iPhone 2.0 software is available for download

In conjunction with the App Store that launched earlier this morning, there's an upgrade available for iPhone users to bring their devices up to speed with the compatible iPhone 2.0 software.

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There's not an easy path to it yet, but the firmware is on Apple's servers, MacRumors.com reported Thursday.

Twitter users reported that the software is 225 megabytes in size. The download is free for iPhone users and $9.95 for iPod Touch users.

The iPhone 2.0 software allows existing iPhone and iPod Touch owners to have access to the software features that will be available on the new iPhone 3G that hits stores Friday morning (but not to the hardware upgrades, which include 3G Internet access and GPS). This means not only the 500+ third-party applications already in the iPhone App Store, but also support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

Third-party applications range from games and electronic books to iPhone versions of big social networks like MySpace and Facebook. Facebook and MySpace's iPhone applications will let users seamlessly upload photos to albums on the social networks, and Facebook's will let members with location-aware iPhone 3G devices see which of their friends are nearby.

[sapporobaby]

Incorrect. It will not upgrade iPod Touches.

Do your homework next time.

[smiths99]

Check yourself.....The 2.0 software upgrade is available for ipod Touch. Cost is $9.95 However, not ALL apps will work on iPod Touch, check the description.

[Fil0403]

@ smiths99: Cool, not only you have to pay for it, it's also incompatible with half of the applications. God, it's so cool to use Apple!

[Vegaman_Dan]

QUESTION :

"This means not only the 500+ third-party applications already in the iPhone App Store"

Currently there are only 216 apps at the Appstore, primarily 80% games, tip calculators, and public domain books for 99 cents. I'm curious where these hundreds of other apps the author is mention are located as Apple certainly doesn't have them.

[Fil0403]

It's Apply dude, what are you expecting, unbiased articles? Ha!

[i_doubt_it]

anyone know what time the 2.0 software will come out??
i know most people think it will come tommarrow

[Fil0403]

When the Apple servers stop crashing.

[sparkling518]

Wait...I'm still confused. So the applications are available on the iTunes Store but you can't update your iPod touch/ iPhone without the 2.0 Software Update?
so iPod touch users will have to pay for it in order to get the apps on the ipod?

[Fil0403]

Yes, iPod Touch users will have to pay for the update. That's the cool thing about using Apple, you have to pay for half of the updates. Much better than having them all for free like in Windows, of course.

[sparkling518]

Wait...I'm still confused. So the applications are available on the iTunes Store but you can't update your iPod touch/ iPhone without the 2.0 Software Update?
so iPod touch users will have to pay for it in order to get the apps on the ipod?

[Vegaman_Dan]

Correct. Touch users have always had to pay for firmware upgrades like these. iPhone users get them free. Apple claims it is for a book keeping requirement that they have not been to date able to justify or explain fully to anyone's satisfaction. Frankly I think they do it because they can- people will buy the update. At least it's only $10 this time.

[Fil0403]

@ Vegaman-Dan: Correct. They do it because they can. Don't think I'm joking when I say that Apple could sell a pile of crap for ?500 and usual Apple sheeps would actually buy it (literally too). It's called "marketing", although some prefer the terms "hype" or "brain-washing".

[Fil0403]

Cool, iPhone 2.0 software brings iPhone devices up to speed to do what most Nokia mobiles have been doing for years (and, if you are a lucky iPod Touch user who already payed a considerable amount of money for a ridiculously-overexpensive device, you surely don't mind having to pay for updates too, do you? LOL).

[jhon2597]

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