I was so excited to get an email notifying me that the iPhone 2.2 Software Update was available. My excitement quickly vanished when I read the list of new features:
- Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View
- Public transit and walking directions
- Display address of dropped pins
- Share location via email
- Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls
- Enhancements to Mail
- Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
- Improved formatting of wide HTML email
- Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
- Improved stability and performance of Safari
- Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages
- Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen
- Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings
C’mon Apple! Where’s the copy and paste? Where’s the turn by turn GPS? Where’s the option to go horizontal with the keyboard for email and any other application I have to type into? Where’s voice dialing for God’s sake?
Not one of the features in the 2.2 software update is important to me or gives me a better, happier iPhone experience. I love my iPhone, but some of these basic features have got to be there soon or other phones are going to start looking very good by comparison. The new Blackberry Storm is one such phone.
Apple, please give us what we need!
