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iPhone 2.1 Software Now Available

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 6:03PM EST
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Here it is iPhone 3G people, the 2.1 update you’ve been waiting for. Will it solve the 3G woes experienced by Steve’s 10%? You tell us. Here is the change log from Apple’s website (Are you paying attention Nokia? Did you catch that? It’s called a change log.):

  • 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

So fire up iTunes 8.0 and let us know how it goes. Those of you who were experiencing issues, how are things looking now?

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Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 15 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.

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