Daily ArchiveTuesday, November 13th, 2007
News G-Funk on 13 Nov 2007
iPhone Software version 1.1.2 now available via iTunes
Apple on Monday evening began distributing iPhone Software version 1.1.2 to U.S. customers over iTunes.
The software update, which made its debut as part of the German and UK iPhone launches last Friday, had previously been available as a direct download for those brave enough to perform manual installations.
Reports have revealed that the update repairs a TIFF exploit, delivers support for dozens of foreign languages, and includes various localized keyboard layouts (No Arabic Keyboard yet).
Note: This update will disable 3rd party hacks/jailbreak/and unlocks so don’t upgrade just yet.
Update: A jailbreak has just been released for the new 1.1.2 update.
News G-Funk on 13 Nov 2007
iPhone to gain Apple Spotlight search in 2008
The next significant software update for Apple Inc.’s iPhone handset is unlikely to surface until early next year but will pack a system-wide search feature when it finally does arrive, according to information obtained by investment bank Piper Jaffray.
According to Appleinsider, The iPhone would obtain spotlight search feature that is notably known on it’s Desktop OS “Mac OSX”.
” We expect the next major update to come in February when the iPhone is opened to third-party applications,” analyst Gene Munster wrote in a research report Monday. “As part of this update we also expect a contextual search feature, similar to Spotlight on a Mac.”
An iPhone SDK will be released sometime in February 2008 which will enable 3rd party apps to be developed for the Device.
News G-Funk on 13 Nov 2007
Ultra-portable Apple Notebook in Macworld 2008?
according to the folks AppleInsider, it looks like we could now be fast approaching an actual debut of the often discussed ultra-portable Apple laptop. If they’re right, the system (which is said to be a 13-incher) will be introduced at the Macworld Expo in January and, as previously speculated, it apparently won’t boast an internal optical disc drive. That, along with some desirable NAND flash storage, will supposedly make the system about 50 percent lighter than Apple’s current 15-inch MacBook Pro, not to mention “strikingly slimmer”.
As AppleInisder points out, those changes should also help to make the system considerably more power-efficient, with an LED-backlit display also helping on that front.
Nothing is solid yet but we can wait and see.