Nov 21
Today the iPhone update 2.2 came out. I”ve got it installed already. So far my display is much brighter. In fact it is nuclear.
What’s in this update:
- Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View*
- Public transit and walking directions
- Display address of dropped pins
- Share location via email
- Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
- Enhancements to Mail
- Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
- Improved formatting of wide HTML email
- Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
- Improved stability and performance of Safari
- 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
Oct 22
There’’s a new site launched which is meant to help Apple figure out how to fix the iPhone. Go to Please fix the iphone at http://pleasefixtheiphone.com/ and vote on your most irritating bugs or missing features.
Sep 24
This page on Apple’’s web site gives details on a recall which applies to iPhone and some iPod power adapters, mine included. From the Apple site:
Apple has determined that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock.
Here’’s what the “bad” adapter looks like:
Here’’s what the replacement adapter looks like (with the green dot):
Sep 14
From the Apple web site:
The iPhone 2.1 software update contains many bug fixes and improvements. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click Check for Update.
Update includes:
- Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
- Significantly better battery life for most users
- Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
- Faster installation of 3rd party applications
- Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
- Improved performance in text messaging
- Faster loading and searching of contacts
- Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
- Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
- Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
- Genius playlist creation
