iPhone 2.1 firmware out now

Filed under: Software Update, iPhone

As announced on Tuesday, the iPhone 2.1 firmware is out now, downloadable via iTunes.

According to Apple's website, updates include:

• 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 (in case you missed the beep the 1st time)
  
• Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
• Genius playlist creation

To get the update, connect your iPhone to your computer, load up iTunes 8 and click "Check for Update."

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