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iPhone can't take all the credit for mobile data boom
News Gundotra cited firmware updates on the iPhone and Android which enable the latest W3C standards as a key development in mobile browser evolution. But it's also revolutionary because it was the first mobile web browser... [19 Feb 2009]
BlackBerry twice as likely to fail as an iPhone
News SquareTrade's study did not take into account software issues handled directly by the retailer or fixed by firmware updates.silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK has requested comment on SquareTrade's report from both RIM and... [11 Nov 2008]
Minority Report: Here come the iPhone competitors
Comment At the recent iPod launch Jobs announced the release of a firmware update aimed at resolving these and other glitches - but some still persist and it was clear from the July keynote he's not happy with the delivery of... [01 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Apple alienating App Store developers?
Comment Presumably this means the developer can't sell the app from its own website for fear it will be deleted whenever the user upgrades the iPhone's firmware, which on current form is every few weeks. Apple's... [16 Sep 2008]
iPhone hacker claims device captures all
News Meantime, breaking into a passcode-locked phone took him nearly an hour to demonstrate and required creating a custom firmware bundle, the report said. I hope Apple fixes it because it's a significant... [12 Sep 2008]
iPhone 3G apps, Microsoft cloud OS, Facebook ban, YouTube police...
News August hasn't finished with the iPhone 3G yet… A possibly red-faced Apple may or may not have been forced to issue a firmware update which did definitely incorporate some "bug fixes". Is... [01 Sep 2008]
Apple issues iPhone 3G software update
News Apple has released an update for the firmware for its iPhone 3G but, in typical fashion, has refused to give details of 'OS 2.0.2' - beyond saying it incorporates "bug fixes". As with previous... [19 Aug 2008]
iPhone 2.0 cuts business mustard, says Gartner
News Apple uses iTunes to automatically send out firmware updates to end users, "which could be an issue if the IT organisation hasn't verified what Apple has delivered", the analyst... [11 Aug 2008]
iPhone 3G sales hit one million mark
News Despite the outages, shortages, and related hand-wringing associated with last Friday's iPhone 3G launch and Thursday's release of the iPhone 2.0 firmware, Apple says there were nevertheless 10 million... [14 Jul 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - ready for business?
News One of the big enterprise-friendly tweaks for the iPhone are the firmware updates Apple announced back in March when it said it would be licensing Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol. Even with these... [06 Jun 2008]
Minority Report: What's in store for the iPhone?
Comment Meanwhile, the kind of people who enjoy digging around in the firmware of Apple products for clues about future releases found references to 3G network settings in the guts of the latest iPhone SDK release. [23 May 2008]
First iPhone Trojan reported
News The Trojan, known as 'iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep', or '113 prep', is the first to be seen in the wild, according to Symantec researcher Orla Cox. Follow the links for news, videos and pics of Apple's... [09 Jan 2008]
Apple nails down AirPort problems
News The software download, which updates the device's firmware, can be installed through the Airport Utility. Apple has released a software update that addresses a pair of security problems in its latest... [10 Apr 2007]
Microsoft to issue fix for Zune glitch
News Microsoft is planning to issue a firmware update next month designed to fix a glitch that is causing some owners of its Zune music player to experience skipping when playing songs purchased from Microsoft's online store. [01 Mar 2007]
Apple: 'Don't expect Mactels to run Vista'
News Mac fans have held out considerable hope that the next version of Windows would be easier to load on Macs than Windows XP, because like Mac OS X, Vista will use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) to aid the boot process. [10 Mar 2006]