iPhone, iPod touch v2.2 Update arrives
By Ronald O Carlson
Podcast can be downloaded directly, streetview has come to Google Maps, plus there’s the usual security, performance and stability improvements. Are the fixes and features you’ve been waiting for in here? Read on to find out what have been baked into this release and what hasn’t.
Apple has finally at long last released iPhone 2.2 Update, which comes to market with quite a few new features, as well as a passel of patches for a range of known issues.
• Podcasts—Millions of free podcasts are now available from the iTunes Store from your iPod touch.
• Safari Improvements—This update provides performance and stability improvements to Safari.
• Home Screen Shortcut—Press the Home button to get back to your first Home screen — even if you have many.
• New Languages—See Tech Specs for a complete list of languages.
• Mail Improvements—Enjoy improved email scheduling and better wide-format HTML email.
• Autocorrect On/Off—Turn text autocorrect on and off from the Keyboard Settings.
Non-marquis features include MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync improvements, as well as an updated scientific calculator.
Of course, there’s also a lengthy list of security updates that ship baked into iPhone 2.2, including several critical issues that could—maybe, sort of, has anyone actually ever been affected—allow an attacker to take over an iPhone or iPod touch.
To get your copy of iPhone (iPod touch) 2.2, then just go ahead and visit the download page (iTunes). This is a free update for both iPhone and iPod touch users.
Other early writes up covering iPhone 2.2, including reports from our friends on the early since of the pond—MacUser UK and Macworld UK.
Has Apple scratched your itch with iPhone 2.2? Surely direct podcast downloads and, finally, wide format HTML email are welcome and long overdue features. Aside from the obvious lack of copy-paste functionality, is there anything else Apple missed in this release?
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