10 years of the App Store
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📱iPhone OS 2 (Big Bear) 📺
Build - 5A347 was released 11 Jul, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
This update:
• $9.95 - upgrade for iPod Touch (1st generation).
• Added language support:
• Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Dutch, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese language interface in iPhone, formerly these languages were only in the iPod Touch since 1.1.1
• Extra keyboard languages including Chinese and Korean and Russian
• Support for Traditional and Simplified Chinese handwriting recognition.
• Mail, contacts, calendars
• Grouped settings.
• Mail
• Push e-mail
• Ability to select an outgoing email account within Mail application
• Support for BCC in Mail application
• Multiple email delete/move
• Ability to view MS Office attachments
• Ability to view iWork attachments, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.
• Contacts
• Contacts icon on "Home" screen (iPhone only, it was formerly on the iPod Touch)
• Ability to search contacts
• Global Address List
• Push contacts
• Ability to import SIM contacts.
• Calendar
• Multiple calendars supported in Calendar with colour-coding (desktop colours only preserved if using Mobile Me)
• New "Calendar" menu in "Settings"
• Push calendar.
• Enterprise enhancements
• Enforced security policies
• Device configuration
• Remote wipe.
• iPod
• Video can be shown in either landscape orientation (instead of just landscape left)
• Videos in playlists & music videos can be shown in portrait or landscape orientation
• Sound fade-out when exiting a video.
• Other
• App Store (to manage third-party applications) with home screen icon- Store for apps
• Certificates and Identities
• WPA2/802.1X
• Ability to turn Wi-Fi back on while in Airplane mode
• Cisco IPsec VPN support
• Ability to take screen captures
• Ability to save pics from Safari or Mail to Photos
• Bonjour service discovery protocol
• Support for SVG
• Addition of Parental controls
• Password letters are momentarily visible while typing
• Ability to turn Location Services on or off
• Applications that use Location Services now prompt user for confirmation 3 times
• Tapping status bar to scroll to top shortcut
• Updated calculator with extra features in portrait mode, a scientific calculator in landscape mode and an updated icon
• Updated iTunes with a new icon and reordered category icons within iTunes application
• Camera now supports Geotagging
• YouTube plugin for Safari.
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Build - 5A347 was released 11 Jul, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
This update:
• $9.95 - upgrade for iPod Touch (1st generation).
• Added language support:
• Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Dutch, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese language interface in iPhone, formerly these languages were only in the iPod Touch since 1.1.1
• Extra keyboard languages including Chinese and Korean and Russian
• Support for Traditional and Simplified Chinese handwriting recognition.
• Mail, contacts, calendars
• Grouped settings.
• Push e-mail
• Ability to select an outgoing email account within Mail application
• Support for BCC in Mail application
• Multiple email delete/move
• Ability to view MS Office attachments
• Ability to view iWork attachments, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.
• Contacts
• Contacts icon on "Home" screen (iPhone only, it was formerly on the iPod Touch)
• Ability to search contacts
• Global Address List
• Push contacts
• Ability to import SIM contacts.
• Calendar
• Multiple calendars supported in Calendar with colour-coding (desktop colours only preserved if using Mobile Me)
• New "Calendar" menu in "Settings"
• Push calendar.
• Enterprise enhancements
• Enforced security policies
• Device configuration
• Remote wipe.
• iPod
• Video can be shown in either landscape orientation (instead of just landscape left)
• Videos in playlists & music videos can be shown in portrait or landscape orientation
• Sound fade-out when exiting a video.
• Other
• App Store (to manage third-party applications) with home screen icon- Store for apps
• Certificates and Identities
• WPA2/802.1X
• Ability to turn Wi-Fi back on while in Airplane mode
• Cisco IPsec VPN support
• Ability to take screen captures
• Ability to save pics from Safari or Mail to Photos
• Bonjour service discovery protocol
• Support for SVG
• Addition of Parental controls
• Password letters are momentarily visible while typing
• Ability to turn Location Services on or off
• Applications that use Location Services now prompt user for confirmation 3 times
• Tapping status bar to scroll to top shortcut
• Updated calculator with extra features in portrait mode, a scientific calculator in landscape mode and an updated icon
• Updated iTunes with a new icon and reordered category icons within iTunes application
• Camera now supports Geotagging
• YouTube plugin for Safari.
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📱iPhone OS 2.0.1
Build - 5B108 was released 4 Aug, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
Resolved Issues:
• Performance and stability of Contacts and Calendar applications dramatically improved
• Performance while flipping to landscape mode in Safari improved
• Performance in Mail app improved
• Release improves application crash rates
• Keyboard responsiveness improved.
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Build - 5B108 was released 4 Aug, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
Resolved Issues:
• Performance and stability of Contacts and Calendar applications dramatically improved
• Performance while flipping to landscape mode in Safari improved
• Performance in Mail app improved
• Release improves application crash rates
• Keyboard responsiveness improved.
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📱iPhone OS 2.0.2
Build - 5C1 was released 18 Aug, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
Resolved Issues:
• Improved communication with 3G networks
• Transition from music list to Cover Flow has changed
• Tilt to left from landscape no longer switch to portrait when watching video, fixes 2.0 bug
• The "Update All" button in the App Store's update tab has been removed.
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Build - 5C1 was released 18 Aug, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
Resolved Issues:
• Improved communication with 3G networks
• Transition from music list to Cover Flow has changed
• Tilt to left from landscape no longer switch to portrait when watching video, fixes 2.0 bug
• The "Update All" button in the App Store's update tab has been removed.
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📱iPhone OS 2.1/2.1.1 📺 📄
Build - 5F136 was released 9 Sep, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
Free for iPod Touch users who have upgraded to iPhone OS 2.0.
New Features & Changes:
• Genius playlist creation
• More information provided within iPod Music lists (artist and album are now shown below song title when selecting music in addition to remaining time on podcasts)
• More information is provided for audiobooks, such as displaying time left in active audiobook
• New podcasts and videos had "filled" blue bubbles next to them to indicate that they were new, now if you have "half-played" a podcast or video, it will include a half filled blue bubble
• Sound from iPod now fades out if you start syncing device with iTunes
• Bookmarked home screen apps open in full screen.
Companion changes in/with iTunes 8 for this release:
• Displays capacity and used space of information on iPhone
• Dramatically reduced time to back up to iTunes
• Does not remove all media after restore
• Faster firmware installation and data sync
• Application updates downloaded from iTunes have new finder naming convention.
OS enhancements:
• Triple-click on the control button of headphones now jumps music to prior track played
• SMS app can alert up to two additional times if you don't acknowledge an incoming text message (will play the alert sound/vibrate again after a period of time as if a new message just came in)
• Update supporting languages
• Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts (after 5 attempts, the device will disable itself for 1 minute. After the 6th attempt, it will disable itself for 5 minutes. In the 10th attempt, it will wipe all data)
3G, EDGE, and GPRS indicators changed
• The camera can now be turned off within the restrictions page
• When taking a screenshot of your phone, there is now the camera shutter noise
• iPhone never gets locked when placed in dock and playing music.
Bug fixes, performance enhancements:
• Security fix to prevent from bypassing the double home button exploit
• Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
• Faster installation and updating of 3rd party applications
• Updating applications keeps their icons in place on the home screen
• Improvements to Mail stability
• Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
• Faster loading and searching of contacts
• Auto-correct now appears above the text instead of below (fixing a usability problem people were having where auto-correct would appear above the first row of keys)
• Smoother browsing in Safari, particularly when scrolling up/down on a web page
• Significantly better battery life for most users
• Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
• Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
• Calculator bug fixed affecting calculations involving Pi.
iPod Touch (2nd generation) only:
• Nike+ Support.
iPod Touch only:
• Settings for individual speaker sounds. Sounds can no longer be turned off en masse. All sounds must be turned off individually to mute sounds
• New speaker sound when sending mail.
Apple security updates:
• iPod Touch
• iPhone.
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Build - 5F136 was released 9 Sep, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch (1st gen.).
Free for iPod Touch users who have upgraded to iPhone OS 2.0.
New Features & Changes:
• Genius playlist creation
• More information provided within iPod Music lists (artist and album are now shown below song title when selecting music in addition to remaining time on podcasts)
• More information is provided for audiobooks, such as displaying time left in active audiobook
• New podcasts and videos had "filled" blue bubbles next to them to indicate that they were new, now if you have "half-played" a podcast or video, it will include a half filled blue bubble
• Sound from iPod now fades out if you start syncing device with iTunes
• Bookmarked home screen apps open in full screen.
Companion changes in/with iTunes 8 for this release:
• Displays capacity and used space of information on iPhone
• Dramatically reduced time to back up to iTunes
• Does not remove all media after restore
• Faster firmware installation and data sync
• Application updates downloaded from iTunes have new finder naming convention.
OS enhancements:
• Triple-click on the control button of headphones now jumps music to prior track played
• SMS app can alert up to two additional times if you don't acknowledge an incoming text message (will play the alert sound/vibrate again after a period of time as if a new message just came in)
• Update supporting languages
• Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts (after 5 attempts, the device will disable itself for 1 minute. After the 6th attempt, it will disable itself for 5 minutes. In the 10th attempt, it will wipe all data)
3G, EDGE, and GPRS indicators changed
• The camera can now be turned off within the restrictions page
• When taking a screenshot of your phone, there is now the camera shutter noise
• iPhone never gets locked when placed in dock and playing music.
Bug fixes, performance enhancements:
• Security fix to prevent from bypassing the double home button exploit
• Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
• Faster installation and updating of 3rd party applications
• Updating applications keeps their icons in place on the home screen
• Improvements to Mail stability
• Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
• Faster loading and searching of contacts
• Auto-correct now appears above the text instead of below (fixing a usability problem people were having where auto-correct would appear above the first row of keys)
• Smoother browsing in Safari, particularly when scrolling up/down on a web page
• Significantly better battery life for most users
• Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
• Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
• Calculator bug fixed affecting calculations involving Pi.
iPod Touch (2nd generation) only:
• Nike+ Support.
iPod Touch only:
• Settings for individual speaker sounds. Sounds can no longer be turned off en masse. All sounds must be turned off individually to mute sounds
• New speaker sound when sending mail.
Apple security updates:
• iPod Touch
• iPhone.
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📱iPhone OS 2.2 📺
Build - 5G77 was released 21 Nov, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch 2G, 1G (1st gen.).
Free update for iPod Touch owners that upgraded to iPhone OS 2.0 or 2.1.
• Enhancements to Maps:
• Google Street View
• Public transit and walking directions
• Display address of dropped pins
• Share location via email
• Cache of recent locations.
• Enhancements to Mail
• Resolve isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
• Improved formatting of wide HTML email.
• App Store:
• "Categories" section has been altered to display icons instead of a list
• Individual applications pages now have 'Tell A Friend' and 'Report A Problem' buttons
• In an app's description, multiple screen shots can now be viewed, instead of just one
• "Update All" button added to "Updates" section
• Option added to rate an application that is about to be deleted
• Improved touch response when purchasing or downloading an application
• Application icons display the install progress "in place" while updating, rather than on the last position of the page.
• Safari:
• Improved stability and performance of Safari
• Layout changes for the address bar in Safari.
• iPod:
• The edit/clear icons on the on-the-go playlist have been changed
• Podcasts now are being shown in catalogs
• Users can no longer delete audiobooks via the device
• Audiobooks without artwork are now shown with a book icon instead of a note icon.
• Contacts:
• US phone numbers now group correctly. (e.g., 1111 2222, formerly this would have shown as 1 111222 2)
• Other:
• Decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
• Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
• Visual voicemail unavailability is shown in a screen instead of voicemail button not working
• Improved performance overall, especially noticeable in Notes and Camera applications
• Emoji for SoftBank users in Japan. Can also be enabled in all other countries using apps from the App Store
• Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen
• Preference to turn on/off keyboard auto-correction
• New languages are supported
• Shows Update/Restore progress when update using iTunes
• Security improvement
• Developers can pipe video out to an external device
• Better shift-key behavior
• Automatic WebClip icon change
• Locked screen screenshots
• Ability to record from devices connected through the dock port.
• iTunes:
• iTunes now works over EDGE and 3G networks and no longer needs a Wi-Fi network
• Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application. (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
• iPod Touch (2nd generation) only:
• Line-in audio has been enabled through the headphone jack
• Add the Remote button to control other devices (e.g. Apple TV, etc.) on the Nike + iPod menu.
Apple security updates.
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Build - 5G77 was released 21 Nov, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch 2G, 1G (1st gen.).
Free update for iPod Touch owners that upgraded to iPhone OS 2.0 or 2.1.
• Enhancements to Maps:
• Google Street View
• Public transit and walking directions
• Display address of dropped pins
• Share location via email
• Cache of recent locations.
• Enhancements to Mail
• Resolve isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
• Improved formatting of wide HTML email.
• App Store:
• "Categories" section has been altered to display icons instead of a list
• Individual applications pages now have 'Tell A Friend' and 'Report A Problem' buttons
• In an app's description, multiple screen shots can now be viewed, instead of just one
• "Update All" button added to "Updates" section
• Option added to rate an application that is about to be deleted
• Improved touch response when purchasing or downloading an application
• Application icons display the install progress "in place" while updating, rather than on the last position of the page.
• Safari:
• Improved stability and performance of Safari
• Layout changes for the address bar in Safari.
• iPod:
• The edit/clear icons on the on-the-go playlist have been changed
• Podcasts now are being shown in catalogs
• Users can no longer delete audiobooks via the device
• Audiobooks without artwork are now shown with a book icon instead of a note icon.
• Contacts:
• US phone numbers now group correctly. (e.g., 1111 2222, formerly this would have shown as 1 111222 2)
• Other:
• Decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
• Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
• Visual voicemail unavailability is shown in a screen instead of voicemail button not working
• Improved performance overall, especially noticeable in Notes and Camera applications
• Emoji for SoftBank users in Japan. Can also be enabled in all other countries using apps from the App Store
• Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen
• Preference to turn on/off keyboard auto-correction
• New languages are supported
• Shows Update/Restore progress when update using iTunes
• Security improvement
• Developers can pipe video out to an external device
• Better shift-key behavior
• Automatic WebClip icon change
• Locked screen screenshots
• Ability to record from devices connected through the dock port.
• iTunes:
• iTunes now works over EDGE and 3G networks and no longer needs a Wi-Fi network
• Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application. (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
• iPod Touch (2nd generation) only:
• Line-in audio has been enabled through the headphone jack
• Add the Remote button to control other devices (e.g. Apple TV, etc.) on the Nike + iPod menu.
Apple security updates.
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📱iPhone OS 2.2.1 📺
Build - 5H11 was released 27 Jan, 2009 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch 2G, 1G (1st gen.).
This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Improved general stability of Safari.
• Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll
• Updates baseband.
• iPod Touch only:
• Fixed issue that caused some Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio files to skip during playback.
• iTunes 8.1:
• Fixes calendar colour syncing issue. (Mac only)
• Uses a new baseband which patches the exploit formerly used to unlock the iPhone 3G.
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Build - 5H11 was released 27 Jan, 2009 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch 2G, 1G (1st gen.).
This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Improved general stability of Safari.
• Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll
• Updates baseband.
• iPod Touch only:
• Fixed issue that caused some Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio files to skip during playback.
• iTunes 8.1:
• Fixes calendar colour syncing issue. (Mac only)
• Uses a new baseband which patches the exploit formerly used to unlock the iPhone 3G.
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