Apple Seeds iPhone Firmware 2.2 Beta 1

[MacRumors]

Apple has seeded some iPhone developers with a new beta iPhone firmware for testing. The new build is iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1. Beyond "compatibility testing", there are no other differences noted by Apple. It's not clear yet if the new builds have any further implementation of background push notifications that have been promised by Apple.

The latest purported email from Steve Jobs claims that this feature is "running a bit late":

We're running a bit late. We want to get it 100% right the first time.

Steve

Apple released the 2.1 Firmware to the public on September 12th. iPhone 2.1 addressed a number of bugs and stability issues with the iPhone and App Store.

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[born4sky]

hope not to late )))

[ylnick413]

hope background notifications come soon!

[guzhogi]

Here's to copy & paste!

Also, kinda disappointed I can't get the beta. I have an iPhone development thing (the $99 thing) as well as an ADC Select membership, but it doesn't appear for me. Guess I'm not special enough.

[alphaod]

Maybe iit will be on time for October's event?

[o0samotech0o]

Originally Posted by alphaod

Maybe iit will be on time for October's event?

That would be a bit excessive of Apple to release two .x firmware releases in the space of nearly a month, maybe a bit less..

Something like December/november sounds realistic enough.

-Sam

[Apple Ink]

Nike+ and headphone volume control......

Even I'm kinda 'Nah' on this!

[Hooka]

Apple can't do anything right the first time these days. If you all would take a step back and look at the recent history with Apple and their product releases and see they have not been up to par. This is just another example of how Apple over extends it's self in order to make their products look more advantageous, but they haven't been delivering as of late. The iPhone is taking up way too many resources and they need to spin off the iPhone into it's own company to save itself from their own product...

[thecartoonguy]

Originally Posted by Hooka

Apple can't do anything right the first time these days. If you all would take a step back and look at the recent history with Apple and their product releases and see they have not been up to par. This is just another example of how Apple over extends it's self in order to make their products look more advantageous, but they haven't been delivering as of late. The iPhone is taking up way too many resources and they need to spin off the iPhone into it's own company to save itself from their own product...

You must have been reading my mind. This whole iPhone thing is becoming too much. Has Apple stop making computers? Geeze

[inkswamp]

Originally Posted by Hooka

Apple can't do anything right the first time these days. If you all would take a step back and look at the recent history with Apple and their product releases and see they have not been up to par.

Yeah, you're right. Apple's losing it! They never had to update software until just recently. I remember using classic OS 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and never requiring any kind of update at all, and I'm still using OS X 10.0 because it quite simply puts that bug-riddled, bloated Leopard to shame.

And hardware? The combo of the original '01 iPod and iTunes 1.0 is still the best and they should have stuck with the gumdrop iMacs and the multi-color iBooks.

Man, can't Apple just go back to batting a 1000 for us like the old days?

[Hooka]

Originally Posted by Hooka

Apple can't do anything right the first time these days. If you all would take a step back and look at the recent history with Apple and their product releases and see they have not been up to par. This is just another example of how Apple over extends it's self in order to make their products look more advantageous, but they haven't been delivering as of late. The iPhone is taking up way too many resources and they need to spin off the iPhone into it's own company to save itself from their own product...

I just remembered, Apple can't even get the way you charge your iphone right by having to recall the mini power cube that shipped with the 3G model, too funny...

[costmo]

Originally Posted by guzhogi

Here's to copy & paste!

Also, kinda disappointed I can't get the beta. I have an iPhone development thing (the $99 thing) as well as an ADC Select membership, but it doesn't appear for me. Guess I'm not special enough.

The beta firmware is only available to folks in the Enterprise Development Program. Unless you pony up $300 annually - and since a change in program qualifications by Apple, belong to a company with 500 or more employees - then no, you aren't special enough.

[muthuka]

Originally Posted by costmo

The beta firmware is only available to folks in the Enterprise Development Program. Unless you pony up $300 annually - and since a change in program qualifications by Apple, belong to a company with 500 or more employees - then no, you aren't special enough.

I paid only $99 and i have access to the 2.2 firmware and have it on my phone already.

[slycrel]

Originally Posted by costmo

The beta firmware is only available to folks in the Enterprise Development Program. Unless you pony up $300 annually - and since a change in program qualifications by Apple, belong to a company with 500 or more employees - then no, you aren't special enough.

This is not true. The company I work for recently got accepted (after 2 months!) into the developer program as a company and they do not have access to the new beta. I have a personal account and I was accepted into the original beta and have access to 2.2.

[Baadshah]

why do they rls new firmwares every month??? its too muchh

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

Originally Posted by Baadshah

why do they rls new firmwares every month??? its too muchh

So don't apply the updates!
Use your imagination! Pretend they only release one every year!

[Bubba Satori]

Originally Posted by Baadshah

why do they rls new firmwares every month??? its too muchh

It's part of the beta test.

[jeffarazzi]

Originally Posted by Baadshah

why do they rls new firmwares every month??? its too muchh

Every month? It's more like every 2-3 weeks.

I feel they do this as part of the cat and mouse game with the jailbreaking community. They wave one new, shiny feature per update in front of you so that you'll feel you have to upgrade your jailbroken phone to the new firmware and un-jailbreak it. The Dev team then is busy for a day working on the new jailbreak rather than unlocking the baseband.

Maybe Apple feels that if they do it enough people will get fed up spending the extra time jailbreaking and redoing all of their Cydia/Installer apps/settings. (plus redoing the mobile install hack then re-installing their cracked apps from the app store).

[Marzzz]

Fix the Bluetooth echo? Please!?!?!

My wife's 1st Gen iPhone works fine, my 3G is the problem- must be the firmware.

[ppdix]

Originally Posted by Marzzz

Fix the Bluetooth echo? Please!?!?!

I thought it was only me! I get that stupid Echo in my BMW's bluetooth and it sucks!

[Veri]

Persistent connections work fine, thanks. No CPU time and no bandwidth is taken up with an idle connection (assume no keep-alives) and a process waiting for incoming data thereon. You could make an argument for the need to swap if you have several apps open, but this is 2008: efficient swapping algorithms and requests that an app shut down ("hey app, the user hasn't used you for a while, can I quit you?" "sure, I will do nothing whatsoever until I receive user input"/"nope, I'm waiting on remote data") are not beyond a competent OS developer.

Bottlenecking everything through Apple's servers is not 100% right any time. But it's yet another sword to hang over 3rd party programmers.

[tk421]

Originally Posted by MacRumors

Apple has seeded some iPhone developers with a new beta iPhone firmware for testing. The new build is iPhone OS 2.2 (build 9M2611) beta 1. Beyond "compatibility testing", there are no other differences noted by Apple. It's not clear yet if the new builds have any further implementation of background push notifications that have been promised by Apple.

Wouldn't it be 2.1.1 if it was something as small as compatibility? There's gotta be some new features. Hope it does include push notification.

Originally Posted by MacRumors

The latest purported email from Steve Jobs claims that this feature is "running a bit late":Apple released the 2.1 Firmware to the public on September 12th. iPhone 2.1 addressed a number of bugs and stability issues with the iPhone and App Store.

What's with all the purported Steve Jobs emails? I believed that the first one was real, but after word got out, I'm sure some must be fakes. It's too easy to say "Steve Jobs emailed me."

[rscott505]

Given the size of the thread from the Apple Discussion thread (the link is below), hopefully this firmware update will address the problem that the iPhone is not automatically fetching e-mail after the 2.1 update.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....08956&tstart=0

[holo2015]

build 9M2611 is the SDK build number, not the firmware build number

[nagromme]

I've already got push voice calls, push SMS, emails that get to me with an average delay of 7.5 minutes (0 to 15), and instant AIM even when the screen's asleep, as long as I leave the app open in my pocket.

I can wait a little longer for the ability to get AIMs while using other apps. Late but better sounds good to me.