iphone and ipod touch 2.2 is out!

[secretanchitman]

installing on my ipod touch 2G now.

apparently this breaks 1G iphone jailbreaks (no surprise there)...

 

[TangoJuliet]

yay, downloading it now!

 

[JC86]

from what i can tell after playing around with it, safari seems less prone to crash. . . . it used to crash all the time loading graphic intensive websites like engadget or autoblog and so far that hasn't been the case. Streetview is pretty smooth, although you seemed to be stuck rotating 360 degrees along the pin that was placed on the map and unable to move along the street .. . . I may be wrong here but I haven't been able to figure out how to move along the street yet.

 

[xclusive]

Originally posted by: TangoJuliet
yay, downloading it now!

Don't upgrade as yet if you've a jailbroken one. Because jailbroken isn't available for it yet. also, the dev team is also saying not to update until they figure out the iPhone 3G soft unlock which apparently in progress.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Damn, I KNEW I should have brought my Macbook to work!

<-- Hates waiting

 

[Kaido]

"Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings"

WHOOHOO! No more haxies!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Kaido
"Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings"

WHOOHOO! No more haxies!

As handy as auto correction can be, it drived me NUTS sometimes when I forget to click the X to clear it. They need to make the option to reverse it, keep auto correction on but ONLY when you click the corrected word.

 

[loup garou]

This is a pretty pathetic update on the surface. We'll see how improved Safari's stability actually is...time to open a couple of long AT threads and see how long it lasts.

 

[xclusive]

Originally posted by: Kaido
"Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings"

WHOOHOO! No more haxies!

ya, i was looking forward to that too..

 

[Kaido]

Don't update to 2.2 if you want a 3G soft-unlock in the future:

http://www.appleiphoneschool.c...e-22-and-jailbreaking/

Also, Pwnagetool will let you update to a custom 2.2 in the future. So no worries about losing functionality.

 

[Kmax82]

Yea.. I'm glad for 2.2, but I really think that Apple is just catching up to where it should've been in the first place. Podcast downloads, toggle switch for auto correction... I want the Push notifications to actually work. This was promised back in July. C'mon Apple! If you aren't going to implement this feature, at least allow background tasks.

Oh and Flash! Just got back from Adobe Max in San Francisco, and Adobe really is trying to work with phone manufacturer's to get Flash on every mobile platform. I would love to see Apple actively working with Adobe to get this working. It might be too slow, but I sure would like to have the option to use it.

 

[xclusive]

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Oh and Flash!

Not happening anytime sooner as Jobs made it clear already.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: JC86
from what i can tell after playing around with it, safari seems less prone to crash. . . . it used to crash all the time loading graphic intensive websites like engadget or autoblog and so far that hasn't been the case. Streetview is pretty smooth, although you seemed to be stuck rotating 360 degrees along the pin that was placed on the map and unable to move along the street .. . . I may be wrong here but I haven't been able to figure out how to move along the street yet.

safari seems much smoother in general.

i cant find street view on my ipod touch...is that feature only for iphone?

 

[JC86]

dunno if its on the touch as well but if it is, when you put down a pin, an orange icon appears next to the pin and tapping down on the icon activates street view.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: JC86
from what i can tell after playing around with it, safari seems less prone to crash. . . . it used to crash all the time loading graphic intensive websites like engadget or autoblog and so far that hasn't been the case. Streetview is pretty smooth, although you seemed to be stuck rotating 360 degrees along the pin that was placed on the map and unable to move along the street .. . . I may be wrong here but I haven't been able to figure out how to move along the street yet.

I wasn't going to do the update, but if it fixes Safari, it will be worth it.

 

[Muadib]

Since noone else posted it, here is what it does:

iPhone 2.2 Software Update

This update contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
? 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 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

Products compatible with this software update:
? iPhone
? iPhone 3G

For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guide for your iPhone at:
<http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone>

For more information about iPhone, go to:
<http://www.apple.com/iphone>

To troubleshoot your iPhone, or to view additional support information go to:
<http://www.apple.com/support/iphone>

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
<http://support.apple.

 

[Tyranicus]

I'm glad it improves visual voicemail sound quality. Voicemail messages have been sounding like crap for quite some time now.

 

[Kmax82]

Ok.. when you click "Get More Episodes" from the the iPod Podcast section, it takes you to the iTunes store, but it doesn't take you to the specific podcast. Talk about oversight...

 

[Tyranicus]

That's odd. It calls up that specific podcast for me.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Tyranicus
That's odd. It calls up that specific podcast for me.

Me too.

 

[Kmax82]

ok it's working now... That was odd.

 

[NaOH]

Damn it apple add flash!

 

[DnetMHZ]

I'm glad to see that they put back the "update all" function in the app store. Not sure why they took that out previously.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
I'm glad to see that they put back the "update all" function in the app store. Not sure why they took that out previously.

you know, my ipod touch came with 2.1.1 so i never even knew the update all function was there in 2.0, but was removed in 2.1...

btw, this update is great! everything seems much smoother and the minor tweaks are great! i dont know why ipod touch users got screwed out of google street views though...

 

[alevasseur14]

A friend of mine helped me figure out how to move around in street view. When you drop a pin and cruise into street view, you'll notice the arrows on the street you've been placed on. Touch the arrows and you can move up and down the street!

Sorry if someone has already pointed this out but I was pretty tickled by that. I handed my buddy my phone and he figured it right out!