And it’s a beast!
The latest update for the iPhone has been released and it’s definitely no lightweight - 246.4 Mb which is considerably larger that update 2.1 which came in at 237.8 Mb.
There’s some nice little additions to the iPhone’s capablities rolled into this update but some of the biggest gripes still haven’t been addressed (more on those later). Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll get:
- Google Street View is rolled into Google Maps
- When you drop a pin the locations address is displayed
- Send your current location in an email (more toys to encourage users sign up to MobileMe?)
- Bugfix scheduled email collection
- Improved stability and performance of Safari - I reserve judgement!
- Podcasts can be downloaded direct to your iPhone via WiFi/3G
- A decrease in call failures/dropped-calls -this was supposedly fixed in the last update!
- Visual voicemail gets improved sound quality
- Return to home screen with a single click of a button - about time. Nokia have been doing this for year
- Turn keyboard auto-correctin on and off - at last!
On the whole, the improvements should keep most users happy but there are a few niggling points that Apple still haven’t addressed; cut & paste functionality hasn’t been included. I use the Wordpress app and constantly writing html is a real pain. There’s no MMS functions (presumably to stop you pirating all the software and media you download from iTunes!). No voice dialling either. Now, most of us can live without these missing features but if Apple wants to get ahead of the game they need to give users what they want (otherwise Android will beat them to the post).
Probably the most import feature in this update is the ability to turn auto-correction off. It’s one of the most hated components of the software; how many times have you not checked a text only to receive a reply from the recipient saying ‘???’ - auto-correct turned you lovingly crafted message into a ball of indecipherable crap!
‘Nuff said?
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