You may recall that yesterday we posted a link to Gear Live's gallery of iPhone v1.1.3 snaps. In this season of rumors, we were trying to take it with a pinch of salt; we ended up with enough salt to make some Margaritas here at TUAW HQ, such was our skepticism -- and we were, it would seem, quite wrong to have doubted.Thankfully Gear Live's Andru Edwards & Nate True decided to show us all what we can expect, with a full-blown video of the latest firmware, embedded after the break (all 8 minutes of it) with their permission. There's a tonne of exciting stuff shown off -- saving of pins on Google Maps, cell-tower triangulation with a single click (sweet!) and the long-missed hybrid Google Map (my preferred view). Throw in the re-arranging of the home screen and multiple SMS recipients (something we'd quite like to use over the holiday period) -- my iPhone is feeling very inadequate already.
Thanks Andru!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
12-30-2007 @ 8:37PM
(01) said...
First? Looks pretty sweet, and stuff like this definitely makes me want to not jailbreak my phone and just wait for the SDK...so close....
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12-30-2007 @ 8:57PM
iskeptic said...
anyone think its strange that the carrier icon is hacked on the video???
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12-30-2007 @ 9:00PM
meatmcguffin said...
If you chance the carrier name and icon, they are not changed back after a software update. This also happens if you change it on 1.1.2 and then do a firmware restore.
12-31-2007 @ 11:33AM
Fernando said...
Also I think its strange how in the beginning of the video his camera cannot focus on the small text on the about screen to show the version. But then in the walk through video itself it sure is but he conveniently does not show it. I call it a HOAX. I mean come on now you think AAPL would just let this guy get away with this type of information? Their lawyers would be all over his ass faster then you can say "thinksecret"!!!
12-30-2007 @ 8:59PM
meatmcguffin said...
I've just realised what's going on here.
Gearlive receive the update from an anonymous person just after xmas. I reckon that Apple have given them the update themselves to show the new features to the public. Why? To make the people who received an iPhone / Touch at Xmas think twice before jailbreaking it.
Genius.
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12-30-2007 @ 9:06PM
Josh said...
I think you hit the nail on the head with that one.
12-30-2007 @ 9:09PM
meatmcguffin said...
Thinking about it some more, it also explains why there are no cease and desists from Apple and why gearlive are so happy flaunting this all over the net. In the wake of what happened to thinksecret, i don't think i would be so....obvious.
12-30-2007 @ 9:32PM
ddebor said...
The only problem with that theory is this. Why wouldn't Apple release it themselves in one their "Guided Tours?" Surely if they did it it would still gain tons of attention.
Regardless, they got it somehow and it looks pretty legit. I can't wait, it's just one more sign of good things to come after the SDK.
12-30-2007 @ 11:50PM
Ryan said...
I think someone from Apple's iPhone team secretly released this, because I'm sure even Apple employees jailbreak their phones. This one person just wanted to spark development and hacking on it before it was released.
1-12-2008 @ 5:06PM
Kerry said...
I see no reason to Jailbreak your Itouch since you can restore it back to the original firmware. I have done jailbreak on mine and restored it 5 or 6 times just to prove that you can do it.
12-30-2007 @ 9:08PM
Yaphi said...
Stop posting non iPhone friendly flash videos!
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12-30-2007 @ 9:18PM
Nik Fletcher said...
Yaphi,
If we could post in any format, we would. It's all about the sources :-)
12-30-2007 @ 9:42PM
Shawna Christensen said...
You can get an iPod/iPhone-formatted version at GearLive's site, as well as AppleTV, Xvid, and 3GP.
Link to iPod version: http://blip.tv/file/get/Bleedingedge-BleedingEdgeTV195IPhone113367.m4v
12-31-2007 @ 9:54AM
Yaphi said...
Thank you for the tip!
12-30-2007 @ 9:12PM
-J said...
Is "tonne" a word I don't know or a type?
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12-30-2007 @ 9:17PM
Nik Fletcher said...
It's an British-ism :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton:
"In the UK and most of the areas which used the Imperial system, the metric tonne (1,000 kg), which it is conveniently very similar to—less than 2% difference—is the only form of ton legal for trade."
12-30-2007 @ 9:29PM
-J said...
Ha! I need to think more globally! Could not find it in my American English dictionary here. I learn new things every day!
12-30-2007 @ 9:13PM
Jah said...
great video. And super fastnews. 1.1.3 looks awesome
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12-30-2007 @ 9:40PM
Kento Ito said...
is 1.1.3 also avalible as an iPod touch update us well?
I want to see Apple add Mail and Google Map added to the touch as well, since mail and google maps can use wi-fi to update the location and email....
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12-30-2007 @ 10:42PM
Hector said...
I think apple will release 1.1.3 for the iPod touch, altough only with the rearranging and home bookmarks updates.
I doubt apple will add Mail and Maps anytime soon