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The DevTeam has done it! QuickPWN 2.2 for MAC and Windows have been released. With this newer QuickPWN you can jailbreak to the latest 2.2 firmware on your iPhone/iPod Touch.

Source : iPhone DEv-Team

CAUTION : If you are looking forward to SOFT UNLOCK your Locked iPhone 3G , DO NOT PAWN your iPhone now. This update will disable your Turbo sim/Unlocking sim feature. iPhone 2G Users are given a GREEN Go.

In addition, The Arabic enabeler software is not working YET with firmware 2.2

UPDATE : The Arabic enabeler software is now WORKING with firmware 2.2

Apple have released it’s new iPhone firmware update V2.2 today, which included the following updates and new features: 

• Enhancements to Maps
  • Google Street View*
  • Public transit and walking directions
  • Display address of dropped pins
  • Share location via email
• Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls

• Enhancements to Mail
  • Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
  • Improved formatting of wide HTML email
• Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)

• Improved stability and performance of Safari
• Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages
• Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen
• Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings

    Unfortunately , it looks like that there is no new Languages support (i.e Arabic) , even though apple just announced the release of the iPhone 3G in Egypt ! 

 People who own officially unlocked iPhones un-jail-broken and does not care about arabic support can go ahead with the upgrade through iTunes, others would have to wait for the Jail-breaking tools to accommodate this new update.

 Link : Apple

In related news.. Apple has released an update to iTunes to version 8.0.2. The update is available in your Mac OS X software update.

iTunes 8.0.2 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

- Addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers.
- Fixes a connectivity issue with the iTunes Store when using some Internet proxies with Mac OS X.
- Improves accessibility with VoiceOver.

Apple rumor sites have been reporting that apple would release the new iPhone firmware update (V.2.2) tomorrow “Nov 21″, This update would(might) feature the following: 

- New look for the Safari with the Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar
- Toggle On / Off to disable the auto-correction
- 461 Japanese emoji icons
- Support for new languages. (Hopefully arabic support) 
- Line-in audio is activated and can be used through the headphone jack
- Google Street View, Google Transit information - Routes public transport, Walking directions, Location sharing.

So be on the look out for it, people who are still using jailbroken iPhones should hold their horses for a while before upgrading. The iPhone Dev Team have posted the following warning on their blog:

“Update warning!

We’ve explained about the pros and cons of applying Apple’s updates in the past and we’ve warned against the immediate installation of these updates without knowing what they do to your device.

This is indeed true of the iPhone 3G’s upcoming 2.2 release. Installing ‘2.2’ straight away on the iPhone 3G using the iTunes auto-updater could affect your chances of any software unlock in the near future (should one be found and released), so when you see an update in iTunes await our instructions first!

Please don’t blindly install the update and then complain about it later.”

Google App for the iPhone/iPod Touch now supports Voice Search, The new update of the app should be uploaded to the App store any time.

UPDATE: Now Available.

iPhoneHellas.gr claims that the iPhone 2.2 firmware will become available on November 21st based on what they describe as a “reliable” source. Meanwhile, Gizmodo also describes the iPhoneHellas site as “reliable”.

iPhoneHellas.gr also recaps the new features that have been found to be in the early 2.2 iPhone betas:

- New look for the Safari with the Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar
- Toggle On / Off to disable the auto-correction
- 461 Japanese emoji icons
- Support for new languages. (Hopefully arabic support)
- Line-in audio is activated and can be used through the headphone jack
- Google Street View, Google Transit information - Routes public transport, Walking directions, Location sharing.
- App Store: ‘Categories’ now shows the icons of the applications instead of the list, In each page of the application has been added by a button ‘Tell A Friend’ & ‘Report A Problem’, Added the possibility of scoring the application when the user chooses to delete from the device, Added the possibility for direct downloading of podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

Source : Gizmodo

iTunes Link

Or search for “Google Earth” on the App Store from your iPhone 

Thanks to bojacob , It is now possible to automatically update your iPhone’s AddressBook & Caller ID Via Bojacob’s Script, Simply Add this repository to Cydia: http://iphone.bojacob.net , and install the apps under “Kuwait Number Conversion” , Once installed, Reboot your iPhone and its Done For further instructions and support Click >>HERE<< 

 Thank you Bojacob 

UPDATE : whispers that Apple is about to bump the top-end iPhone capacity to 32GB are getting harder to ignore — especially since 8GB inventory is drying up, leading to speculation that’s it’s going to be dropped as soon as next week. AppleInsider also says customers will once again get the option to activate in-home, but we haven’t heard anything about that — we’ll see what happens in the next few days.

An image from outside the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco where Apple will hold its “Let’s Rock” media event on September 9th, 2008. 

The large multi-story banner shows one of Apple’s iPod silhouette ads clearly suggesting a major iPod-related event. Persistent rumors have predicted that Apple will introduce a tall iPod Nano, a new iPod Touch, as well as iTunes 8. There are also suggestions that Apple could introduce the 2.1 iPhone firmware with some previously unannounced features.

“What is believed to be the New iPod Nano”

ما يعتقد انه اي بود نانو الجديد”

صورة من خارج مركز” يبرا بووينا” في سان فرانسيسكو حيث ستقوم ابل بعقد “دعنا روك” الحدث اعلامي التاسع من ايلول / سبتمبر 2008. 

صورة ظليه لاعلانا يوحي بوضوح كبير ايبود متعدد الطوابق ويبين رأيه واحدة منايبود المتصله للحدث. استمرار الشائعات قد تنبأت بان ابل ستعرض نانو ايبود طويل القامه، ايبود تتش جديد, فضلا عن ايتونز 8 . وهناك أيضا اقتراحات ان ابل يمكن ان يعرض اي فون 2،1 لم يعلن عنها سابقا مع بعض الميزات.

Source : Macrumors                                                                                               المصدر : Macrumors

Apple released the App Store for the iPhone, and Wordpress released it first ever iPhone app, now one can update his/her blog from their iPhone.

Source: Apple.com