Comments on: Upgrading Your iPhone to 2.0: Windows Preview Gallery

By: dstrauss

dstrauss — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:28:29 +0000

I am curious as to whether all users will have access to their Exchange email, or only those that have corporate data accounts.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:43:37 +0000

@Galley:

It occurs to me Thurrott is using 2.0 on an original iPhone, and the gallery shows a requester to use location info for the camera app, so maybe they are supporting it? (Though Thurrott is on a pre-release, and as we saw with stuff like TimeMachine, features can drop out in final versions).

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:42:27 +0000

@Galley:

Geo-tagging typically requires GPS, but we'll have to wait and see if Apple has extended their CoreLocation services to the original iPhone. (Either way, it won't be as precise as the GPS geo-tagging).

By: Galley

Galley — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:31:40 +0000

Will the 2.0 software be able to geotag photos using Wi-Fi and Skyhook triangulation on a 1G iPhone?

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:28:28 +0000

@Stephen:

a) No, the original iPhone doesn't have a GPS chip. You need an iPhone 3G for that.

b) Yes, but I believe this only works if you're using ActiveSync, which means Exchange on the server-side.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:26:01 +0000

Using 2.0, can the original iPhone tap into (a) gps tracking real time and/or (b) remote wipe?