iTunes 8.1 Release Is Imminent

UPDATED

Apple is planning to release iTunes 8.1 on as early as Wednesday March 11th, 2009.

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In addition to that Apple has released iPhone Remote.app 1.2 that adds bug fixes and compatibility with iTunes 8.1.

Remote 1.2

iTunes 8.1 is available for Mac OS X (Tiger and Leopard) and Windows (XP and Vista).

Apple Releases Safari 4 Public Beta

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Apple releases Safari 4 Public Beta today. It is available for Mac OS X (Tiger and Leopard) and Windows (XP and Vista).

Safari 4 Public Beta includes Nitro engine and slew of new features such as Top Sites, Full History Search, Cover Flow, and Tabs on Top.

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Check out the new Safari Welcome Page (Safari 4 Public Beta or the latest WebKit is required to make this page work.)

Get it from http://www.apple.com/safari/

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WebKit, the Open Source counterpart of Safari is available from WebKit.org.

About iPhone Carrier Update

Apple pushes “iPhone Carrier Update” through iTunes sometimes late Friday Night, Feb 06th 2009.

What is it? TUAW talks about it a little bit.

This is what’s inside the “iPhone Carrier Update” for AT&T network (ATT_US.ipcc 32KB)

From carrier.strings

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The content corresponds with Carrier Services settings in the iPhone.

AT&T Services

Content of carrier.plist

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Some un-viewable PNG are also included.

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Apple Releases iPhone Software 2.2.1

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Tuesday afternoon, Apple releases iPhone Software 2.2.1 with bug fixes and improvements including:

  • Improves the general stability of Safari.
  • Fixes an issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll.

This update is available for both iPhone and iPhone 3G.

  • iPhone Software 2.2.1: iPhone1,1_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw 245.7MB
  • iPhone 3G Software 2.2.1: iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw 246.4MB

By convention, iPod touch Software 2.2.1 should also be released today. I don’t have any iPod touch with me as of this moment.