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iPhone firmware 2.1 now available for download

In short, the title says it all, but according to the release notes it does offer quite a bit and should prove to be a worthwhile update for just about any iPhone owner. According to the notes it “contains many bug fixes and improvements” which seem to cover most of the major complaints that users [...]

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Apple announces iPhone firmware 2.1 availability

In short Steve Jobs announced during the recent Lets Rock event the upcoming availability of iPhone firmware 2.1. Although he did not go into to many specifics on the details of any new features, it was mentioned that it was a big update. Jobs mentioned that it would fix a lot of bugs, and take [...]

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Turn-by-turn GPS still in the works for the iPhone 3G

Just recently MSNBC spoke with several of the big name GPS manufacturers and it looks like they are all still hard at work on rolling out a working turn-by-turn GPS solution for the iPhone 3G. Up till this point this is an item that has come up several times, it seems to be one of those [...]

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Qik streaming video app now with iPhone 3G compatibility

Despite still not being able to officially enter the App Store due to some restrictions within the SDK, the team behind the video streaming application Qik have not stopped developing. Just recently they had announced they were out of private beta, and were allowing anyone who wanted to test the service to go ahead and sign [...]

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Apple makes iPhone firmware 2.1 Beta 3 available to developers

Apple seems to be cranking away with progress on the iPhone, and has just released firmware 2.1 Beta 3 to iPhone developers. Of course, this does not mean that we as the general public will end up seeing it quite so soon. Keep in mind that Apple went through 8 beta versions of firmware 2.0, [...]

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Select iPhone developers receive Push Notification API

If you can remember back to the WWDC coverage, we were told of a Push Notification Service that would allow users to maintain a constant connection without having to be always running the particular app. The Push Notification Service would have a middleman of sorts and when information or data is available it would then let [...]

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Apple offers up iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers, new GPS features and more

We have seen the recent reports of firmware 2.0.1, which should include small bug fixes, and now Apple has also begun testing iPhone firmware 2.1 and it looks as if it will have at least a few welcomed items included. According to some early reports coming from those with access to 2.1 there are some [...]

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