Firmware 4.0 In June & 4.1 September Or October?

Earlier this week, I posted John Gruber of Daring Fireball and how he explains no default applications or secret widget mode on the iPad. Interesting about his comment, FW 4.0 might include those missing default applications. Loop Insight disagrees, and says FW 4.1 might include them.

The most current version of the iPhone OS is 3.1.3, but as we all know, the iPad will be released with version 3.2. Many of the changes in the iPad OS are specific changes for that device and were necessary for development.

It’s safe to assume that a new iPhone will be available in June and will probably include redesigned hardware. More importantly, I fully expect to see OS 4.0 on the iPhone at that time.

iPhone OS 4.0 will include lots of new features, just like you would expect to see from Apple. However, It doesn’t make sense for Apple to unify the two operating systems for 4.0 with the timeline they are working with.

Rather, I expect Apple to release OS 4.1 in September or October. It will not only address issues with the 4.0 release, but also unify the operating systems.

Can we expect different firmware releases for the following devices, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad?