iPhone 2.1 firmware out now

As announced on Tuesday, the iPhone 2.1 firmware is out now, downloadable via iTunes.

According to Apple's website, updates include:

• 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 (in case you missed the beep the 1st time)
  

• Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts

• Genius playlist creation

To get the update, connect your iPhone to your computer, load up iTunes 8 and click "Check for Update."

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