iPhone firmware update 2.2 is available... now!
Get in quick before the US wakes up
Apple has released iPhone software update 2.2 this morning - the latest firmware upgrade for its handset.
You can get it by firing up iTunes and clicking on the Check For Update button on the iPhone screen. It's a whopping 246.4MB download, mind.
There are no specific improvements for gaming, at least judging by the feature list released by Apple. What you do get is:
- Enhancements to Maps (including Google Street View, public transit and walking directions, the ability to display the address of dropped pins, and share your location via email).
- Enhancements to Mail (including sorting isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email, and improved formatting of wide HTML email).
- Improved stability and performance of Safari
- Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
- Decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
- Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
- Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen
- Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings
At first glance, the update appears to be for iPhone and iPhone 3G only, rather than iPod Touch.
Stuart Dredge
Stuart is a freelance journalist and blogger who's been getting paid to write stuff since 1998. In that time, he's focused on topics ranging from Sega's Dreamcast console to robots. That's what you call versatility. (Or a short attention span.)