iPhone 2.1 Software Update

Posted in iphone, software by Ruslan Ulanov on the September 12th, 2008

iPhone 2.1 Software Update is up.

This time Apple provided a list of fixes in the update.

iPhone version 2.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

  • decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
  • significantly improved 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 if you have lots of 3rd 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
  • option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
  • Genius playlist creation

 I’m downloading the update right now. Here’s hoping that this update will live up to its claims. The 2.0.2 made my iPhone 3G way slower than it was before and didn’t fix any of the crashes that Safari and other apps were experiencing.

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Free ringtones for iPhone

Posted in iphone by Ruslan Ulanov on the September 11th, 2008

For a while now I was desperately searching for a way to bring to iPhone 3G all my favorite MP3 ringtones that I’ve used for years in my other cell phones.

Unfortunately, iTunes Store would not let you convert your own MP3s. It wouldn’t even let you use songs you already bought from Apple (unless you pay some extra for every track). That’s wrong! Any other device out there would happily accept any MP3 track you upload to it.

So, my search brought me to a web site called Audiko. In just 3 easy steps it would convert your MP3 track to iPhone’s ringtone format, which you can copy to your iTunes library and finally to iPhone.

Here’s how it works (you’ll need Flash plugin in your Browser): (more…)

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