blog.wired.com— Apple has squeezed out the latest software update for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, v2.2.1. As always with Apple updates, the release notes are maddeningly sparse.
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What competing products is Apple breaking compatibility with?Microsoft *does* have some history of this by the way... one of the more famous examples is the "AARD code" they used in the Windows 3.1 beta, to see if you were running genuine MS-DOS or a competitor's DOS product (e.g. DR-DOS). If you were running DR-DOS, you would get an ominous error message when starting the setup program for Windows -- "Non-fatal error detected - Error 4D53 - please call Windows 3.1 beta technical support". In fact, DR-DOS worked fine with Windows 3.1, but that sort of warning message would probably scare you away from a competitor's DOS (especially if your job was to manage hundreds of corporate desktops). The test for MS-DOS vs. DR DOS looked at something completely inconsequential. The code itself was self-modifying, encrypted, and also attempted to disable debuggers. In other words, Microsoft went to some lengths to hide it...for some reason...Check it out here: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code</a>
Well, it's not really a matter of not being able to update it. It's just not being able to update it until the new tool comes out that strips-off Apple's baseband firmware.
The update makes my iphone 1000% faster. Pages now load even before I hit browse. Emails come from two days in the future. I would pay thousands for this update if only Apple would ask me.
knowmongerJan 29, 2009
f**k Apple !!
peestandingupJan 29, 2009
Wow, I didn't see that one coming./s
marmotJan 29, 2009
What competing products is Apple breaking compatibility with?Microsoft *does* have some history of this by the way... one of the more famous examples is the "AARD code" they used in the Windows 3.1 beta, to see if you were running genuine MS-DOS or a competitor's DOS product (e.g. DR-DOS). If you were running DR-DOS, you would get an ominous error message when starting the setup program for Windows -- "Non-fatal error detected - Error 4D53 - please call Windows 3.1 beta technical support". In fact, DR-DOS worked fine with Windows 3.1, but that sort of warning message would probably scare you away from a competitor's DOS (especially if your job was to manage hundreds of corporate desktops). The test for MS-DOS vs. DR DOS looked at something completely inconsequential. The code itself was self-modifying, encrypted, and also attempted to disable debuggers. In other words, Microsoft went to some lengths to hide it...for some reason...Check it out here: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code</a>
alfyxJan 29, 2009
-Wide keyboard for Safari/text/email.
nogamiJan 30, 2009
Well, it's not really a matter of not being able to update it. It's just not being able to update it until the new tool comes out that strips-off Apple's baseband firmware.
Closed AccountJan 30, 2009
The update makes my iphone 1000% faster. Pages now load even before I hit browse. Emails come from two days in the future. I would pay thousands for this update if only Apple would ask me.
Closed AccountJan 30, 2009
wat
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