App Store and native third-party apps
iPhone 2.0 opened the platform to native third-party applications distributed through the new App Store.
Major OS release · iOS
iPhone Software 2
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Enterprise support
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, VPN, remote wipe, and other enterprise capabilities expanded iPhone into managed business environments.
Software refinements
The release added contact search, bulk message operations, and support for viewing additional document formats.
iPhone Software / iPhone OS / iOS
Device support
Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.
Supported archive products4 mapped products
Full device coverage4 device names
- iPhone
- iPhone 3G
- iPod touch (1st generation)
- iPod touch (2nd generation)
Support dropped at this major
No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2008
- 2.0Initial major release
- 2.0.1Point update
- 2.0.2Point update
- 2.1.1Point update
- 2.1Point update
- 2.2Point update
2009
- 2.2.1Point update