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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.
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.
Where did the author say it was surprising(, exactly)?
Of what use is your comment, exactly?
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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