Apple Blocks iPhone 3rd Party Developers with Firmware Update 1.1.1

Published by Eric Litman on Thursday, September 27th, 2007 4:00pm

Apple's most recent update to the iPhone's base software, version 1.1.1, adds the same anti-hacking protections they applied to the iPod Touch. This means that at least for the near term, anyone who upgrades their iPhone to version 1.1.1 will be unable to run any of the third-party software the budding but enthusiastic iPhone developer community has created. Since my previous post on the missing iPhone SDK, I've spent some time exploring the undocumented APIs on the iPhone and have written a few mini applications just for the fun of delving into relatively uncharted territory†. Others have done much more than explore, and have released some ...