📱iPhone OS 2.2 📺
Build - 5G77 was released 21 Nov, 2008 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch 2G, 1G (1st gen.).

Free update for iPod Touch owners that upgraded to iPhone OS 2.0 or 2.1.

Enhancements to Maps:
• Google Street View
• Public transit and walking directions
• Display address of dropped pins
• Share location via email
• Cache of recent locations.

Enhancements to Mail
• Resolve isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
• Improved formatting of wide HTML email.

App Store:
• "Categories" section has been altered to display icons instead of a list
• Individual applications pages now have 'Tell A Friend' and 'Report A Problem' buttons
• In an app's description, multiple screen shots can now be viewed, instead of just one
• "Update All" button added to "Updates" section
• Option added to rate an application that is about to be deleted
• Improved touch response when purchasing or downloading an application
• Application icons display the install progress "in place" while updating, rather than on the last position of the page.

Safari:
• Improved stability and performance of Safari
• Layout changes for the address bar in Safari.

iPod:
• The edit/clear icons on the on-the-go playlist have been changed
• Podcasts now are being shown in catalogs
• Users can no longer delete audiobooks via the device
• Audiobooks without artwork are now shown with a book icon instead of a note icon.

Contacts:
• US phone numbers now group correctly. (e.g., 1111 2222, formerly this would have shown as 1 111222 2)

Other:
• Decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
• Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
• Visual voicemail unavailability is shown in a screen instead of voicemail button not working
• Improved performance overall, especially noticeable in Notes and Camera applications
• Emoji for SoftBank users in Japan. Can also be enabled in all other countries using apps from the App Store
• Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen
• Preference to turn on/off keyboard auto-correction
• New languages are supported
• Shows Update/Restore progress when update using iTunes
• Security improvement
• Developers can pipe video out to an external device
• Better shift-key behavior
• Automatic WebClip icon change
• Locked screen screenshots
• Ability to record from devices connected through the dock port.

iTunes:
• iTunes now works over EDGE and 3G networks and no longer needs a Wi-Fi network
• Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application. (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)

iPod Touch (2nd generation) only:
• Line-in audio has been enabled through the headphone jack
• Add the Remote button to control other devices (e.g. Apple TV, etc.) on the Nike + iPod menu.

Apple security updates.

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📱iPhone OS 2.2.1 📺
Build - 5H11 was released 27 Jan, 2009 for:
• iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G (1st gen.)
• iPod Touch 2G, 1G (1st gen.).

This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Improved general stability of Safari.
• Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll
• Updates baseband.

iPod Touch only:
• Fixed issue that caused some Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio files to skip during playback.

iTunes 8.1:
• Fixes calendar colour syncing issue. (Mac only)
• Uses a new baseband which patches the exploit formerly used to unlock the iPhone 3G.

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