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Inside Look At 2.0 Firmware, iTunes 7.7

Submitted by Edward Kirk on July 2, 2008 - 1:35pm.
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There was a rumor going around last week that Apple was finishing up version 2.0 of the iPhone software, and that a special version of iTunes 7.7 would be needed to install it. Jesus Diaz over at Gizmodo has managed to get his hands on it, and has taken a few screenshots to confirm some rumors.

According to Jesus, the latest release of the 2.0 software runs fine, and he claims to notice a speed increase with application performance. He did notice that the parental controls didn't stop him from visiting some x-rated websites in Safari, but everything else seems to work well enough.

iTunes 7.7 was more telling than the 2.0 software. In the Preferences he found a section for MobileMe, but it's not active. There's a new applications tab in the iPhone control panel, but there's nothing in the App Store yet, so there's not much there. There were also a few other changes to the preferences, like having it automatically check for downloads, age restrictions for games, and most interestingly, "look for iPhone and iPod touch remotes."

This definitely confirms the rumors.

He also created a fun little video of him messing around with the iPhone 2.0 software, so be sure to check out his article at Gizmodo.

Looks Nice

Submitted by Frogg (not verified) on July 2, 2008 - 5:41pm.
this looks very nice and well put together

Submitted by Kevin Dunahee on July 2, 2008 - 11:10pm.
I particularly like the "Forget all remotes" button. It appears as if there will be some secure form of pairing which I was previously wondering about. Very neat!

Submitted by iambored8907 (not verified) on July 3, 2008 - 8:13am.
Wow I never saw the forget remotes in the iTunes for windows. You can find both of them (Itunes and beta 8) online if you look. You can use Beta 8 if you are a legal AT&T customer. MobileMe works but cannot push yet. (Just manual email)