Ok I'm writing this for the second time... stupid PC (grrrr).
Last night when speaking with iPhone technical support at Apple, I was finally transferred to an iPhone engineer due to the extreme technical nature of the issue (a whole separate topic) and learned that unofficially, there exists an update to the iPhone in the form of the restore image available to everyone through iTunes. The engineer would not specifically tell me which widespread issues were address but "highly recommended" doing a restore of the iPhone software within iTunes.
A bit skeptical as I thought this was just the original iPhone image made during the first sync/activation, I followed his advice and chose the restore option. Much to my surprise, iTunes began downloading a 91meg file from the iPhone software server. The version still claimed to be v1.0 which the engineer said would be the case but assured me there were several fixes within this software image file that were not present on the iPhones at the time of sale/shipping.
WARNING: Choosing the restore option may permanently delete any data contained on your iPhone that has not been previously backed up.
After performing a restore, iTunes presented me with the option of starting with a clean phone or restoring files from a previous backup iTunes had made during a sync event. I decided to start fresh - personal preference.
The first thing I noticed is you have to wait for AT&T to reactivate your phone - don't freak out unless you have previously tampered with your activation. It takes a few minutes for the iPhone to contact AT&T with information from your SIM to confirm you are in fact a current/active customer (bad news for some people who have "hacked" their iPhone).
The only other thing I've noticed so far involves email but I haven't examined things very closely. When adding my a MS Exchange ALL folders were retrieved from the server including common folders, calendars, ect - this wasn't the case the with the original software image on the iPhone. Also, when adding my .mac account, smart folders defined on my MacBook Pro that were then saved on my .mac account were retrieved from the .mac servers. As an example, I have a smart mailbox to filter out all weekly mailings from BestBuy. Again, this wasn't retrieved the first time I setup email with the original iPhone software image.
So far, that's it but I'll keep playing with my phone to see if any of the "widespread" issues are fixed in the restore image file.
I hope you guys find this information useful!
-Michael
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