Report: iPhone 2.2 getting Google's Street View
New iPhone firmware beta getting Google Maps Street View, Japanese emoji picture characters, and a typing autocorrect on-off switch, MacRumors reports.
Maybe iPhone users won't have to covet one of those shiny new features in Google's Android operating system after all: Google Maps Street View.
The driver's-eye view is a prominent part of the first Android phone, T-Mobile's G1, which goes on sale October 22. But according to Mac Rumors on Monday, Apple has snuck Street View into the iPhone 2.2 firmware beta release.
Other new features described in the report include the ability to disable the typing autocorrect feature and the inclusion of 461 small icons called Japanese emoji characters.
The iPhone 2.2 firmware beta release is not expected until later this month.
