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Apple iPhone v1.0.1 Update Now Available
The Webguy writes "Apple has released the first update for the iPhone. Updated components in the v1.0.1 update include Safari, the WebCore, and the WebKit. Quoting from the Apple Knowledge Base, the 'update is only available through iTunes, and will not appear in your computer's Software Update application, or on the Apple Support Downloads site.'" One source speculated that Apple wanted to get fixes in users' hands ahead of the Black Hat conference where details of early iPhone vulnerabilities could be revealed.
What, did you expect Apple's servers to get slashdotted by this post? Somehow I don't think news about a security update will generate as much traffic to their site as say, a steve jobs keynote would.
It takes a long time to get moving again once it stalls at the halfway point, but it does eventually continue. 5-10 minutes total, in my case.
Did you take it out of the dock? Anyway if need run the restore option that iTunes provides.
(my update worked without issue, it did "stall" for about 2 minutes during the updating firmware stage)
Who, cmdrtaco?
... right!
Slashdot has sources now?
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Where did the author say it was surprising(, exactly)?
Of what use is your comment, exactly?
"Social Status"?
What web site are you on?
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I got laid *without* an iPhone.
Anybody can get laid with an iPhone.
Yeah, unfortunately, using Google Maps is really awkward. I can't even tell how to scroll the map, frankly, since there's no way for the phone to confuse an AJAX "dragging" operation with the normal page-scrolling action.
Quickly and easily? That's crap, and you know it. Quickly and easily would be for the iPhone to update over the air, like the T-Mobile Sidekick does. Having to connect the device to a PC running iTunes isn't "quick" or "easy".
It is, if you have a PC or mac??? I found it quick and easy. OTA might be a little nicer, but given that I sync once a day or so for calendar updates and other refreshes, it's easy enough.
Tell me, how is IT is going to push patches to the device?
The whole point was they don't need to, because it's easily handled by the user. Less IT work is a good thing, if you can just release your claws a little from grasping everything that comes within reach.
How are users going to know to apply the patch?
Software automatically prompts them to do so within seven days of the last check, so worst case in six days or so the last people should be updating the phones (unless they sync less frequently). Just like OS X updates, with 99% of the user population apply just fine with no IT involvement. I know the concept is just blowing your mind, but updates don't have to involve "support staff".
What if they have disabled patching?
You can't, though you could decline the update. But why would you? Remember, most users just hit "yes".
How do we ensure compliance? What's to stop iPhone 1.0 users/devices from connecting and downloading sensitive data?
Within a week there will be no iPhone 1.0 devices. You aren't getting the Big Picture here.
Here's a pop quiz - the CFO's iPhone is lost/stolen. What do you do?
What you can. Here's the kicker - this is true of your CFO right now, regardless of your feelings! So what are YOU doing other than putting your head in the sand? When have CFO's ever really been "managed" anyway?
Bullshit. Mac OS X is fundamentally unchanged from when Tiger came out two years ago.
Illusion! All those security updates, with patches to sshd and the like - they were all figments!
You have no idea how patching works in IT. We don't necessarily WANT users to have "all the patches applied", at least not right away. IT needs to control patch delivery to limit compatibility issues. Or do you believe that patches never break anything?
More sand-holing. How sad. Learn to deal, you have seven days before everyone is patched, figure it out if something doesn't work - but then again, since you can't install your own software anyway what exactly would break again?? Since you aren't doing the updates why are you taking support calls for the thing? Point them to Apple.
Presumably when third party software arrives, it will keep in step with iPhone updates just as software does with OS X updates.
Windows Mobile 6 devices can be patched over the air, and patch delivery can be managed with a variety of third-party tools.
Oh, you're one of THOSE people. No wonder the big picture is so elusive to you. You've forgotten who you serve.
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Yeah, because what everyone needs is a download or patching failure to brick their phone while they're traveling. Needing a computer allows you to backup/sync data beforehand and gives you the tools to do a restore if need be (for example, if a wonky hack bricks the update).
Just because data and an installer can be delivered doesn't mean it's a brilliant plan.
But I just have to ask: to whom has Apple sold out by requiring you to sit down at your computer to update a mobile device?
Microsoft relased Service Pack 15 for Windows 2000. News at 11.
Seriously, are we going to make a story out of every point release of iPhone's firmware?
People have complained about how the iPhone is tethered to a desktop computer. Not only is this not a hassle -- you need to plug it into something to charge it anyway, why not your computer? -- but it builds a useful habit in the user: software updates will happen automatically whenever it's docked.
Here's an analogy for you. Imagine a mobile device is like a car. If you're not driving an iPhone, you need to go to three separate service stations for gas, for minor maintenance, and to get major repairs. On iPhone, you pull in for gas, and an army of attendants come out to check your oil, wash the windows, and oh by the way, there's a recall out on your airbag, would you like us to fix that real quick for ya? If you're not on an iPhone, best-case scenario is a tow truck pulls you over on the highway and fixes your airbag on the roadside. Worst-case is, you don't find out there's a recall until it's too late. Or do you believe that patches never break anything? Maybe they do on Windows, but I have never, *ever* had a security patch break something on my Mac. Not once.
when's the last time you saw a story of a non-Mac-fanboi ditching their Blackberry for an iPhone
I assume "never", since according to you anyone who did ditch their Blackberry for an iPhone would, by definition, be a "Mac-fanboi".
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This is, by far, the most ignorant security comment on Slashdot I have ever read. You are a fool sir, at least when it comes to security.
What I am is a security REALIST. What I realize is that people are "in UR Enterprize iPhoneinating UR Network". So who is more ignorant, the one who thinks about how this device can fit in as-is because it's going to anyway even if you don't want it, or someone who whines about lack of IT controlled updates and pretends like it's not already affecting you.
Welcome to real world security. Here's a Q-tip for that sand in your ears.
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