Yes, it's from China. I would never think of that! It just goes to show you, with every new ripoff Chinese designers get more and more creative. That's a fact. :) Check out the photos below.
There are negative reports from users who have updated their iPhones to version 2.2. They say that iPhone 2.2 firmware considerably slows down 3G and even drains the battery by up to 4 times faster(!). Some of them confirmed the first fact by comparing two handsets side-by-side, one of which was running an older firmware version.
We'll wait for the official confirmation on both symptoms.
Apple has officially released the iPhone 2.2 firmware update today. Besided the usual “decrease in dropped calls” and “improved stability” the new firmware also includes:
One of the iPhone's main f**k-ups is its inability to send/receive MMS messages. But the situation is about to change for iPhone users in Sweden (and not only, apparently), as Telia seems to be working on an MMS application for the handset that should be available in the near future.
Now if they could only add that darn copy/paste functionality, some of us could die happy.
Microsoft is not an exception when it comes to making applications for the iPhone. The company is apparently working on a web-based Office app for the handset that will be accessible through Internet Explorer, Firefox and mobile Safari browsers.
While the new Office isn't a native iPhone application, you won't have to jailbreak your handset or install extra add-ons.
Folks from the iPhone Dev Team have managed to jailbreak the the second beta of the iPhone 2.2 firmware, which hasn't even been release yet. They say that Apple still doesn’t have a fix for devices that can be easily owned, such as iPhone. As a proof of their deed they’ve posted a screenshot, which you see here.
Why would anyone need it anyway? Just to write text mesages a couple of seconds faster than on the virtual touch keyboard? And just look at how ugly the iPhone becomes with it. If you still don't get it, I'm talking about the physical keyboard for the jailbroken iPhone, which is shown in this video:
I guess Apple won't tolerate any competitive software on the iPhone. With this in mind, they've restricted the use of the Opera Mini on the handset, as it would compete directly with the Safari browser.
The new iPhone 2.2 Beta 2 firmware has been recently seeded to developers. The upcoming build includes support for hardware accessories, as well as the addition of Google Street Views to the handset's built-in Maps application, option to turn off the iPhone's text auto-correction, and support for Japanese emoticons.
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