UPDATE Apple today announced a number of new iPods, whilst at the same time confirming that a version 2.1 update will be released at the end of the week (the iPod Touch version is already out according to some). The update is said to focus on software improvements, with Steve Jobs stating that it fixes "a lot of bugs". At the same time he commented that the update will provide big improvements in battery performance as well as improving backup speed and reducing the number of dropped calls.

[Update 1]

Unlike previous iPhone Apple updates, Apple have gone to considerable effort on their site to provide details of the update. Please see here...http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/

The page lists the fixes that 2.1 should bring to the iPhone and are listed as follows...

• Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
• Significantly better 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 for users with lots of third 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

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