The free upgrade, Jobs said, will be released sometime in June.Īlso scheduled for an upgrade at the same time is the iPod touch, the device that omits phone functionality but includes the rest of the iPhone’s feature set. Apple will package the Exchange support and App Store in Version 2.0 of the iPhone’s firmware. That won’t be for several months, however. “ will be the exclusive way to distribute iPhone applications,” Jobs said.
App Store access will be added to every iPhone in the next firmware upgrade, and applications can then be downloaded directly to an iPhone, or to iTunes – then later to an iPhone – via either Wi-Fi or the AT&T data network that steps in when wireless isn’t available. Third-party applications will be distributed via a new App Store, an online outlet for obtaining, as well as updating, third-party software, said Jobs near the end of the iPhone presentation. “Third-party developers can build native iPhone applications using the same SDK that we do,” said Forstall.
“I think when we release these features people will be blown away that the iPhone is the best mobile device ever in enterprise,” he added.Īnother company official, Scott Forstall, who heads the iPhone software group, touted the SDK that Apple has released in beta form to developers. “The same email app, calendar app and contact apps that customers really love will get information directly from the Exchange server,” said Schiller.Ī few enterprises have been testing the new Exchange support, Schiller said, citing both Walt Disney and Nike as early test sites. No new applications need to be added to the iPhone, Schiller said, because messages, appointments and contacts transferred from a company’s Exchange mail server will end up in the iPhone’s existing email, calendar and address book apps. “We’re building Exchange support so you get push email, push calendaring, push contacts, global address lists and the ability to remote wipe ,” said Phil Schiller, the head of Apple’s marketing, according to a transcript of the event posted by Engadget.
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