Brief Hands-On Report--iPhone Software Version 1.0.2 Update

Apple released iPhone Software version 1.0.2 last night. You can obtain it via iTunes by connecting your iPhone to your Mac. iTunes should launch automatically if set to do so. If not, just launch iTunes and click on the iPhone icon in the left sidebar after all sync'ing has finished.

According to the Read Me file, iPhone Software 1.0.2 provides:

Bug fixs--This version of the software includes bug fixes and supersedes all previous versions.

Pretty arcane.

Anyway, to install the update we had to click the "Check for Update" button since the next automatic check was not for another 5 days. A dialog box popped up asking whether we want to download and install or just download--we chose the former. The updater first verified the existing software, then updated the iPhone's firmware and software and finally verified the updated software all while showing the silver Apple logo and progress bar on our iPhone.

If your iPhone has been hacked, you might have to perform a "Restore" before you can install the new software.

We tried all of the functions on our iPhone, well most anyway, and didn't find anything to be different after the update. [Bill Fox]