Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Upgrading iPhone to Firmware 2.2

Apple just released the latest firmware 2.2. I have successfully upgraded my original iPhone to the new firmware. My iPhone came with firmware 1.1 and was updated to 1.1.4.
Standard disclaimer applies: If you end up with a fancy looking brick, don’t blame me. This is also known to work only on the older iPhone and [...]

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Monday, November 17th, 2008

Did Apple get its India strategy wrong?

Mint has this nice article on how Apple got its India strategy wrong for the iPhone launch:
Lost Opportunity | How Apple got its strategy wrong
To add to this, Apple charges its customers in India full charges for the handset, which means no subsidisation from the service provide and yet the handset it locked to the [...]

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Friday, November 14th, 2008

IPhone 2.2 Firmware coming

Apple is about to release iPhone 2.2 firmware soon. The Beta is already out.
It has Google street view, and the most requested feature: turn off auto correct. Apart from several bug fixes.
Cut and Paste is noticeably absent, which was suppose to be added in this release.
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It apparently can be jailbroken, but wait till its [...]

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