Firmware 2.0 for iPhone & Touch Officially Released

by Eric March on July 11, 2008 at 10:15 am

[pretty picture coming later; I'm at work without accecss to my iTunes, 'k?]

Alright folks. Those of you furiously doing the pee dance for the official release of Firmware 2.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch can stop now, because it is now officially available.

Those of you who have upgraded to iTunes 7.7 will now be notified of the new firmware version, which you can choose to upgrade in the usual ways. iPod Touch users will have to fork out a sawbuck (that $10 to you) for the priviledge, but iPhone users naturally get the semper liber treatment because they pay through the nose in other ways. (Once again, blame the SarbOx act)

Since the official, legitemate versions are now out you should have none of the issues some were reporting with the direct links (the “leaked” Touch firmware potentially notwithstanding) and should be able to enjoy the App Store in all of its fine glory, both via iTunes and over-the-air.

Of course, as I’ve said before, there is still presently no official jailbreak method for 2.0 yet; Zibree is working on it, and it’s still a wee bit too early to hear whether anyone’s had success with Pwnage, much less whether jailbroken devices happily coexist with the App Store, so those of you not wishing to give up your iLiberation just yet will want to play a bit of the waiting game to see what news drops on that end of things. For the rest of you who don’t mind going legit, or don’t mind some time away from the jailbreak scene, your App Store awaits.

(via Engadget)

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