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Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1.3, plays with our emotions

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 AM

iphone-os-3.1.3-screenThere’s nothing like a minor point-update to the iPhone OS to play with our emotions, and Apple really knows how to play that game. The iPhone maker has rolled out iPhone OS 3.1.3 as what we’re hoping is the last minor update before we see iPhone OS 3.2, or even iPhone OS 4.0, rolling out of Cupertino. This new iPhone update is reportedly more accurate when it comes to battery level reporting, fixes issues with the Japanese keyboard, and helps certain third-party apps launch in some situations. Find more info on the update here.

While iPhone OS 3.1.3 might not be the update we’ve been hoping for, it’s at least one step closer to the multi-tasking pot-of-gold at the end of the iPhone rainbow. If the multi-tasking treasure even exists, that is.

Now for the PSA portion of this post: The iPhone Dev Team has issued a warning to all jailbroken iPhones out there. If you value your jailbreak and an unlocked iPhone, you will want to avoid updating to iPhone 3.1.3 OS, as it will take all the fun out of your iPhone. If jailbreaks and carrier unlocks mean zilch to you, continue going about your day. This concludes our public service announcement.

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • antonio

    I´m sure iPhone users won´t see 3.2, that is iPad only.

    In March, like evey year before, they will announce iPhone OS 4.0, for all the iPhone platform (ipad, ipod touch, iphone), and start the beta period

  • Rusty Shackleford

    OK. So I updated my IPhone to this 3.1.3 and now I just keep getting a pop-up that has a weird tone to it every 15 minutes that says, “Matthew Verbin, It’s 3:00″ I’M NOT MATTHEW VERBIN AND IT’S NOT EVEN 3:00 ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! What the @#&*! Now what do I do? Who in the &%## is Matt Verbin?! Why does he need to know it’s 3:00?!