1st software update for iPhone from Apple out

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Apple releases first iPhone software update

Buried deep in the support area of its Web site, iPhone maker Apple Inc. provided instructions on how to update the handset via a cabled connection to a PC.

The company titled the item “Updating and restoring iPhone software.” Bloggers said that the “update” addressed bugs and security patches. The update is available only to iPhone owners.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for information on the nature of the software update.

Coming 30 days on the heels of the iPhone’s launch, the update—if correctly characterized as addressing bugs and security—is not necessarily unusual in the mobile handset business. Carriers and vendors tend to launch phones and address software shortcomings on-the-fly after the units are sold, though the trend is toward over-the-air updates that don’t require a PC connection.

Apple makes a point on its Web site to distinguish between updating the phone, which preserves its content and settings, and restoring the software, which erases all data on the unit.

Apple releases first iPhone software update :: RCR Wireless News