The document discusses an iPhone software update that: 1. Increased the volume, making the phone easier to hear when ringing. 2. Disabled some phones and caused them to lose contacts after installing the update. 3. Tightened security for Safari, Mail, and Bluetooth by reverting unauthorized modifications allowing non-Apple apps and SIM cards from other carriers.

1. iPhone Update

2. “ you’re iphone has been updated please leave phone connected.” “ The iphone has increased in volume which makes it much easier to hear the phone ringing now.” “ The new update has disabled my phone and lost my contacts.” Google Video The other neat feature is that double clicking the home icon will now take you to your Favorites, and save you a lot of clicks. My iPhone use has risen to a new threshold of enjoyment and value of late. The difference for me has been the Safari pages I have found and am using. the update had the effect of disabling iPhone’s unlocked using either the free solutions created by the iPhone Dev Team or the commercial iPhoneSIMFree. Google Blog Search Three components of the iPhone — Safari, Mail and Bluetooth — have received updates to tighten security. “ Mac users should know by now that the next version of Leopard is due out by the end of this month and one of the features demoed by Steve himself was Web Clip Widgets.” “ The global networks of hackers and Apple geeks are, collectively, smarter than Apple's internal iPhone developer and engineering teams.” Google News Neutral Quotes Positive Quotes Negative Quotes

3. VoIP least-cost routing tools for cell phones, is demonstrating the first implementation of VoIP calling over WiFi on Apple’s iPhone. N/A But it does piss me the hell off to think that Apple — a company I generally love to the point of irrationality — will blackmail a loyal fan into buying out of his exisiting mobile contract (not cheap), force me into a contract with T-Mobile although I don’t want one, and will render a device I’d pay $399 for useless if I enable it over here if I update its software, which is my right if the damn thing’s mine, isn’t it? BlogPulse iPhone hackers managed to unlock it allowing it accept any SIM cards. the update reverted the iPhone back to only Apple-made applications, and the iPhone re-activated itself after installation Apple violated sections of the Cartwright Act, which is designed to prevent companies from creating artificial market barriers on products they sell in order to boost the price. Technorati Laying in bed, reading the Dooce blog on my iPhone, seems kind of awesome yet obscene at the same time. According to Erica at TUAW, the 1.1.1 iPhone Firmware has references to com.apple.mobile.nike, which leads us to assume that the iPhone and Nike+ Sport Kit is going to work together soon. I say ya boycott the lousy iphone and att, Blackberry, Nokia, and HTC a do a bang up job without totally locking their devices up… Ask.com Blog Search Neutral Quotes Positive Quotes Negative Quotes

4. Since the iPhone's launch, enthusiasts have been developing ways to allow the devices to run unauthorized software and to unlock them so that they can be run on any mobile network. The iPhone dev community's apparently not only moved past accessing the nigh-unbreakable file system protections Apple implemented in the latest iPhone and iPod touch firmwares, they've also managed to hack the SpringBoard app into shape enough to properly launch 3rd party apps Hacking the iPhone is "an assault on the integrity of (Jobs') artifact Digg "Apple forced plaintiff and the class members to pay substantially more for the iPhone and cell phone service than they would have paid in a competitive marketplace either for the iPhone or for AT&T's cell phone service, The hack at the time only allowed access to file directories on the iPhone, and did not completely open the new upgrade. "Apple forced plaintiff and the class members to pay substantially more for the iPhone and cell phone service than they would have paid in a competitive marketplace either for the iPhone or for AT&T's cell phone service, Icerocket Neutral Quotes Positive Quotes Negative Quotes