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Nov 21, 08 - 09:18 am Comment from: Sir Real B. Czar

...that explains my last question.

Before people start moaning about... they should have included this- or that, remember that your updates- you take for granted now- have never happened before the iPhone. In the past, if you wanted to update your phone, it involved going to the store and buying a newer version or phone- not just plugging into your computer.

Nov 21, 08 - 09:22 am Comment from: Scarbro

First! There's direct podcast downloads too! Still no copy & paste as far as I can tell.

iTunes store seems way overloaded this morning--updating apps isn't happening...

Nov 21, 08 - 09:26 am Comment from: MacAngus

It's iSnappier, that's for sure!

Well, Richie, I have updated my BB a few times in the past. It was not fun, and mostly bug fixes, but they too were free. iPhone is a class apart, but still, it was certainly not a first to offer free software/firmware/etcware updates.

I hated my BB internet features, so much so that I canceled my data plan with T-Mobile. Before, iPhone mobile web was like using Win 2.0 to browse the net without the sockets even.

How do you access Google street view?

I'm crossing my fingers that it will honestly affect the dropped calls issue. I'm starting to believe that Apple puts down that it improves this in every update. My experience is that it doesn't.

On the previous comment, I meant to say: before iPhone, mobile web browsing was akin to browsing the net from a terminal prompt. There.

And yes, no cut and paste, no Flash crap etc., get over it, or get a different phone. We know this already, and there are more than 10 Million of us who bought this knowingly what with all the constant whining.

Btw. I consider not having Flash on my iPhone to be a feature worthy of advertising.

Nov 21, 08 - 09:31 am Comment from: MacintoshSoftwareList.com

Here are the instructions:
1) Drop a pin somewhere, or search for a location.
2) Tap the pin to bring up the info, etc.
3) Tap the figure icon (white silhouette on orange circle)

4) Enjoy Street View!!

Nov 21, 08 - 09:38 am Comment from: John

No copy/paste? Crap... :(

It wasn't a smartphone, but I remember when I brought my previous phone to Verizon for a minor problem. Dude mentioned my phone's OS was 3 versions back, to which my response was, "And how would I have known that?"

Anyone complaining about no copy/paste or no Flash or no 3 mega pixel camera (with free added noise and artifacts like the Storm's) will henceforth be MADE TO RETURN THEIR iPHONE IMMEDIATELY.

If you like it keep it, but shut the f*$! up about these boring issues.

Yes! Podcasts are now listed in chronological order, which means I can listen to them in sequence without any manual effort on my part! Woohoo!

You can live stream podcasts using your telephone carrier I tested on 3G O2 UK and worked a treat, no need to download while on the move

iPhone 2.2 = Android. Killer. done.
Street View's implementation is unearthly. Diabolical. Too effing cool. Better for sure than the iPhone Google Earth which I think feels like a beta product. The Google Mobile App is also very solid, and its voice parser is darn good

Phone definitely seems to feel more responsive

Beautiful!!! And nice timing! Everyone will be talking about the new features on the day that the Storm comes out. Although the Storm is as much of a threat as the Zune was.

Must admit I'm a little disappointed with the podcasts.

There doesn't seem to be any way to initiate a subscription through the iPhone, or to have the iPhone download the latest podcasts automatically from a subscription initiated on a computer. There's also no way to transfer (at least through iTunes) a podcast downloaded on the iPhone to the host computer.

Still, it's a start! (And at least Ottawa's bus system is included in Google Maps now!)

Does anyone else notice if it fixed the automatic fetching of email. It's been sporatic and I am constantly checking my email when in the past, all I had to do was listen every 15 minutes for the tones.

Pressing the home button to take you back to the first homescreen will be quite a timesaver. I get so tired of flicking through my five pages of apps just to get back to homebase, which is more indicative of how lazy I've become more than anything else.

No universal landscape keyboard but eh, long as it's more stable (especially Safari), I'll be fine with this. Hope it doesn't add any new problems.

Definitely feels faster!

Nov 21, 08 - 10:48 am Comment from: GmanMac

If it keeps Safari from crashing every 5 minutes it'll be worth it.

@Dimplemonkey,

According to the official update page, they did fix Mail fetching. I usually would keep Push on, and sometimes wouldn't get mail for close to half an hour. Haven't had the update long enough to tell a difference yet...

Now they just need to fix the Push technology so it's not such a battery drainer! Will admit that's one thing RIM actually does better; there Push is much more power-efficient (not to say I would ever trade )

There Is NO Street View For iPod Touch Si There?

Does anyone know if the mic has been activated on the iPod Touch with this update?

Nov 21, 08 - 11:22 am Comment from: Follower

@GmanMac - Agreed! That is my #1 issue. Mobile Safari is still worse than in iPhone version 1.x. I've had about two dropped calls in the life of my iPhone, but about 2 dropped websites per hour.

snappy, snappy, snaaaapppy!!!!
IFAP.TO comes up much faster on the fixed safari. haha!!

Nov 21, 08 - 11:25 am Comment from: JoeMac

A shout out to Macaday, krquet, and any others who say to shut up and be happy with what we have:

The iPhone is great, I love it. But I will continue to ask for the things I want added to it, like copy/paste, better camera, or whatever the hell else I want. I'll do it today, tomorrow, and beyond. And the fact that it gets your panties all twisted is just a bonus.

Piss off, girlies....

I want copy and paste!

@JoeMac,

Ditto. If it were up to these assclowns, the iPhone wouldn't even have third party applications today.

The RDF apologists are the ones who need to keep their mouths shut and step aside since they're fine with whatever Jobs hands them. Meanwhile revolutionaries like us demand change and get it.

Street view in Maps is a billion dollar idea. This alone will be a convincing reason to buy an iPhone. It will save so many lost souls and be such a time saver, that it will be considered as a killer app by itself. Try it. You'll blown away.

@R2 - "Meanwhile revolutionaries like us"

XD

Oh pleeeeease... revolutionaries are people actually *making* changes to the world... not people getting all pissy because a product doesn't include the features they want. Seriously, have a little perspective!

Gotta agree with Gabriel. Claiming to be a revolutionary because you're sitting at your keyboard, eating cheese doodles complaining about what's not on the iPhone is hardly comparable with being the engineering genius who makes it work.

Revolutionary, indeed. Talk about delusions of grandeur!

Nov 21, 08 - 11:54 am Comment from: Jamie

haha, R2 has been caught eating cheese doodles!

Gotcha!

Nov 21, 08 - 12:02 pm Comment from: Jake

uh so this is apparently a free iPod touch update! it's about fracking time!!!

Nov 21, 08 - 12:22 pm Comment from: jonahan

Still no app update notifications like we were promised MONTHS ago? For example I get an IM and my phone is off the badge shows I have one IM waiting like SMS.

Nov 21, 08 - 01:43 pm Comment from: Predrag

Yep, as Ottawa Mark nicely put it: delusions of grandeur! Apparently, there ate guys who honestly believe they were responsible for convincing SJ/Apple to develop and deliver SDK and open up the iPhone for third-party native apps!!!

To actually believe any of you/us had anything to do with the sequence of events surrounding iPhone shows either substantial lack of intelligence and reasoning, or serious, well, delusions of grandeur.

While Google, Samsung, LG and RIM may have looked at what Apple had made and quickly cobbled together something in the iPhone's likeness (half-baked and half-assed as it is), Apple has been working on the iPhone strategy for a number of years. Its rollout, together with the planned timeline, including all milestones and events along it, was carefully coreographed. Apple had planned the phased rollout SDK and App Store since January 2006. Of course, thee's no way to confirm this in the mainstream press, but you should talk to a few high-level Apple folks.

Just get over yourselves, you "revolutionaries"...

Two items to note - one, if you previously set a passcode it will get turned on again. Make sure you know the code ! Second, notification of updates to apps seems screwed up.

Nov 21, 08 - 02:37 pm Comment from: alansky

Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen

Thank you, Apple!

that is all... guess ill keep waiting

search function?

Most comments here seem to be finding the new update working fine, but sine i just updated an hour or so ago i cannot get any of my apps to work!!

They look to start then immediately go to the home screen. I have tried the usual on/off resets but it is the same. I have re-synched it with the computer and is exactly the same.

All the Apple items work perfectly, Contacts, Google Maps (including the fabulous street views!), iPod, etc.

What's gone wrong, anyone else in the same situation?

Sweet Jesus, I just did the update and SAFARI IS FINALLY BACK! WOW!

Stuart, I am having exactly the same problem. All the Apple apps work, but no 3rd party apps will launch. Anyone know some trick to fix this, other than an uninstall? Thanks!

Major disappointment. Iphone has been available in Greece since this summer, two updates have gone by and still no greek keyboard.
Well done Mr Steve, bravo to you and your colleagues.
I should really throw my iphone in the river..... what a waste.

OK, that was really weird. I simply tried going to the app store and downloaded a new app. After that, all my 3rd party apps started working again. Hope that works for you, Stuart!

Nov 21, 08 - 08:08 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

I'm anxiously waiting for the jailbreak. :D

Safari is working great so far!

New find. There's now an update all button in the app store updates page!!!

Nov 21, 08 - 09:57 pm Comment from: mrharm

@Jim- Your suggestion worked for my wife's first generation iPhone - my 3G iPhone did not have that problem.... I wonder if this problem is isolated to first generation iPhones?