iPhoneHellas has been told that the iPhone 2.2 Firmware will be released on November 21st. “The iPhone OS v2.2 will be given in circulation on 21 November’08.”

They also list some of the new features expected in 2.2…

New Features:
- New look for the Safari with the Google search bar now occupying its own space on the title bar (iPhone v2.2 beta1)
- Add toggle On / Off to disable the auto-correction (iPhone v2.2 beta1).
- 461 Japanese emoji icons (iPhone v2.2 beta1).
- Support for new languages.
- The Line-in audio is activated and can be used through the headphone jack.
- New features of Maps.app:
o Google Street View (iPhone v2.2 beta1).
o Google Transit information - Routes public transport (iPhone v2.2 beta2).
o Walking directions (iPhone v2.2 beta2).
o Location sharing.
- New features of the App Store:
o Ο The sector ‘Categories’ now shows the icons of the applications instead of the list.
o In each page of the application has been added by a button ‘Tell A Friend’ & ‘Report A Problem’.
o Added the possibility of scoring the application when the user chooses to delete from the device (iPhone v2.2 beta2).
- Added the possibility for direct downloading of podcasts from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store (iPhone v2.2 beta2).

(via iClarified.com)

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German blog Schimanke.com publishes new screenshots from the iPhone 2.2 firmware that reveal that Apple has activated iTunes and App Store features that will make their debut in the next iPhone update. Prior to this past week, these new features had not been fully enabled.

The new iTunes Store screenshots confirm that Apple will be delivering over-the-air downloads for both video and audio podcasts. According to Schimanke, podcast downloads will be limited to episodes less than 10MB in size when using the cellular network.

The screenshots also show off the new App Store category view with icons embedded. Additional 2.2 features previously revealed include the addition of Google Street View and Japanese Emoji icons.

Meanwhile, there has been no evidence of background “push” notifications which were originally promised in September. Unconfirmed whispers suggest that the Apple has delayed the push notification service due to major issues with the initial implementation.

Apple seeded Beta 2 of the 2.2 iPhone firmware to developers in late October but has given no indication when we can expect a public release.

[via MacRumors]

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