iPhone 1.1.1 Update Live, WiFi Music Store

[Demon_Skeith]

Apple has released the 1.1.1 update for the iPhone, which includes the new WiFi Music Store that lets you buy tracks on the go.

If you have Installer.app you'll want to do a restore in iTunes before you upgrade.

If you've unlocked your SIM for use on T-Mobile or internationally... DO NOT UPDATE! There are reports of this process causing problems with unlocked phones.

WARNING: Apple has discovered that some of the unauthorized unlocking programs available on the Internet may cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software. IF YOU HAVE MODIFIED YOUR iPHONE'S SOFTWARE, APPLYING THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE MAY RESULT IN YOUR iPHONE BECOMING PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE. Making unauthorized modifications to the software on your iPhone violates the iPhone software license agreement, and the inability to use your iPhone due to unauthorized software modifications is not covered under your iPhone's warranty.

iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
Louder speakerphone and receiver volume
Home Button double-click shortcut to phone favorites or music controls
Space bar double-tap shortcut to intelligently insert period and space
Mail attachments are viewable in portrait and landscape
Stocks and cities in Stocks and Weather can be re-ordered
Apple Bluetooth Headset battery status in the Status Bar
Support for TV Out
Preference to turn off EDGE/GPRS when roaming internationally
New Passcode lock time intervals
Adjustable alert volume

 

[Seaofclouds]

I think it's just a chance for them to bust the people that unlocked their phones.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

update:

The iPhone 1.1.1 update was released yesterday and it hit some users like a pile of bricks. Get it?!

It appears that most users that were using unlocked phones have shiny new bricks. There are some ways around it involving re-activation with a brand new AT&T SIM card.

However, the biggest problem TheFeed has with the new 1.1.1 update is the fact that Apple has disabled custom ringtones for the moment.

Let's examine the idea of ringtones here.

Ringtones just used to be midi files that people made and shared, but now it's a huge business, but why are we paying for them?

Say I go out and buy Chamillionaire's Ultimate Victory album and I want to use 30 seconds of Hip Hop Police as my ringtone. I've already purchased the album, imported the tracks into iTunes and put them on my iPhone.

I can't use it as a ringtone without coughing up $2 to Apple for the "right" to use it as a ringtone. Hold up... that sounds like a scam.

Do you have the right to listen to a random 30 seconds of a track while driving in your car? Sure you do, don't be silly.

Do you have the right to listen to the same 30 seconds of a track on your iPod? Of course! Why wouldn't you?

Do you have the right to listen to the same $!@*ing 30 seconds of a track when someone calls you? NO!

Ringtone rights are a complete fabrication and everyone needs to complain to Apple, AT&T, Verizon and all the other providers right now.

In other news, the WiFi Music Store is pretty cool.

 

[Spiritwarrior]

It's a good phone to use, it's just that security threat some folks may have to be concerned about in the future.