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!

[Baadshah]

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

[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."

[Marzzz]

Fix the Bluetooth echo? Please!?!?!

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

[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

[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?

[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.

[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...

[holo2015]

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

[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.

[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.

[circusbass]

I hope the digitized voicemail gets fixed in this version.

[gashead76]

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Originally Posted by circusbass

I hope the digitized voicemail gets fixed in this version.

I was starting think I was losing my hearing! I'm glad it's not just me.

On the other hand though, voicemails do download a lot faster for me now.

[DaveTheGrey]

i hope this feature won't kill the battery....

[o0samotech0o]

I think something sexy will be released in 2.2


-Sam

[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

[Prof.]

I hope this isn't a stupid Q but... Will apple continue to release updates for the first gen iPod touch even tho the second gen is out? Or will they stop releasing updates for it like they do all the other iPods?

[geerlingguy]

Copy & Paste. PLEASE!

And auto-checking email would be a nice feature to have again... since it hasn't worked since before updating to 2.1.

[geerlingguy]

Originally Posted by Prof.

I hope this isn't a stupid Q but... Will apple continue to release updates for the first gen iPod touch even tho the second gen is out? Or will the stop releasing updates for it like they do all the other iPods?

Considering they both have pretty much the same screen, processor and architecture (with a few small differences), they will update the OS from time to time. However, at some point, I'm sure they'll stop supporting the 1st generation—but that's probably not too near in the future.

[Rybold]

Did I read that correctly?
Instead of 2.1.2, they actually said 2.2 ??? Wow.