iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features: Google Street View, Emoji, Auto-

iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features: Google Street View, Emoji, Auto-Correction Off

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/06/iphone-2-2-hidden-features-google-street-view-emoji-auto-correction-off/

It seems that Apple is taking further care in hiding new iPhone features in their beta releases. The most recent firmware beta seeded to developers listed "compatibility testing" in its release notes as the only change.

We've since heard of a couple of new features buried within the iPhone 2.2 beta. Apple has apparently made underlying changes to the iPhone's frameworks that are not yet exposed to the end user. These findings include:

- Support for Japanese emoji icons (screenshot) -- a popular feature for Japanese phones. The lack of emoji support has been blamed as part of the reason for slow iPhone adoption in Japan.
- Support for Google Street View for the Google Maps application. Street View allows users to view panoramic street view photographs in select cities within the Google Maps application. The feature was recently demoed on Google's Android phone.

Finally, Apple has also addressed one common request within the iPhone's Keyboard settings, allowing users to disable the iPhone's auto-correction.



Apple has not yet announced when the iPhone 2.2 firmware will be available.

http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/10/05/iphone-2-2-includes-hidden-japanese-emoji-icons/

now this should be a nice update! looking forward to it

i think so too, can't wait till it comes out!

looks like the android phone is already pushing the iphone around

yeah, the android might have had an effect on the iphone. but hey, it's a good thing

competition is good

surely this will be out soon

i hope so

maybe next week?

seems like a good prediction

of course, that's if something is released next week

street view is pretty cool, but nothing great

this could be released next week

yep. could happen next tuesday

surely it will

i sure hope so

maybe we'll hear more about this soon

cool

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