Apple releases the iPhone 2.1 software update
[float=right] Apple today announced the release of the iPhone 2.1 software update. The update contains many bug fixes and improvements. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click 'Check for Update'. Update…
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[float=right]Apple today announced the release of the iPhone 2.1 software update.
The update contains many bug fixes and improvements. To get it, connect your iPhone to your computer using iTunes 8 and click 'Check for Update'.
Update includes:
- Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
- Significantly better battery life for most users
- Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
- Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
- Faster installation of 3rd party applications
- Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
- Improved performance in text messaging
- Faster loading and searching of contacts
- Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
- Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages
- Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
- Genius playlist creation
More information can be found on Apple's iPhone 2.1 software update (www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss) page.
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Can anyone explain me what exactly is this genius playlist ? I own iPhone but have to wait for jailbroken 2.1 soft, and i can`t really find what it is on the internet.