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iOS 2.0 Public

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The first public iPhone 2.0 release established native third-party applications and the App Store, added enterprise synchronization and management, expanded core apps, and repaired foundational browser and networking vulnerabilities.

Date
Jul 11, 2008
Availability
available
Revision
No

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What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Apple positioned iPhone 2.0 as both an application platform and an enterprise release. The software added the on-device App Store and native applications built with the iPhone SDK, Exchange ActiveSync push mail, contacts and calendars, remote wipe, Cisco IPsec VPN, WPA2 Enterprise, and managed configuration support.[1][2]

The consumer release also expanded Mail document handling and bulk actions, contact search, parental controls, image saving, the scientific calculator, MobileMe synchronization, and GPS-aware mapping on compatible hardware. Apple’s security bulletin separately documents protections for secure-proxy errors, malformed network packets, deceptive browser presentation, certificate handling, and several web-content memory failures. Apple dates public availability to July 11, 2008.[3][4][5]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · iPhone 2.0 software, App Store, and enterprise features

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  2. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · SDK, App Store, Exchange, and enterprise sections

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  3. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · Additional iPhone 2.0 features and availability

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  4. Apple security updates (15-Jan-2008 to 03-Dec-2009)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch 2.0 — 11 July 2008

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  5. About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iPhone v2.0 security content

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  6. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · Additional iPhone 2.0 features

  7. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · App Store distribution model

  8. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · App Store section

  9. About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · CFNetwork — CVE-2008-0050

  10. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · Cisco IPsec VPN, WPA2 Enterprise, and configuration utility

  11. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · Enterprise features

  12. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · Exchange ActiveSync and remote-wipe features

  13. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · GPS mapping and iPhone 3G hardware context

  14. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · iPhone 2.0 features and July 11 availability

  15. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · iPhone 2.0 software overview

  16. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · iPhone SDK and Developer Program

  17. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · iPhone SDK application capabilities

  18. About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Kernel — CVE-2008-0177

  19. Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z · Mail attachment and bulk-message features

  20. Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G

    Apple Newsroom · 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z · MobileMe section

  21. About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Safari — CVE-2008-1588 and CVE-2008-1589

  22. About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Safari and WebKit memory entries — CVE-2008-2303, CVE-2008-2307, CVE-2008-2317, CVE-2008-1590, and CVE-2008-1026

  23. About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Safari and WebKit origin/XML entries — CVE-2006-2783, CVE-2007-6284, CVE-2008-1767, and CVE-2008-1025

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · introduced

Enterprise networking and configuration

documentedconfirmed

Administrators could prepare password, VPN, certificate, and mail settings and deliver a configuration for authenticated installation.

  1. [1] Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta · Cisco IPsec VPN, WPA2 Enterprise, and configuration utility

security · fixed

Safari identity and certificate handling

documentedconfirmed

The browser stopped rendering ideographic spaces in the address bar and no longer silently accepted a previously interrupted invalid-certificate prompt.

  1. [1] About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0 · Safari — CVE-2008-1588 and CVE-2008-1589

compatibility · introduced

GPS-aware real-time mapping

documentedconfirmed

The software capability was tied to the iPhone 3G’s built-in GPS; the source does not imply that earlier hardware acquired a GPS receiver.

  1. [1] Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G · GPS mapping and iPhone 3G hardware context

security · fixed

Web content parsing and origin protections

documentedconfirmed

The bulletin covers byte-order-mark filtering, colon-containing host names, invalid UTF-8 XML memory consumption, and an XSLT memory-corruption defect.

  1. [1] About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0 · Safari and WebKit origin/XML entries — CVE-2006-2783, CVE-2007-6284, CVE-2008-1767, and CVE-2008-1025

security · fixed

Safari and WebKit script memory safety

documentedconfirmed

Apple documented added array-index and regular-expression validation, bounds checks, and improved garbage collection and style-element handling.

  1. [1] About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0 · Safari and WebKit memory entries — CVE-2008-2303, CVE-2008-2307, CVE-2008-2317, CVE-2008-1590, and CVE-2008-1026

feature · introduced

Parental control restrictions

documentedconfirmed

Apple described the controls as a way to enable parental restrictions for selected content.

  1. [1] Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G · Additional iPhone 2.0 features

feature · introduced

MobileMe push synchronization

documentedconfirmed

Apple described changes staying synchronized across iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC, with direct photo posting to a MobileMe Gallery.

  1. [1] Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G · MobileMe section

feature · introduced

Save images from the web and Mail

documentedconfirmed

Saved images could subsequently transfer back to a Mac or PC with the rest of the photo library.

  1. [1] Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G · Additional iPhone 2.0 features

enhancement · introduced

Contact search and scientific calculator

documentedconfirmed

Apple listed both additions among the core iPhone 2.0 application improvements.

  1. [1] Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G · Additional iPhone 2.0 features