11 Jul
Apple officially releases iPhone OS 2.0 update
On Friday, Apple officially released the iPhone OS 2.0 software update. The toothed weighs in at 225MB and is available as a free download via iTunes during the term of owners of the original iPhone; it also comes pre-loaded on the new iPhone 3G. iPod touch users can also download the iPhone OS 2.0 update via the iTunes Store at a cost of $9.95, which also brings through it the features added in the iPod feeling software update in January.
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First announced by Steve Jobs last March, the iPhone 2.0 software brings with a number of improvements and new features, chief amid which are support for Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync technology. ActiveSync is widely used in corporate environments to provide “try” email, list, and contacts to mobile devices, and has long been considered one of the iPhone’s major weaknesses.
The iPhone 2.0 software also includes a compute of other features aimed at incorporated environments, such as the ability to remotely wipe a phone in case it’s lost, and the addition of support for the Cisco IPsec VPN protocol, for connecting to secure networks.
Corporate users aren’t the only one who can benefit from quick syncing of contacts, calendars, and mail. The iPhone 2.0 update also brings support for Apple’s new MobileMe suite of Internet services, what one. also officially launches today, replacing the existing .Mac service. Using MobileMe, iPhone and iPod relate to users can sync premises steady their handheld devices with that on their Mac or PC, without having to connect the devices to their computer.
Perhaps its biggest new feature, iPhone 2.0 also adds support for third-party applications created with the iPhone Software Development kit first announced last March. Applications are available through the modern App Store, which is accessible both through the iTunes Store on desktop computers and through a unused application on the iPhone’s Home screen. Users can crop the store and purchase applications on handheld devices and have them automatically installed, or buy programs on the desktop and have them synced to the piece of fancy via iTunes.
A number of other new features and improvements have been added in iPhone 2.0, such as deleting and moving multiple emails simultaneously, the ability to examine through your contacts, and parental controls. Apple has also broadened act for multiple languages, adding 16 new keyboard layouts, including handwriting recognition for Chinese characters.
The iPhone 2.0 update leaked to the the people Thursday when the iPhone 3G was launched in New Zealand and Australia.
