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Apple and AT&T Have a Text Message for iPhone Users

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 PM - by

Apple and AT&T really want to make sure iPhone customers update to OS X iPhone 2.0.2, so they've sent each customer personal a text message.

There's nothing like exploiting the very technology a company is marketing to stay in contact with its own customers. Accordingly, iPhone customers are getting this message from Apple and AT&T on Friday.


This image was created with the new iPhone 2.0 software that allows the user to take a screen shot.

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vasic said:

member since 09 Aug 2005 with 279 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:56 pm

Nothing all that personal about that message; in fact, it sounds very much like a mass-distributed one. When the headline said personal, I was expecting "Dear Mr. Vasić," type of personal (possibly, thinking "personalised", rather than just "personal"...)

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A guest said: (hide)

Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:00 pm

I don't know about the iPhone, buy my Touch has had more problems with each successive "update". I do have a lot of apps on my 16GB touch, and suspect that some of them may be responsible, but since updating to 2.0.2, every time I've tried to do a normal sync, my Touch ends up locked with the apple icon screen and the only solution is to connect in recover mode and recover my ipod, setting it up as a new ipod. If I try to recover to the backup, I end up locked up again, too. This has happened four times to me, and the recovery takes several hours. I've already picked up three extra months of me.com. Maybe Apple can give me some extra months at the end of my life to listen to all the music I'm missing out listening to while my ipod is "recovering". I'd go back to version 1 software, but I've spent over $50 for apps, most of which would be well worth it if only I could use them.

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h-dog said:

member since 11 Jul 2005 with 12 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:59 pm

Well, personally, I'd like to knwo what's in the update beyond "bug fixes" before I install it. If Apple/AT&T want me to update to their latest and greatest before everyone else has been using it for a month or more, then they really should put a teensy bit of effort into documenting the changes. Otherwise, they can keep their undies on for a little while.

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A guest said: (hide)

Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:28 pm

Yeah, too bad the update their hawking does more apparent harm than good. I may still apply it once PwnageTool is updated, but I'm sort of inclined to skip 2.0.2 altogether, personally. Unless, of course, Apple wants to get a little more /honest/ with it's customers and admit what it contains. I'm not in the habit of accepting blind upgrades from any software vendor.

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jbruni said:

member since 14 Jul 2006 with 105 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:55 pm

This is unusual. No such announcement was forthcoming about 2.0.1. I wonder if there is some earth-shattering security fix in 2.0.2 that they really don't want leaked.

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A guest said: (hide)

Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:54 pm

No info, no update

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