Apple have released iPhone firmware v2.1, announced by Steve Jobs earlier this week and the company’s promised cure for dropped calls, poor battery life and slow iTunes backups. According to the update details, it also includes improved email reliability for both POP and Exchange users, faster third-party application installs, improved SMS performance and speedier contacts searching.

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There’s also a re-fettled 3G signal strength display, promising more accuracy, and the security option to wipe the iPhone’s data after ten incorrect passcode attempts. Genius playlist creation has also been added, Apple’s new “intelligent” system that can analyze your tracks and suggest similar music from both your own library and from the iTunes store.

You can download the new firmware by connecting your iPhone, loading iTunes and choosing “Check for update”. The new firmware will automatically download and install. We’re downloading it now, let us know how you get on with your own iPhone.

via http://www.iphonebuzz.com/iphone-firmware-21-released-promises-more-battery-fewer-bugs-124691.php

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iPhone firmware 2.1 released, promises more battery & fewer bugs

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