Apple confirms iPhone updates can be triggered by Apple remotely While it was cool to see the "send to web gallery" button magically appear on our iPhones last week after MaSteve Jobs introduced iLife '08, it was also a bit "Big Brotherish". Many were wondering how our iPhones got this update without us taking part in the update. It's now been revealed by iphoneatlas that Apple can trigger updates remotely.

"At the time, we noted that, in addition to there being no synchronization process, nor conspicuous software update to enable the new function, some users received the function early in the day, some later in the day, and some not at all.

Apple has now addressed this issue in Knowledge Base article #306272. The article outlines several requirements for invoking the “Send to Web Gallery” function, including:

“iPhone Software Version 1.0.1 or later"

“An active .Mac account (full membership account—not just email)"

“iPhone configured with a .Mac mail account (the same account to which you published the Web Gallery) etc.”

What’s interesting, however, is the following paragraph:

“If the Send to Web Gallery option does not appear on iPhone, and you have installed iPhone Software 1.0.1 or later, press the Home button to exit Photos, wait an hour before you tap Photos, and then try again. During that hour, it’s OK to use other features of iPhone.”

This essentially confirms that some sort of network-based trigger — not a time-based mechanism — invokes the “Send to Web Gallery” option. Once the appropriate software is in place and a valid .Mac account is detected on the iPhone, it appears that some sort of fetching process is performed that delivers the new functionality."

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/15/2007 04:57:00 PM