iPhone operating system changes

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These guys have dug deep into the latest release of the iPhone's operating system and found a few interesting items :

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Cre.ations.net's Nate True wrote a blog post describing what he found inside the iPhone firmware 1.1.3 update. Whilst digging around in the iPhone's firmware innards, he found that Apple has made some startling changes to the iPhone's OS, including:
  • The SpringBoard doesn't have to be modified to show custom Applications installed on the iPhone
  • Applications no longer run as root, instead they run as 'mobile'
  • Preferences are no longer stored in /var/root
[From The secret life of firmware 1.1.3]
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