Why did world fall for 1.1.4 iPhone firmware leak lie?

by Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Tuesday, 19 February 2008

Page 1 of 3 ! The world fell for Tiny-Code’s story of a supposed 1.1.4 alpha firmware version which was just a joke and now an admitted ‘lie’. What’s the story behind the lie, and why were we all so eager to believe that 1.1.4 firmware was on the way? Plenty of websites around the world, iTWire included, published the story of a potential leak of news that Apple was working on an alpha version of the iPhone’s presumed next firmware version, 1.1.4. Apple is quite possibly the world’s most secretive consumer electronics company, so when news of something new from Apple comes to light, even if just a rumour, Apple and general tech news sites are all over it because Apple has been making some pretty spectacular software and hardware of late. Given Apple has been launching interesting new features with ever new firmware version for the iPhone thus far, alongside shutting down the loopholes that hackers have used to unlock the iPhone for use with any phone carrier, a new firmware release from Apple will have, based on history, some cool stuff within. Aside from the fact each new firmware release re-locks unlocked iPhones, their new firmware makes the iPhone a better device each time, with new features and functionality, impressing iPhone users with far more regular updates than all the other phone manufacturers provide. Of course Apple is motivated by the fact that they want to shut the hackers down, but Apple is a creative company that delivers, and they prove it with their hardware, their software and their firmware. So, when there’s word of new firmware, even if just a rumour, we all want to know what new features Apple could decide to offer next – while letting Apple know some of the features we’d really like to see. I’m sure that neither Apple, nor Steve Jobs, have the time to read every single news story and blog posting about the world’s iPhone wish lists, but they surely do listen to what the people have to say – even if they have no intention (as yet) of giving the people quite what they want. Apple are very firm on doing what they want to do in what they see are the best interests of their customers, after all, and for the most part, they have been right in many (but not all) ways. So, now that you know why I, at least, think the world went nutso over a rumoured new version of the iPhone firmware, what is the story behind 1.1.4, why was it all just a made up lie, and why Tiny-Code have apologised to us all, and to Apple, for their tall story telling? Please read onto page 2. << First page <   1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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