the iPhone right now? Maybe that reason is security. Maybe if the iPhone was open like the rest of the shit phones (yes, you know they all are) that maybe it might have security-based vulnerabilities like the Windows Mobile phones have? If you don’t like what the damn phone can do out of the box, then vote with your fscking wallet and DON’T BUY IT. Oh, you don’t want any of the other phones, you want an iPhone? How ironic. None of you seem to care that Apple is trying its damndest right now to find a solution to this issue for YOU, so that YOU can have 3rd party apps on your iPhone without worrying about security issues. No, you’d rather have the phone open to whatever attack some half-brain can come up with, so that you can use an instant messaging client on your phone, when you should just call the person in the first place.
I say, do what you want to the phone. Just do not have the nerve to come on here and complain about a product that you decided to buy, with your own money, that DOES everything it claims to do 1000x better than ANYTHING ELSE that you can buy.
I live in Canada and have never even seen an iPhone in person, let alone had the chance to buy one and use it. So get over yourselves, wait for Apple to solve the problem, or hack your iPhones. But whatever you do, just shut the hell up about it.
–mAc
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Updates rule. Just purchased a track from the WiFi iTunes tab for the first time; worked perfectly. So freaking insanely great.
Cheers, Apple, no interface complaints here. Sorry it’s not available yet in Canada, though, that blows.