Rumor: iPhone OS 2.2 coming next week
Google Street View might be available for the iPhone by the end of next week, according to a rumor.
(Credit: iPhoneYap.com)The next update to the iPhone might be here in time for Turkey Day.
At least, that's what a Greek site called iPhone Hellas is claiming (via Gizmodo).
Google translations can be tricky things, but the site reports that "The iPhone OS v2.2 will be given in circulation on 21 November '08." That could just mean that developers will be getting an advance copy to test against their applications that day, but it could also mean that Apple plans to release the update as of that date.
The forthcoming update is reportedly going to bring iPhone users the Google Street View feature as well as over-the-air podcast downloads, among other things. An earlier report had pegged the release of that software for October, but that clearly hasn't happened.
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I don't have copy/paste on the Touch and I'm used to having to write things down on post-it notes to keep handy for use with the Apple product. It's just something you have to do.
The ONLY thing keeping me from getting one of these is the lack of cut/copy/paste. You may use it to 0.0000001% of the time, but if they're trying to attract corporate power users who are currently using blackberries, this is a ridiculous oversight. I'd drop my BB for an iPhone in a heartbeat, but I have to have copy/paste.
Besides Cut, Copy, and Paste, I want to be able to write texts and emails in Landscape mode. This seems even simpler than the afore-mentioned. Why can't I write a text/email like I post in a forum or type in a web address!!
Thanks for keeping us posted, Tom.
B.S.Pickering
The iPhone does a LOT and it does it better.
But it doesn't do everything.
Yet.
Right now, if someone sends you a photo (or any attachment) in a text message, you will get a text message that tells you to go to an address on the internet. That text message contains a login name and a password. It's pretty much impossible to remember both of these random passwords, and here is where the no cut copy paste comes in. You have to go back and forth between the text and the browser to get that information. Waaaaaayyy too much work.
Or you could take the time to get to a computer, launch a browser and do it that way. Again, not worth the trouble.
Plus if you want to send, lets say a simple photo that you took with your iPhone, you can only send it to an email address. It can not be sent to another cell phone via text message.
Like I said: Embarrassing.
Why then would you have bought the phone? You KNEW these functions were not available? As well, what you might think as an easy feature (copy, cut, paste) may require extra effort that Apple is not ready to put into the iPhone. Obviously YOU don't know what technical challenges they are up against.
Agreed, these items would be nice, but I'm never embarrassed over something that I buy and if I ever were to get that point, then I think you personally need to evaluate the quality of your life.
Might I suggest an Etch-A-Sketch? Of course that only offers the cut feature.
iPhone's still the best out there, but I can't wait for it to get that much better!
My iPhone (and those belonging to every technician in our IT department) hasn't had a problem with the current software, and there isn't a one of us that'd voluntarily reload the software our iPhones shipped with in 2007.
I'm an Apple hater no more.
How about making gps useful and getting a real app in there? The whole gps thing was a gimmick.
At this point, updating is more trouble than it's worth. Wake me when they offer copy/paste and voice-cued GPS. Until then, I'm happier with my jailbroken phone running 2.1.
Hint: I didn't call it a smart phone because it's so much more than that, even if you can't copy and paste. I guess device isn't for everyone. People should really research their purchases more.
However the 4 1/2 billion of us outside the US love both SMS and MMS. Email is fine for sending pictures when it is not important that they be seen instantly because emails get checked only periodically. There are many times in message conversation that sending a picture is appropriate and it is the faster nature of the sharing of pictures that makes MMS great.
However, it is merely an inconvenience not to be able to send a picture message. Not being able to receive them is a different matter. In the developed world outside the US people send a lot of MMS messages and since almost all phones have MMS people send the messages habitually. Sadly with the iPhone I never get those messages. That is a big problem and Apple needs to address this to effectively compete with Nokia and Samsung in Europe, Australia, and Asia. Here people expect MMS as a standard phone feature in addition to email.
And judging by various forums lots of Americans want it too even if it is expensive there.
2. Landscape typing across the board (SMS, Email)
3. Copy/Paste
Everyone is saying it Apple! Is 2.2 really worth that .2? Seems like just a couple app updates to me. Street view and very slightly redesigned Safari? I'm hoping there's some stuff that just hasn't been leaked by anyone and that we're in store for a real 2.2 update.
P.S - I'm typing this on my iPhone
- by durden129 November 14, 2008 5:56 AM PST
- i'm so tired of people complaining about what the iphone doesn't have ,
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (51 Comments)instead of appreciating it for what it DOES. If it doesn't have the features u want BUY SOMETHING ELSE.
I have had mine for a year and a half and continue to be pleased with the updates,