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iPhone Firware update 1.1.4
Friday, February 29, 2008
It’s the end of February and Steve had promised us the iPhone SDK but didn’t deliver. In fact, rumors say that the March 6th event he has lined up will only be a breif announcement of a limited beta. Bummer. In any case, this Tuesday was very eventful at Apple. The MacBook and MacBook Pro were both updated, iTunes was updated, and a new iPhone firmware, 1.1.4 was released. This update was a pain to install! Downloading via iTunes was fine but the update failed 3 times before finally being applied. And once it was applied and I had shut off my machine, the phone locked itself and was deactivated. I had to turn everything back on to connect it to iTunes again after which it started working. Firmware updates have never gone very smoothly for me which I find strange. After all, I have never jail-breaked my phone or messed it up so I would expect it to be a smooth process. It never is. it’s gotten to the point where I wouldn’t recommend any update unless the person is a bit computer-savy. The latest firmware didn’t seem to bring anything new. Apple reports that they fixed bugs (which is good). And it seems like Safari keeps pages in cache longer than before. One of my general habits is to load a bunch of news websites via WiFi in the morning before I walk out so that I can have quick access to several news pages while I’m on the bus or in the metro. But usually, by the time I switch pages, the browser has cleared up the window and reloads it via Edge which is too slow to be acceptable for certain sites. Hopefully this fix will keep all pages in cache for a longer time.
Other than this small thing, I haven’t noticed anything mind-boggling. If I do, or if I read about anything, I’ll share it here. I’m guessing this update was just in preparation for next week’s release. Perhaps we’ll be able to install an app after the keynote! (crossing fingers) Posted by: Nick in
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