The following notes are taken during the Apple WWDC 2008. Due to the Non Disclosure Agreement, best effort has been made to restrict the notes to match the publicly available information.
Live from the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2008
The iPhone 2.0 Software and iPhone 3G (hardware) has been announced by Apple at the Apple WWDC on June 9, 2008. IS&T has been working with Apple as part of the iPhone Enterprise Beta Program since March 2008 (under a Non-Disclosure Agreement). The following list provides publicly available information about both the hardware and software that is known to date (note: the information below may change as Apple and AT&T may make changes prior to the launch).
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Software (iPhone 2.0 Software)
- Availability: early July, 2008
2008 - iPhone Configuration Utility
- 3rd Party software
- AIM for iPhone
- Improvements from previous version:
- Better Email Message Management
- Certificate Support (X.509 personal certificates used by the MIT community will work!)
- MIT VOIP voicemail sent as email attachments can be played
- Still not working...
- TechTime Calendar cannot be synchronized over-the-air
- Copy and Paste
- No removable battery. Battery replacement process can be costly and time-consuming
- No voice assisted dialing
- No Copy and Paste
- No Flash Support for Safari
- No Dial-up Networking (using the device as a modem for laptops)
- Apple's iPhone 2.0 Software Page:http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/
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Carrier(s) | AT&T | Verizon, Sprint, | Verizon, Sprint, | Verizon, Sprint, | Verizon, Sprint, | ||||
Coverage at MIT | Usable/Poor | Excellent/Usable | Excellent/Usable | Excellent/Usable | Excellent/Usable | ||||
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Overall Coverage | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||||
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| Poor | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | ||||
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | ||||
MIT IMAP | Functional | Functional | Functional | Functional | Functional | ||||
MIT Exchange Mail |
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Dial-up Networking | n/a |
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3G Data Support | UMTS/HSDPA 1 | EVDO 2 | EVDO 2 | EVDO 2 | EVDO | ||||
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Wi-Fi | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Web Browser | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair |
X.509 Certificate | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | No |
Microsoft Office Support | Read Only | Read/Edit | Read/Edit | Read Only | Read/Edit |
Device Price | $199 (8GB) | $210 | $130 | $60 | $200 |
Data Plan Price | $27 (personal, | $35 (business, | $35 (business, | $35 (business, | $35 (business, |
Coverage | Description |
Good | Strong voice and data reception without intermittent loss of signal. |
Fair | Heavy reception fluctuation causing loss of calls and data. |
Poor | No voice or data reception. |
Note: | These values were taken from the center mass of the buildings, reception |
Legend | Cellular Protocol |
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1 | UMTS/HSDPA | (UMTS) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (HSDPA) High-Speed Downlink Packet Access |
2 | EVDO | (EVDO) Evolution, Data Optimized |
Recent as of 29NOV2007.
Purchasing and Activation
Details Coming Soon
Migration from old iPhone to iPhone 3G
- iPhone EDGE > iPhone 3G
- Erase data on the old device. Apple recommends that the old device be upgraded with iPhone 2.0 software. Once the iPhone has been upgraded to iPhone 2.0 software, perform Erase All Content and Settings. This process will take approximately 1 hour for 8GB iPhone and should completely wipe the data off the old iPhone.
*iPhone Configuration Utility and Exchange ActiveSync Integration:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/03/06iphone.html
- Erase data on the old device. Apple recommends that the old device be upgraded with iPhone 2.0 software. Once the iPhone has been upgraded to iPhone 2.0 software, perform Erase All Content and Settings. This process will take approximately 1 hour for 8GB iPhone and should completely wipe the data off the old iPhone.