iPhone 2.2 Gets Google Street View, Emoji, Auto-Correction Off

October 7, 2008 – 12:42 pm

Apple’s iPhone firmware 2.2 is under development and it is seeded to developers for the testing purpose, while some of developers manage to found the hidden features of iPhone firmware 2.2. According to MacRumors, this new software update for iPhone features Google Street View, Emoji icons and lastly, considering users request, ability to turn Auto Correction off.

Google Street View:

Recently, Google Android powered t-mobile G1 gets Google Street View feature which mirrors the desktop version of Google Earth and now Apple is also including this feature in their latest firmware update for iPhone.

Emoji Icons:

Emoji icons are picture characters which are profoundly popular in Japan, where the iPhone sell is enormously slowed down. Adding 461 Emoji icons to this new firmware update could be the main reason to attract Japanese users towards iPhone.

Auto Correction Off:
It was being requested by many iPhone users, speceially by Non-English users. Apple is now considering their request and adding the feature to let users turn off Auto Correction off at the time of writing text in iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard.

These are the few features of iPhone’s upcoming 2.2 firmware, however there could be many more. So keep your fingers crossed for the official release of iPhone firmware 2.2.