Sketchy Evidence of iPhone 3.1.3 and iPhone 4.0 OS
BoyGenius points to some sketchy evidence found in their browser logs that seems to suggest iPhone OS 3.1.3 and 4.0 are being used in the wild.
The reason we label this as "sketchy" is that the ability to fake user agents is trivial. Many browser add-ons let you simply type in whatever you would like into the "user agent" field that is being reported. In this case, we also found similar user agent strings in our logs, though they were not originating out of an Apple IP address, but instead out of somewhere in Florida. Little else can be said about the finding.
iPhone 4.0 would suggest Apple is prepping a major OS update. iPhone 3.0 was just released back in July. A full version number upgrade would indicate a major release update.
The reason we label this as "sketchy" is that the ability to fake user agents is trivial. Many browser add-ons let you simply type in whatever you would like into the "user agent" field that is being reported. In this case, we also found similar user agent strings in our logs, though they were not originating out of an Apple IP address, but instead out of somewhere in Florida. Little else can be said about the finding.
iPhone 4.0 would suggest Apple is prepping a major OS update. iPhone 3.0 was just released back in July. A full version number upgrade would indicate a major release update.
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28 months ago
thinnens? :rolleyes:
Testing a major new release should take months -- gotta make sure it works on Verizon's network!
Testing a major new release should take months -- gotta make sure it works on Verizon's network!
28 months ago
iPhone OS 4.0 better do my laundry for me or sjobs@apple.com is gonna get a nasty email from me........
28 months ago
If the iPhone isn't coming until this summer, shouldn't it be a major point release? These other phones are catching up. Apple's going to have to do something to differentiate themselves further from the copycats.
28 months ago
iPhone OS 4.0 better do my laundry for me or sjobs@apple.com is gonna get a nasty email from me........
Just do your own laundry. Not that big of a deal.
Steve
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28 months ago
Just do your own laundry. Not that big of a deal.
Steve
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LOL, Nice!
I seriously doubt the validity of this. 4.0? This early? I'd hate to see what kind of bugs would be in that alpha release.
28 months ago
Just do your own laundry. Not that big of a deal.
Steve
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Perfect.
Anyway this would make sense. Google Turn by Turn and Radio App here we go!
I'm going to guess January/February release of 4.0 beta SDK.
And arn when did iPhone OS 3.0 and 2.0 start showing up in MacRumors logs? I think history here could be a good indicator here of a timeline.
28 months ago
Just do your own laundry. Not that big of a deal.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
Haha!
One thing I hope to get from 4.0 is a more 'active' homescreen that has widgets like Android and even Windows Mobile (gasp!). Having to always go into applications and close out of them is not efficient. Also, having a way to organize apps would be nice.
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