iPhone Software 2.2 enters beta testing

Jonny Evans
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September 26, 2008
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Apple has begun testing iPhone Software 2.2, releasing new beta software to its developers.Software packages for the iPhone SDK, first and second-generation iPhones and the iPod touch have been made available, as illustrated in this image from GearLive.

Apple is expected to introduce something closer to true 'Push" email in this latest release, a sync feature the company declared the device offered for months before launch, backtracking only when users noticed the claim wasn't completely true.

The wish list for other features within this release still includes must-have facilities such as copy-&-paste, tethering to get your Mac online and the capacity to send MMS messages. Many users would like to see Apple enable its device to capture video - a function the CCD inside the camera is perfectly well capable of.  But we ain't holding out breath..What features would you like to see in iPhone 2.2?

Comments (3)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 26, 2008 - 4:11am

Copy and paste is really needed... That will solve a lot of problems such as missing possibility to forward SMS and that is a feature that ALL other mobile phones have (at least here in Europe)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 26, 2008 - 8:53am

"Apple is expected to introduce something closer to true 'Push" email in this latest release, a sync feature the company declared the device offered for months before launch, backtracking only when users noticed the claim wasn't completely true."

Pretty sure the issues with "push" email was based on the mac side of things rather than the iPhone. Its push notification for apps that we are all hanging out for

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 26, 2008 - 2:09pm

Besides copy/paste, I'd really really like to see Apple fix the issue with podcasts showing up as new again after you listen to them, and the problem with POP emails taking forever (and multiple attempts) to send.

But my biggest wish of all: being able to mark emails as read without opening them.