The iPhone 2.0 Operating System…

July 8th, 2008

I definitely cannot take any credit for getting my hands on the new iPhone 2.0 operating system; that goes purely to the guys on the Wired Magazine Blog.  They were able to get the OS, by some miracle means, and have found a few new features that are worth talking about. 

First, on the main screen, there are two main changes: a contacts application icon (this was only accessible through the ‘phone’ icon on the original iPhone) and an application store icon, where users will be able to get all kinds of cool applications and games.  Then there is the new geo-tagging feature on the camera, so you can store your GPS coordinates with a picture to show the exact location in which it was taken!  The OS 2.0 also solved a big criticism of the first iPhone by giving the option to push emails- where the old iPhone OS would check for emails every 15, 30, or 60 minutes, the new operating system will be able to retrieve emails as soon as they come in.  And finally, the new OS allows a contact search, which makes the process of finding someone’s number much more efficient than scrolling through the list.  It sounds like they did a good job tying-up loose ends from the first OS, and in 3 days we’ll be able to find out ourselves!

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