Macworld: iPhone v1.1.3 update owns, jiggles icons
Today at Macworld, Apple announced, amongst other things, the details for the v1.1.3 iPhone update, which is available immediately.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs filled the keynote, as usual, with the usual bragging and fanboy pumping. "iPhone doesn’t stand still. We’re making it better and better all the time." We only put up with it to mingle with our true loves, iPod Touch and iPhone, which was issued the rumored v1.1.3 software update today.
Although we originally recommended users avoid the update, the presentation won us over just a little. In the case of this writer, who doesn’t use most of the 3rd party applications installed on his hacked device, switching to 1.1.3 instead of keeping the hacked 1.1.2 software makes total sense. However, if you absolutely love your 3rd party apps, we still recommend you stay away because a hacked 1.1.2 can still do much more than a stock 1.1.3.
Thanks to the new software, iPhone users will now have the ability to text multiple people at once — welcome to 2002 Apple iPhone engineering team!
Maps can now automatically find your location thanks to cell tower trinagulation or nearby Wi-Fi base stations, and users can now make web clips.
What’s a web clip? I’m glad you thought the question. They lie on your homescreen, which is now customizeable and jiggly (watch the keynote video), and take you to the exact spot you zommed into on a site. If you’re constantly going to the same site to check something specific, this is an easy way to get there.
Oh yeah, those new iTunes movie rentals can be watched on your 1.1.3 iPhone too.
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