Iphone 2.1 update available!

[Playaa]

Info

 

Don't forget you have to have Itunes 8 installed to get this update.

 

If you haven't used Genius playlists yet...they're awesome. It's like Pandora on your iphone. You pick a song and it finds similar songs/artists and creates a playlist for you. It's pretty accurate (though not perfect) but you can remove any songs that don't fit your list.

 

Also, supposedly the 3G reception is massively improved (lots of people confirming this) and the battery life is improved (uncomfirmed) as well as backups taking less time (confirmed) and the typing lag problem is gone (not completely confirmed).

[ZesteR]

iPhone version 2.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

• decrease in call set-up failures and call drops

• significantly improved 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 if you have lots of 3rd 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

[ZesteR]

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/hacker-says-sec.html

[stutters]

does the genius playlist make recommendations from your itunes library, the itunes store, or both? can you change this?

[stutters]

hm, also anxious to see this in action: "option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts"

[ZeroDamage]

I do not know where on the iPhone that the Genius feature is located. Too many questions for me to figure it out at the moment. Too busy!

[stutters]

if i had to guess, it probably shows up as a playlist under your ipod/playlists.

[ZeroDamage]

if i had to guess, it probably shows up as a playlist under your ipod/playlists.

 

nope.

[ZesteR]

I just touched iPod, then Playlists and it was my top selection.

Has a neat icon on the right side.

 

going to play with the function now

[ZesteR]

it also sends info to apple about your library

[Playaa]

It does send info to Apple about your library...but it's just gathering data on what songs you have so it can compare it against a database like Pandora's.

Stop being so paranoid (or being so illegal)

 

The Genius thing is really cool in my opinion. On the iphone (or ipod touch) it goes against what is in your library. On iTunes it goes against what is in your library but also shows in a sidebar suggestions from the itunes store.

 

Zest, as far as that hacking thing goes. Guess what...your iphone is a little computer. Don't let it get stolen and you won't lose any sensitive data.

The whole "passcode hack" that was talked about last week...yeah, it's only valid if someone has physical access to your phone...don't be an idiot and give strangers physical access to your phone.

[ZesteR]

i wasn't being paranoid or being illegal, just a simple statement.

 

thanks dad, lol I know the iphone is pretty much a computer just uses flash storage.

 

i r not stoopId