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IPhone OS version history
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The '''version history''' of [[iPhone OS]] begins with the release of the [[iPhone]] on [[June 29]] [[2007]] and is still under active development. This [[operating system]] from [[Apple Inc.]] did not have an official name until the release of the [[iPhone SDK]] on [[March 6]], [[2008]]. Before then, Apple marketing literature simply stated that the iPhone runs "OS X", an ambiguous reference to iPhone OS's parent, [[Mac OS X]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071006005308/http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/index.html iPhone - Features - OS X] - [[Apple Inc.]], Archived version from 2007-10-06</ref>

Apple provides updates to the iPhone's and [[iPod Touch]]'s operating system through [[iTunes]], similar to the way that other [[iPod]]s are updated, and touts this as an advantage compared to other Mmobile phones and Ddevices.<ref name=VersatileFlash>Haslam, Karen. [http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=16927 Macworld Expo: Optimised OS X sits on 'versatile' flash], ''[[Macworld|Macworld UK]]'', ([[2007-01-12]]){{accessdate|2007-01-16}}</ref> [[Computer security|Security]] patches, as well as new and improved features, are released in this fashion.<ref>Kharif, Olga. [http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/07/coming_soon_iph.html C(contracted; show full)*[[IPhone|iPhone]]
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