Gadgets on the Go: The iPhone 1.1.3 firmware is ready for official installable applications

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//Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The iPhone 1.1.3 firmware is ready for official installable applications

Nate True has done some investigating of the iPhone 1.1.3 firmware and it appears that this firmware will likely be the firmware to allow official 3rd party applications on the iPhone.

"So I've had the chance to examine the 1.1.3 firmware on a deeper level (using a technique not developed by me and which I can't release so don't ask) and have noticed some interesting changes behind the scenes that are quite blogworthy:

- SpringBoard no longer needs to be modified (via SummerBoard) in order to show extra applications in the /Applications folder.

- All applications now run as the user 'mobile' instead of as root.

- Preferences are now stored in /var/mobile rather than in /var/root.

What does this all mean? I'll tell you what it means.

The iPhone 1.1.3 firmware is ready for official installable applications.

Even though there are no applications available for purchase (besides the iPod Touch's $20 "upgrade package"), the installation architecture appears to be there already."

Labels: apple. iphone, touch

¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 1/23/2008 09:04:00 AM

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