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Story: Apple issues iPhone 2.1 software to squish bugs

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fixes some bugs and replaces with new ones

I was pleased to see battery life has noticeably improved but disappointed with some of the bug fixes.

For example Safari would often close at random - like as it had crashed. Now instead of closing when it stalls it locks up instead, forcing me to reset/restart the phone completely. I think things are worse now.

Other problems include a change in the way it maintains phone signal. It maybe showing full 3G signal but web access is extremely slow it timesout and then after a minute or so it will drop to 1 bar or GPRS and then leaving idle will show full 3G again. I don't know if this is related to battery saving but it took my a half hour to get 1 email attachment that normally would have taken 2mins at most. I hope this was O2 network having trouble rather than the update.

Touch typing seems more responsive which speeds up typing. However Reading. PDFs was really sluggish. Scrolling or zooming was hampered by pauses and stuttering. The same PDF on my iPhone 1 was zippy. Which makes me think that added more features like GPS, 3G and Mobileme syncing and not upgrading any of the processor/ram hardware will mean a slower experience to the original iPhone. The iPhone I've been waiting for? I think I've given up waiting.

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