iPhone Roundup: Jobs Admits MobileMe Was Rushed Unnecessarily; New Software Update
—Apple admits MobileMe mistakes: Is there some unwritten law that requires leaders to be the last to admit mistakes (and only under intense pressure)? Steve Jobs, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO, has finally admitted to the unrelenting problems the company’s had with its MobileMe service since launch. Albeit the admission came in the form of an internal memo sent to employees last week, but ArsTechnica got its hands on the letter. In it, Jobs admits that MobileMe was launched too early and “not up to Apple’s standards.” He believes the company should have rolled the service out in pieces rather than launching the “monolithic service” at once. Moreover, “it was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store… We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.” Jobs concludes: “The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services… And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this year.” That gives the company at least four months to get the service right, but in the meantime countless users are still complaining about entire swaths of personal data going missing and Apple’s only remedy thus far has been to offer up a free 30-day extension.
—Apple releases software update: Apple also released an iPhone software update, which primarily fixes bugs, the company said. According to AppleInsider, here’s some changes and improvements that come to iPhones with the 2.0.1 software update:
—Drag applications across multiple pages in one motion
—Contacts are more responsive
—Backups are much faster
—Apple may have changed the calibration of the reception bars for 3G connections to reflect a stronger signal than before.
—Keypad loads quicker
—Smoother screen rotation in Safari
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