Apple today emailed users of the MobileMe service, once again apologising for problems that have troubled it from its launch and offering a further 60 day extension on top of the one month extension already given. "We have already made many improvements to MobileMe, but we still have many more to make." the email read. "To recognize our users' patience, we are giving every MobileMe subscriber as of today a free 60 day extension. This is in addition to the one month extension most subscribers have already received." More details can be found online here.

In what is becoming both an amusing and at the same time frustrating practice, Apple have released a new update for the iPhone with the description of the update as "Bug Fixes". This is the same explanation and lack of detail that was given when the 2.0.1 update was released. Connect your phone to your computer and open iTunes. Using the "Check for Update" button you will find the download available once you have performed a backup.

Many websites are reporting that a fix to some of the issues iPhone users are experience is under way and likely to be released by the end of September. PCWorld reports that the issues of slow data speeds and poor 3G call reception is being worked on. The issues appear to be related to the use of a chip inside the iPhone 3G and the operating system of the iPhone and how it utilises that 3G chip...however differing reports lay the blame at the two different components. Perhaps the best article to discuss the issues is the Business Week article What's Behind the iPhone 3G Glitches, that does suggest the issue may mainly be with those in high usage 3G areas and that a software update (to either fix the operating system or provide a firmware update) my be the solution.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs confirmed the existence of the ability by Apple to remotely deactivate malicious software programs on the iPhone. Speaking to the WSJ, he commented "Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull," he says. At the same time, Mr Jobs confirmed that Apple had sold $1 million worth of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch per day in the first month of sales.