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Here is a list of the changes for the new iPhone 2.1 firmware, which have been released last Friday. The update will decrease number of dropped calls, promise to give you better battery life and other bug fixes. To update your iPhone you can use the updater tool in your iTunes.

iPhone 2.1 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

While the new iPhone firmware is released, the iPhone Dev Team has also released their new PwnageTool 2.1. The team has figured out a way to avoid iTunes 8.0 detection which previously do not allow your Pwnaged iPhone to connect with the iTunes. Check out the Pwnage Tool 2.1 here

via [iphonebuzz]

Apple’s iTunes for Symbian Series 60 smartphones is no longer rumor: now it is confirmed that it is coming! iTunes S60 will have the same functionalities as desktop version, including iTunes Store. The application offers new features - the revolutional software technology with codename “HypnoBreathe”, that increases the sound quality on the level, which was not reachable for other s60 applications till this time.

Official release of iTunes s60 will be made in January, 2009. However, a couple of screenshots are already available as I posted here.

[Justamp via Mobile Arsenal]

Announced at the Apple’s Let’s Rock event in San Francisco, iPhone users will be getting new firmware 2.1 for both iPhone and iPhone 3G, as well as the iPod Touch. Detail change log is not available, but Jobs is calling this a “big update”.

The new firmware 2.1 will improve the iPhone battery life, reduce application crashes and dropped calls. You will be able to backup your files in shorter time too after the upgrade.

Source [slashgear] via [iphonebuzz]

Apple today announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 100 million applications from its App Store since its launch on July 11, 2008. More than 3,000 applications are currently available on the App Store, with over 90 percent priced at less than $10 and more than 600 offered for free. 

“iPhone’s unique capabilities, easy SDK and the ability to reach an audience of millions via the App Store made this an easy development choice for us,” said John Pollard, Jott CEO. “To date, we’ve had hundreds of thousands of downloads of Jott for iPhone, which has been a major win for our company.”

The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, so users can wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPhone or iPod touch and start using them immediately. Applications are free or charged to the user’s iTunes account and the App Store notifies the user when updates are available for their apps. The App Store is also available on iTunes (www.itunes.com) for Mac® or PC, which syncs applications to the iPhone or iPod touch using a USB cable.

via [slashgear]

ShoZu has announced a new edition of its free social media aggregator for iPhone and iPod touch, available immediately on the Apple App Store. The new version simplifies photo uploading, blogging and other mobile interaction with more than 50 Web 2.0 sites. Enhancements include the ability to take and upload high-resolution pictures from within the application, add geo-tags to any photo if desired, make text-only posts to blogging sites, and use ShoZu in five languages. ShoZu has also added new reliability features to ensure smoother photo uploads, easier addition of new Internet destinations, and faster application speed overall.

The core ShoZu application for iPhone enables users to quickly and easily upload any photo captured with the device’s built-in camera or saved to the iPhone photo library to their choice of over 50 online communities from a single interface, eliminating the need to navigate to each site separately or manage a different iPhone application for each service. Pictures can be transmitted to any number of supported sites simultaneously with a tap.

The newest edition adds key capabilities and improvements including:

• Text-only posts to blogging sites from Google Blogger to Vox, Wordpress, Typepad and more. Photo blog uploads are still supported.
• Geo-tagging for any photo upload, allowing photos to automatically appear on maps in sites like Flickr and Picasa Web Albums. Users can now add geo-tags - even when using non-GPS iPhone/iPod touch devices - simply by tapping ‘Add geo-tag for current location’ on the same ShoZu screen where they add titles, descriptions and tags.
• High-resolution (1600×1200) photo capture and upload, for users who want crisper images than the 640×480 resolution provided from the iPhone album. High-res photos can now be taken and uploaded directly from within the ShoZu application.
• Faster startup and new ease-of-use features, including an easy way to tell how many photos are still waiting to upload.
• Easier retrieval of new content feeds, including friends’ Flickr or Facebook photostreams, Facebook status updates, Facebook event listings, and more.
• Automatic time stamps by time zone, including Daylight Savings Time where applicable.
• Localized versions in French, German, Italian and Spanish, in addition to the original English-only release.

ShoZu for iPhone is available as a free download from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/