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iPhone 2.0 Firmware Due Friday? [Updated - unlikely]

Wednesday June 25, 2008 8:10 am PDT by Arnold Kim
Gizmodo claims that the iPhone 2.0 Firmware could hit Golden Master this Friday. The Golden Master version is the final shipping version of a product, which means we could also see the 2.0 Firmware released as soon as this Friday. Gizmodo warns that the date is tentative, but falls in line with Apple's original plans to deliver the 2.0 Firmware by late June. At WWDC, however, Steve Jobs revised the release date to "early July".

The 2.0 Firmware will be available for free for existing iPhone owners and as a $9.99 update for iPod Touch users. The biggest new features of the 2.0 Firmware include Exchange/Enterprise support and 3rd party application support, but Steve Jobs also highlighted a number of additional improvements during the 2008 WWDC keynote. These include: contact search, iWork document support, Office documents (Word, Excel, and now PowerPoint) support, bulk delete & move for messages, scientific calculator, parental controls and additional language support.

Of note, even if the 2.0 Firmware is ready for delivery, we've heard that the App Store is still undergoing active development, so the entire release could be delayed until it is ready.

Update: The story has been updated to suggest that the actual public release won't be until July 11th.
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iStefmac
47 months ago
There is absolutely no way that 2.0 and the app store will be available at different times.

Absolutely no way.
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bobbleheadbob
47 months ago
Good news. Can't wait. The sooner the better, IMO.

What I really want to know more about in advance is the cost of the new iPhone plans (data, SMS, any other changes in pricing, etc.). I'd like to make a decision about upgrading the phone in advance of the launch.

Plus my daughter won't stop bugging me to get a new one so that she can claim my current iPhone! :) :eek:
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ardent11
47 months ago
Well if I do remember correctly, there was something about a 27th release date for the firmware on the Australian iPhone page.
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macfan881
47 months ago
who gave this a negative this is good news i cant wait to have 2.0 for my ipod touch MLB at bat here i come :)
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Shasterball
47 months ago

who gave this a negative this is good news i cant wait to have 2.0 for my ipod touch MLB at bat here i come :)


Not me. But perhaps someone who is weary of speculation?
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Apple Ink
47 months ago
Gr8! Any chance MobileMe's also sometime near!!!
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alywa
47 months ago
I can't wait. I am so looking forward to seeing what developers have been up to for the iPhone. The app store sounds like it is going to be a great thing.

Even if it is delayed a little bit, we know it will be ready to go by July 11th (at the latest)... can't imagine the iPhone 3G launching without it (would be a huge PR blunder).
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Rojo
47 months ago
Ok - so delivering 2.0 early but waiting on the App Store makes sense, I guess. But man!! I want those apps!!!
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maverick808
47 months ago
I doubt this will happen. They'll wait until the app store is ready and do the firmware and app store at the same time. It'd be confusing for end users to have an app store icon but not be able to use it.
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amusiccale
47 months ago
This would clarify the mysterious reason that Macmall's ipod sale lasts until Thursday night of this week. And the rumors circulating about the 27th as a release date of some sort. But when something's not a Tuesday, well, that's a little out of pattern. Not that I'm complaining.
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