Release appearance
iOS 2.0 Beta 5
Recorded context
About this appearance
The surviving May 6 evidence identifies SDK Beta 5 and preserves only a general maintenance pass plus support for the latest iPhone OS target.
- Date
- May 6, 2008
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Release notes
What changed
Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.
Release milestone
The surviving May 6 evidence identifies SDK Beta 5 and preserves only a general maintenance pass plus support for the latest iPhone OS target.[1]
What Beta 5 documents
This archive page contains 2 narrowly attributed historical records. All titles, summaries, and explanatory prose are original synthesis, with source locators retained for verification.[2][3]
Selection boundary
The surviving description explicitly identifies SDK Beta 5 but does not establish a separately numbered firmware seed. It preserves only general maintenance and compatibility with the current OS target. Unverified preference strings and nearby observations are not assigned to this route.[1]
Archive limitations
This archive does not reproduce publisher articles or confidential developer material. Unsupported build numbers, speculative features, long excerpts, and the separately owned Public route are excluded.[1]
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- iPhone SDK Beta 5 Released
MacRumors · longofest · 2008-05-06T17:36:57-07:00 · Beta 5; identity and timing — iPhone SDK Beta 5
The factual result is rewritten as original synthesis; the cited artifact retains the historical evidence.
- iPhone SDK Beta 5 Released
MacRumors · longofest · 2008-05-06T17:36:57-07:00 · Beta 5; iPhone SDK — centered on bug fixes
The factual result is rewritten as original synthesis; the cited artifact retains the historical evidence.
- iPhone SDK Beta 5 Released
MacRumors · longofest · 2008-05-06T17:36:57-07:00 · Beta 5; SDK and iPhone OS — support for the latest iPhone OS
The factual result is rewritten as original synthesis; the cited artifact retains the historical evidence.
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
iPhone SDK maintenance
The surviving Beta 5 description identifies a general SDK maintenance pass but does not preserve component-level fixes.
- [1] iPhone SDK Beta 5 Released · Beta 5; iPhone SDK — centered on bug fixes
compatibility · changed
SDK support for the target iPhone OS
The surviving Beta 5 description says the toolchain supported the latest operating-system prerelease, without identifying a separate firmware seed.
- [1] iPhone SDK Beta 5 Released · Beta 5; SDK and iPhone OS — support for the latest iPhone OS