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By RoryPiper on June 20th, 2010

One of the smaller, not widely known features of iOS 4, is the ability for carriers to push out updates, over the air. Previously, this could only be done, via iTunes. This isn’t Apple firmware updates, but rather carrier specific updates. The iOS 4 betas have been coming with Rogers carrier updates. Rogers 6 was…

By Gary Ng on June 13th, 2010

iOS 4 is going to be released by Apple on June 21st. This latest firmware update will include a multitude of new features. Some of the most anticipated include multitasking, folders, improvements to Mail, and more. What’s interesting to note is that iPod Touch users will get iOS 4 for free (2nd and 3rd gen…

By Ex on June 7th, 2010

This morning at WWDC, Apple announced the release of the GM version of iOS 4.0 (8A293), otherwise known as the Gold Master version of the firmware. Apple also released a new iTunes 9.2 beta to developers. The iPhone firmware 4.0 beta, now known as iOS 4.0, began in April 2010 and has seen four beta…

By Ex on June 1st, 2010

One of the latest finds in the iPhone 4.0 firmware beta is a flashlight feature by using the sleep/wake button. Since the 4.0 OS is still in beta, it is difficult to know whether this flashlight find is a feature or a bug. However, if this flashlight capability ends up in the final 4.0 firmware,…

By Gary Ng on May 22nd, 2010

We found out from the Gizmodo iPhone 4G/HD leak that the next iPhone will have a front facing camera. One would assume that means iChat capabilities right? Well, the folks at BGR have just received some interesting info that reveals Video Conferencing evidence. This option comes from a field test firmware from the supposed next…

By Gary Ng on May 19th, 2010

Yesterday Apple seeded iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 to developers. This was exactly two weeks after the the release of Beta 3. As always, once these new betas are out in the open “newly” discovered features make it onto the Internet in lightning speed. Here’s a round up of some of the newest features in…

By Ex on May 18th, 2010

This evening, Apple pushed out the iPhone SDK 4.0 Beta 4 and the iPhone 4.0 Firmware Beta 4 (8A274B). This comes exactly two weeks since the last release of iPhone 4.0 Beta 3 on May 4, 2010. Apple typically follows a 2-week release schedule for beta releases of iPhone firmware. The firmware 4.0 update is…

By Ex on May 5th, 2010

Yesterday morning brought the release of beta 3 of iPhone 4.0 and along with the release, a major new enhancement that included an orientation lock and iPod widget controls. However that was not all that beta 3 of iPhone firmware 4.0 delivered. File sharing abilities have now been revealed in beta 3 of iPhone OS 4.0….

By Ex on May 4th, 2010

With the release of the beta 3 of iPhone 4.0 this morning, one of the new major enhancements is the included orientation lock and iPod widget controls. The new controls are accessed via the multi-tasking interface of firmware 4.0 which is done by pushing the home button twice. Now, instead of just closing applications in…

By Ex on May 4th, 2010

This morning, Apple pushed out the iPhone SDK 4.0 Beta 3 and the iPhone 4.0 Firmware Beta 3 (8A260B). This comes exactly two weeks since the last release of iPhone 4.0 Beta 2 on April 20, 2010. Apple typically follows a 2-week release schedule for beta releases of iPhone firmware. The firmware 4.0 update is to deliver…