A few details about version 2.2 of the iPhone firmware have emerged. According to the Digital Earth Blog, it will include Google StreetView, an expected move since it was recently released for Google Maps Mobile (Nokia, etc) and is part of Android.
In addition, you’ll finally be able to disable auto-correction on the keyboard. I personally hate it, so I’ll be happy to get rid of it.
Beyond that, they’ll be including support for Japanese emoji icons, which has been blamed as part of the reason for the slow iPhone adoption in Japan.
No word on Background Push Notification in this update, nor a release date for it.
(via MacRumors)
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Samsung has released another firmware update for the popular Instinct, and it seems to be a good one. According to Gizmodo, the update includes some major enhancements to the browser. The browser seems to to be the achilles heel of most phones (just ask my wife about her BlackJack), so it’s nice to see them working hard to make this one better.
They claim a 10x improvment in rendering speed, which must be a stunning improvement for people that are used to the old one.
In addition, you can now hide the browser controls (to give you more screen real estate), the favorites UI has been improved, and there have been 34 other browser-related tickets closed. Not bad!
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If you have any iPhone, you can now go get version 2.1 of the firmware, which Apple promises will fix a LOT of bugs.
The official changelog from Apple is below.
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iPhone version 2.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
- decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
- significantly improved 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 if you have lots of 3rd 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
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According to All About Symbian, Nokia N95 8GB users can now download the massive v30 update for their phones. Â It does have many new features, but it has a whole bunch of updates and improvements.
Any N95 8GB users get it yet? Â What do you think of it?
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Seemingly out of nowhere, Apple has released firmware version 2.0.2 for the iPhone. As with the last update, this one simply addresses “bug fixes”. It’s believed that this update addresses some of the 3G connectivity problems, but that hasn’t been confirmed.
If you find any noticeable differences, please let us know in the comments.
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For those of you having problems with 3G reception and dropped calls, help is apparently on the way. After a few days of bickeringa bout whether it was a hardware or software problem, Apple seems to be working on a firmware update to fix the problems.
According to IntoMobile, this fix will be part of the 2.1 firmware. Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring it out more quickly as a 2.0.2 update, but that remains to be seen.
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It isn’t the 2.1 firmware that we’ve been excited about, but this should be useful nonetheless. All Apple will say is that it contains “bug fixes”. There are plenty of them in 2.0 (random crashes, slowdowns, etc), so hopefully this will clear a lot of that up.
I’m downloading it now, so I’ll post if I find anything good.
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The very popular Samsung Instinct has just received a firmware update. To update your phone, go to:
[Menu] –> [Settings] –> [General] and choose “Update phone”.
The update has a few nice tweaks:
- Increased audio volume when using Bluetooth.
- More stable signal and battery bars.
- Allows you to set a saved image as your wallpaper.
- Allows recurring events in the calendar.
- Various improvements to the web browser.
They also announced that a more signficant update was coming later in the year, but they haven’t revealed what that might include.
If you have an Instinct, what do you think of this update? Worth getting?
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There were various reports today that Apple is testing their 2.1 firmware for the iPhone, and one major feature will be improved GPS tools. In particular, items such as direction and speed tracking are reported to be in there. While I can see their usefulness, why are they necessary? If you get a mere two points from a GPS, you can very easily determine speed and heading, and theoretically could have a full-featured turn-by-turn system using that info.
I’ll admit I’m not an expert on GPS, but that’s how it looks to me. Am I missing something here?
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Thanks to some sharp eyes at iClarified, it appears that the 2.0 firmware could be coming out on June 27th. Apple’s Australian iPod touch page had some text that read “Shop for hundreds of applications made for iPod touch. Available June 27.”
The text has been removed, but you can see it in the image on the right.
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In addition, you’ll finally be able to disable auto-correction on the keyboard. I personally hate it, so I’ll be happy to get rid of it.
