Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone OS 2.2 for iPod touch Software Update which contains many bug fixes and improvements including:
• Enhancements to Maps
– Google Street View
– public transit and walking directions
– display address of dropped pins
– share location via email
• Enhancements to Mail
– resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
– improved formatting of wide email messages
• 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
Update your iPhone or iPhone 3G or iPod touch via iTunes Update:
Step 1. Make sure you are using iTunes 8. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
Step 2. When iTunes opens, select your iPhone under Devices in the Source List on the left.
Step 3. In the iPhone Summary pane, click Check for Update.
Step 4. Click Download and Install. Do not disconnect your iPhone until the update has finished.
Step 5. There is no Step 5. Enjoy!
More info about the security content of iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.2 here.
…that explains my last question.
Before people start moaning about… they should have included this- or that, remember that your updates- you take for granted now- have never happened before the iPhone. In the past, if you wanted to update your phone, it involved going to the store and buying a newer version or phone- not just plugging into your computer.
First! There’s direct podcast downloads too! Still no copy & paste as far as I can tell.
iTunes store seems way overloaded this morning–updating apps isn’t happening…
It’s iSnappier, that’s for sure!
Well, Richie, I have updated my BB a few times in the past. It was not fun, and mostly bug fixes, but they too were free. iPhone is a class apart, but still, it was certainly not a first to offer free software/firmware/etcware updates.
I hated my BB internet features, so much so that I canceled my data plan with T-Mobile. Before, iPhone mobile web was like using Win 2.0 to browse the net without the sockets even.
How do you access Google street view?
I’m crossing my fingers that it will honestly affect the dropped calls issue. I’m starting to believe that Apple puts down that it improves this in every update. My experience is that it doesn’t.
On the previous comment, I meant to say: before iPhone, mobile web browsing was akin to browsing the net from a terminal prompt. There.
And yes, no cut and paste, no Flash crap etc., get over it, or get a different phone. We know this already, and there are more than 10 Million of us who bought this knowingly what with all the constant whining.
Btw. I consider not having Flash on my iPhone to be a feature worthy of advertising.
Here are the instructions:
1) Drop a pin somewhere, or search for a location.
2) Tap the pin to bring up the info, etc.
3) Tap the figure icon (white silhouette on orange circle)
4) Enjoy Street View!!
No copy/paste? Crap… 🙁
It wasn’t a smartphone, but I remember when I brought my previous phone to Verizon for a minor problem. Dude mentioned my phone’s OS was 3 versions back, to which my response was, “And how would I have known that?”
Anyone complaining about no copy/paste or no Flash or no 3 mega pixel camera (with free added noise and artifacts like the Storm’s) will henceforth be MADE TO RETURN THEIR iPHONE IMMEDIATELY.
If you like it keep it, but shut the f*$! up about these boring issues.
Yes! Podcasts are now listed in chronological order, which means I can listen to them in sequence without any manual effort on my part! Woohoo!
You can live stream podcasts using your telephone carrier I tested on 3G O2 UK and worked a treat, no need to download while on the move
iPhone 2.2 = Android. Killer. done.
Street View’s implementation is unearthly. Diabolical. Too effing cool. Better for sure than the iPhone Google Earth which I think feels like a beta product. The Google Mobile App is also very solid, and its voice parser is darn good
Phone definitely seems to feel more responsive
Beautiful!!! And nice timing! Everyone will be talking about the new features on the day that the Storm comes out. Although the Storm is as much of a threat as the Zune was.
Must admit I’m a little disappointed with the podcasts.
There doesn’t seem to be any way to initiate a subscription through the iPhone, or to have the iPhone download the latest podcasts automatically from a subscription initiated on a computer. There’s also no way to transfer (at least through iTunes) a podcast downloaded on the iPhone to the host computer.
Still, it’s a start! (And at least Ottawa’s bus system is included in Google Maps now!)
Does anyone else notice if it fixed the automatic fetching of email. It’s been sporatic and I am constantly checking my email when in the past, all I had to do was listen every 15 minutes for the tones.
Pressing the home button to take you back to the first homescreen will be quite a timesaver. I get so tired of flicking through my five pages of apps just to get back to homebase, which is more indicative of how lazy I’ve become more than anything else.
No universal landscape keyboard but eh, long as it’s more stable (especially Safari), I’ll be fine with this. Hope it doesn’t add any new problems.
Definitely feels faster!
If it keeps Safari from crashing every 5 minutes it’ll be worth it.
@Dimplemonkey,
According to the official update page, they did fix Mail fetching. I usually would keep Push on, and sometimes wouldn’t get mail for close to half an hour. Haven’t had the update long enough to tell a difference yet…
Now they just need to fix the Push technology so it’s not such a battery drainer! Will admit that’s one thing RIM actually does better; there Push is much more power-efficient (not to say I would ever trade
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There Is NO Street View For iPod Touch Si There?