New firmware 2.2 for iPhone 3G

Apple just released the 2.2 update for the iPhone, with that there’s also an updated SDK. As usual Apple is rather quiet about what is really updated with the new firmware but they have a list here

Google Maps

  • Directions by public transportation and walking.
  • StreetView is available when dropping a pin.
  • Share locations by mail with other iPhone owners

StreetView is not available in Sweden yet. Too bad for the location sharing apps on app store, their applications are now useless.

Mail
Mail is updated with bug fixes. There’s no visual differences.

Podcasts
They can now be downloaded from iTunes over WiFI/3G. Not very exciting to me.

Safari
Improved stability and performance. I haven’t tested it thoroughly yet but hopefully they’ve solved the problems. Safari has been almost unusable for me on sites not optimized for phones with constant crashes.

Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages

Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen

Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings
Some people has really been whining about this. I can’t really understand why. I think it’s pretty good, at least for Swedish.

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