A few screenshots from iPhone OS 2.2 features.
Turning Auto-Correction On/Off
Podcasts Support in iTunes
Updates to Safari
iPhone Safari still fails Acid3 Tests
Gmail database in Safari
Maps Applications with Google Street View
iPhone Software 2.2 is Now Available
Apple releases iPhone Software 2.2 late Thursday night, following iTunes 8.0.2 release. Apple also updated the iPhone User Manual that includes the direction on how to use the Google Street Views.
iPhone 3G Software 2.2
iPhone1,2_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw | 246.4MB
iPhone Software 2.2
iPhone1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw | 245.7MB
What’s included in OS 2.2
- Enhancements to Maps
– Google Street View*
– Public transit and walking directions
– Display address of dropped pins
– Share location via email - Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
- Enhancements to Mail
– Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
– Improved formatting of wide HTML email - Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
- Improved stability and performance of Safari
- Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages
- Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen
- Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings
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Security Updates included in iPhone OS 2.2 and iPod OS 2.2
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318
One Man Single-Handedly Destroys Microsoft’s “I’m A PC” Ad Campaign
Microsoft may have spent Millions of Dollars to combat Apple’s “Get A Mac” ad campaign, but their ad campaign has just dealt the final blow. One person single-handedly destroys Microsoft’s “I’m A PC” ad campaign. His name is Barack Obama, The President Elect of U.S.A.
“Redmond, we have a problem!”
Unibody MacBook for The Weekend
I currently have a Unibody MacBook on loan for the weekend. I definitely like it, but personally I really need FireWire port on the MacBook. I am planning to get the Unibody MacBook Pro sometimes in early 2009.
I installed Windows on the MacBook, and it seems to handle it really well, be it XP or Vista.
More to come.
Take that, Leo Laporte!
Note to Leo Laporte, take a look at the screen capture below:
MacBook Pro, The Quad-Core Dilemma.
I have been waiting since January 2008 to replace my original MacBook Pro Core Duo. I’ve written about MacBook Pro Early 2008 and MacBook Pro Late 2008 (also this) since then. Around August 2008, I stumbled upon informations on MacBook Pro with Quad-Core processors.
I had high hope that Apple would release Quad-Core MacBook Pro on “The spotlight turns to notebooks” event. The new Aluminum Unibody MacBook Pro is nice, but it is still missing the Quad-Core I really want.
I am using my Original MacBook Pro Core Duo to write this post; it is still a capable machine. I’ve done tons of video editing on this MacBook Pro. With a 7200 RPM hard-drive, this MacBook Pro Core Duo beats newer MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo with 5400 RPM hard-drive.
Yes it is still a great computer.
I was going to buy the new Unibody MacBook Pro on the first day it was available. For some reasons, there have been some kind of divine intervention that prevented me from spending the hard-earned dollars.
I do have the sense that the MacBook Pro would gain Quad-Core as an option around January 2009. It is based on my gut feelings, backed by some informations that I’ve gathered. I’ve been through this road before, and I’m sure that if and when I got the new Unibody MacBook Pro, the Quad-Core option would be added a few months after.
Decisions, decisions.
Paul Thurrott Was Hospitalized After Watching New Apple Ads
Dedham, Masschusetts
On the evening of October 19th, 2008 Paul Thurrott was reportedly rushed to the local hospital. According to neighbors, loud strings of profanities were heard over 15 mile radius that Sunday evening. That prompted them to call 911. Paramedic, Firefighter and the Police arrived within a few minutes on the Thurrotts residence .
Upon arrival, Police found Thurrott screaming and yelling “I’m a P.C.!” repeatedly. It took 13 personnel to subdue violent Paul Thurrott.
In his padded cell, Thurrott mentioned that he will announce the “ultimate declaration of war against Apple” on Microsoft behalf on TWiT‘s Microsoft P.R. Weekly Windows Weekly podcast which he co-hosts with Leo Laporte.
Paul Thurrott, the original Microsoft Defender, apparently was watching the new Apple “Get A Mac” ads which were released on that fateful Sunday. According to doctors, Thurrott is lacking sense of humor as well as some common sense. Doctors also found that Thurrot is suffering from some sort of blindness, that causes him to be unconditionally loyal to Microsoft.
According to Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott insisted that he would be available to record the next install ment of Viva La Microsoft Wekly Windows Weekly episode 80 this Thursday. Thurrott is expected to make a full recovery by then, and he will be cursing Apple for those new “Get A Mac” ads. Thurrott swears that he will bring Apple down for “all the lies” they have been spreading about Microsoft and Windows Vista. Thurrott also adds that he is the only tech journalist in the world who knows the truth about the great Microsoft.