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Apple iPhone 2.0.2 Fix is Subtle - Too Subtle for Some
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 4:00 PM - by John Martellaro
Whenever Apple publishes an iPhone update that purports to fix something, one of the first things that appears is a story that says nothings changed. Thats because in a complex technology, variable factors are never the same for everyone, as Apple Insider pointed out on Thursday.
Mobile phones are small, but theyre complicated. Worse, journalists whove been working with PCs and Macs for many years are new to mobile phone technology in an Apple context. Worst of all, Apple plays it very close to the vest when it comes to explaining the fixes it makes to the iPhone OS. As a result, theres been a lot of confusion about the recent performance issues of the iPhone 3G.
For that reason, I really liked the Apple Insider story on Thursday about what reallys going on inside the OS X iPhone 2.0.2 software. While well never know for sure if this is the true story because AT&T and Apple dont like to spill the beans to their competitors, the article had good credibility because the author, writing under a pseudonym, has a lot of technical experience.
It just goes to show that whenever theres a hot technical issue with Macs or iPhones, its a good idea to look around for articles that dig into the deeper facts and stay away from those stories, written by authors on a deadline, that claim Apples fix has changed nothing for them. And so, Apple, by implication, must have screwed up.
Modern technology is too complex for that kind of thinking.
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