Apple Error Leaves iPhone Developers In the Lurch

canadacow writes "iPhone developers enrolled and active in the iPhone OS 2.0 beta program got a nasty surprise today when Apple inadvertently 'expired' the recently released version. While for a beta program this typically would not be an issue, Apple has yet to release a new deployment of the iPhone OS. So developers like myself who use their iPhone for both actual phone and iPod use are bricked. Of note, this particular expired build is just 11 days old."

Comments

Yes

[tkrotchko]

"Is anyone else getting tired of the sensationalist misuse of the term "bricked" around here?"

Yes, and not because I think there's a "right" and "wrong" term. It's just that I have no idea what they're talking about anymore when they say "bricked".

I've bricked stuff before. When that happens, you throw it in the trash. If we want to use "bricked" to mean "I have to restore from backup", then somebody come up with another term for "permanently inoperable".