In mid-September we saw the first major update to our iPhone OS, firmware update 2.1. While many issues had been addressed, an inevitable 2.2 update would soon follow and according to the latest rumors November 21st is D-Day. At the moment the complete change log is still a bit of a mystery, but according to our sources the two big changes coming to the iPhone are the addition of Google Street View (think T-mobile G1) and the ability to toggle text auto-correction on/off.
Rumored iPhone 2.2 Software Update (change log):
- New look for the Safari with the Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar
- Add toggle On / Off to disable the text auto-correction
- 461 Japanese emoji icons (only available in Japan)
- Support for new languages.
- The Line-in audio is activated and can be used through the headphone jack.
- New features of Maps.app: Google Street View, Google Transit information – routes public transportation, Location sharing.
- New features of the App Store: The sector ‘Categories’ now shows the icons of the applications instead of the list. In each page of the application has been added by a button ‘Tell A Friend’ & ‘Report A Problem’. Added the possibility of scoring the application when the user chooses to delete from the device
- Direct downloading of podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
As usual treat this information as hearsay until we confirm with the developer build, but with a week left before the rumored release date, confirmation is coming. For those of you running jailbroken iPhones, the iPhone Dev Teams has already mentioned that bypassing firmware 2.2 should not pose any major issues since they have tested their software on the current developer build.