Update Core Apple Apps Through the App Store

[MotionxxUSxx]

I just read that core apps on Froyo can now be updated through the android market. This brings up a question on whether apple can do this. This would be great if, the iphone core apps could be updated through the app store. We would get more frequent updates without waiting for OS upgrades.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/09/21/google-updates-gmail-android-app/

 

[Applejuiced]

No, currently only thru firmware updates. The native apps are not listed or updated thru the AppStore.

 

[Zcott]

Actually, when Apple introduced Ping in iTunes 10 it appeared on the phone after the first sync with iTunes. It didn't happen through the App Store at all so it's quite possible to update core apps silently.

 

[iMacDragon]

the app store/itunes app basically display a server generated html page, so any content in those can be updated dynamically.

all other apps are in the non writable main firmware, so they can not be updated at all without itunes doing a firmware update. One of the things jailbreaking does is make the main firmware partition writable.

 

[rwilliams]

I doubt Apple makes that many meaningful changes to the core apps. Most of them are extremely stale. Besides, making you upgrade your firmware to get whatever changes are actually made to the core apps is a great way for them to combat jailbreaking.

 

[Applejuiced]

I doubt Apple makes that many meaningful changes to the core apps. Most of them are extremely stale. Besides, making you upgrade your firmware to get whatever changes are actually made to the core apps is a great way for them to combat jailbreaking.

Exactly.