Apple, Verizon Wireless to provide updates to the iPhone?

Verizon Will iPhone users finally be able to upgrade their wireless devices without iTunes?

Several sources have told 9to5Mac Apple news site that Apple and Verizon Wireless will soon offer updates through the air with the iPhone after the release scheduled for this fall's IOS 5. Although iOS 5 itself is not available wirelessly, 9to5Mac reports that future updates to the operating system will come through the air. With this change, people do not need a PC and iTunes to act as intermediaries to maintain their current smartphone.

If the reports are true, Apple would join rival Google, which already offers Android users the ability to upgrade their devices sans computer. Apple has also reported the technology to upgrade their devices through the air now, but the company seems to have been cautious about opening that everywhere. However, Apple has been talking to Verizon to release this technology since the beginning of this year, said 9to5Mac.

The sources would not say whether the wireless updates would also be available on AT & T or iPhone international companies. No mention was made especially for the iPad or iPod Touch, but the same technology that logically should be extended to all IOS devices from Apple.

Despite the updates through the air, providing a convenient, phones to stay updated on the iPhone, a couple of potential hazards.

Most iOS updates now weigh more than 600 MB, a heavy load to deliver wirelessly. 9to5Mac think Apple would have to cut the size of updates, perhaps by offering smaller, more incremental updates rather than upgrades of fewer and larger.

In addition, an iPhone update via iTunes syncs content first device to the PC as a precaution in case the upgrade fails. If an update to iTunes is ignored, people need some form of backup and synchronize your devices, perhaps through some kind of cloud-based system.

Technology enthusiast site Pocket Lint adds a slightly different twist to the story, saying that if Apple were to apply updates through the air, are applied universally and not just for the iPhone from Verizon. The site believes that we will hear more about this new potential in a month, when Apple opened the doors of its Worldwide Developers Conference.