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iPhone 2.2 is out...

Dare I say it?.....

iPhone Firmware 2.2 feels like the stability and speed of firmware version 1.1.4.

Yeah, I said it.
 
dont know if its been mention, i think its new in 2.2

if you click on an aim: link it will close safari and open aol aim if you have it installed. it used to say "this somethingoranother is not supported."
 
What a lame update.. they probably improved the stability, but I can't notice it. Where is the F copy & paste? Apple loves to piss everyone off with this little issue. Street view is the most useless thing ever...
 
CaptainCannabis said:
What a lame update.. they probably improved the stability, but I can't notice it. Where is the F copy & paste? Apple loves to piss everyone off with this little issue. Street view is the most useless thing ever...
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I agree. Street view is pointless!
 
LastZion said:
I can't reply to any messages.
It says sender's email address is invalid.
I can send new ones, but not reply.
I am using gmail and imap settings.

Any ideas? Anyone else?
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LastZion: I have the same problem - just started recently. I chose my ISP's smtp instead of gmails and it now works fine. If you're with Rogers, they may have shut the port for gmail.....
 
crisss1205 said:
How is copy and paste useless? I could think of so many reasons to use copy and paste!
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Right because it's not that important to me and it's also not important to the majority of the consumers buying iphones. Judging by these forums you would think the number 1 reason people buy phones is because of copy and paste. :rolleyes:
 
here's a feature that's not listed on the front page. whenever you delete an app now, it asks you to rate it.
 

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Right because it's not that important to me and it's also not important to the majority of the consumers buying iphones. Judging by these forums you would think the number 1 reason people buy phones is because of copy and paste. :rolleyes:
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If you are Joe Consumer and you use to have a razr, or LG shine, etc. than copy and past won't matter.

If you were Joe Business Man, and you used WinMo, or Blackberry, or Palm than copy and paste is essential.

There is a large need for copy and past with the business. The lack of copy and paste would not prevent JC from buying and Iphone but it may with JB.
 
Did the iTunes update this morning.

Did the 2.2 update just now. Went flawlessly but these are always a nail biter for me. I've never had any issues with any updates, but read through all the forums before I do them and get worked up over the few people that do have issues.

Street view is pretty cool but not available yet in my area. The "share location" feature is also nice.

I'm especially liking the enhancements to iTunes and the App Store. Podcasts on the phone is much appreciated.

Steve
 
I'm about to be MAD

Okay... am I missing something here???

The MBTA website here in Massachusetts... has a system done by Google! Shows you how to get from point A to point B, likcedy-split. So... I naturally thought... great! It's certainly going to be supported in the new update. But, lo! I don't see any transportation data in there! In fact... it DID show T-stops in the LAST update.

But, I don't see them anymore. The whole "public transportation" button is "dimmed" for my area, and I only have AUTO and WALKING. I was thinking at first... ok, they're taking some time to get this going. --But I was looking on their "legal notices" page, and I don't see ANY mention of Massachusetts.

I mean, I'm happy their legal notices page is NOW a webpage that can be checked for updates (and therefore presumeably giving one a "heads up" on upcoming support), but really!

:mad: GRRRR. Neither "MBTA" nor "Mass" show up in the "Public transportation data" area of the notice. What's up, Google? You're killing me here.

I did see something somewhat ODD though. In the legal notices, it says:
This software is based in part on Speex: Copyright © 2002-2003 Jean-Marc Valin.
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Okay... well...
Speex is an Open Source/Free Software patent-free audio compression format designed for speech. The Speex Project aims to lower the barrier of entry for voice applications by providing a free alternative to expensive proprietary speech codecs. Moreover, Speex is well-adapted to Internet applications and provides useful features that are not present in most other codecs.
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Last time I checked, the Google Maps app didn't make a damn sound... nothing. NADA. So... ur... what purpose would "part" of Speex serve in the application as it stands? As Cajun-man would say... Con-fu-SHON. :confused: :)

Until Google implements public transportation details in my state, at least I get to hunt for a hidden voice feature. Smells like the "voice preview" feature they implemented in YouTube's comments. Hm. Can anyone say "Voice-enabled Google Maps"?

Sorry. Bad news? Speex being present doesn't suggest a "speaking" Google maps. Good news, Speex suggests that Google will be supporting the "voice control" of MORE than just their Googe Mobile App, but allow people to orally request directions at some point in a future version of Google Maps! Nice! Natural evolution.

http://waxy.org/2008/11/deconstructing_google_mobiles_voice_search_on_the_iphone/
Here's what we know so far: When you first start speaking into the microphone, the app opens a connection to Google's server and starts sending over chunks of audio, almost certainly encoded with the open-source Speex codec.
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Nice heads up.

~ CB
 
Has anyone seen any changes with EDGE signal, difference in call quality, or a decrease in dropping calls? :)
 
Ran my update early this morning. For some reason, my alarm clock was reset and I missed my tee time! Doh! Other than that, everything is working fine.

I'm also in the boat of Streetview being useless. It was cool seeing that they took the picture of my street RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE but then it wore off quickly - old, old picture and they still haven't updated the aerial maps (still shows my house as an orchard!!). I do like share location, though, that will be very handy - great idea. And the AppStore update is better with the multiple screen shots.

Don't like the Google search being static now but whatever.
 
Anybody else not able to check for updates in the App store via the phone after installing 2.2?

EDGE phone here =\
 
Emth said:
Does anyone else have to restore their entire iPhone when trying to install an update? It happened when I tried to install 2.1 on my new iPhone too, but at least that time it was empty.

The update downloads as normal and starts up but then I'm greeted with a message in iTunes about my iPhone failing to update and I can't do anything with it other than restore to factory original settings. It's really annoying.
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I had the same problem with my iPod Touch 2G. Went to the help link and figured out that I needed to update iTunes (on my PC at work). Seemed to do the trick as far as installing new firmware. Restore in progress right now so I'm crossing my fingers. Never had this happen before. My big concern is that some of my stuff is on my iTunes at home (on my iMac) and some here at work. Hope it figures everything out
 
All working great here so far - updated this morning (3G 16GB) - didn't take too long and has been fine all day. Safari definitely seems quicker (and more stable!) and Podcast's over the air works excellently too. Tried out Google Street View but as I live in the UK and they've not added that functionality for UK users yet, it isn't much use to me :)

Fingers crossed it stays working this well!
 
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