Jobs: No More Updates for the First-gen iPhone
If you're still rocking the same iPhone you purchased back in 2007, get ready for the hurt--your days of OS updates are officially over.
If you need to take a few moments for yourself, we understand.
MacNN reports that Steve Jobs has issued an email ordering the next major iPhone firmware update to disallow support for Apple's first generation iPhone released three years ago.
The move to force the 2G iPhone into obsolescence at gunpoint sets a new precedent for Apple, and could herald the life cycle for the smartphone's current and future iterations. Further evidence of Apple's strategy can be seen in Apple's decision to omit multitasking from the iPhone 3G, despite the fact that the handset's architecture could technically run the software update.
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ELeCain
April 12, 2010 at 1:37pm
What about the 1st generation iPod touch? Will the update be available for that?
LizAnne
luckylulu
April 12, 2010 at 12:54pm
I am one of those proud original iphone owners that take pride in their metal case despite being dinged up to hell and back. NOT to mention that I have not upgraded because I refuse to give ATT that extra 10 bucks a month they don't deserve.
This really hacks me off. I suppose with no more updates I can jail break it now with no worries and switch carriers..
allplatform
April 12, 2010 at 11:55am
As an early adopter, I loved that 2g phone. But when you can now capture video, multi-task (soon) and have a much better and faster phone, why not put the 2g with your ibook clamshell and enter 2010.
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