Apple: iPhone 2.1 now available

Apple iPhone 2.1 firmware was released this morning. This much awaited upgrade is reported to contain many fixes and improvements to include:

• decreased call failures and dropped calls;
• better battery life for most users;
• quicker back-ups to iTunes;
• more reliable email;
• faster 3rd part application installation;
• less hangs or crashes with 3rd party apps;
• faster text messaging; and
• Genius music playlist creation.

You can get the iPhone 2.1 update by connecting your iPhone to your computer using the newly released iTunes 8 and checking for updates.

Apple announced the release of this new version of iPhone at their recent September 9th “Let’s Rock” event.