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iPhone 2.2 OS Easter Eggs!

We know. Easter is still a few months away. But, seeing as how Apple has dropped a few little surprise features into their iPhone 2.2 OS, it’s iPhone Easter Egg time!

By now, most iPhone and iPhone 3G users have no doubt already updated their precious handset to the latest iPhone 2.2 OS, looking forward to Google Maps with Street View and walking/transit directions, a refreshed Safari UI, Japanese emoji icons, auto-correction toggle, and direct podcast downloading from iTunes. But, there are a few more surprises hiding within the iPhone 2.2 OS.

iPhone YouTube embedded icon

YouTube video indicator
Embedded YouTube videos have been viewable on the iPhone and iPhone 3G for a while now. The iPhone has been displaying embedded YouTube videos as a clickable graphic that would launch the iPhone YouTube player. But, only YouTube videos transcoded to iPhone-friendly formats would be playable. Unfortunately, you had to actually click on the YouTube “play graphic” to find out if the video was available for viewing on the iPhone.

The iPhone 2.2 OS changes this with an updated YouTube video graphic that lets you know if the embedded YouTube video in question has been converted (transcoded) for playback on the iPhone. Never again will you click on an embedded YouTube video only to find that the video is not available in iPhone format.

podcast slide delete iphone 2.2 os

Podcast slide-delete
In addition to being able to directly download podcasts to your iPhone, iPhone 2.2 OS allows you to quickly delete unwanted podcasts with a simple swipe-and-tap. Swipe on a podcast title and a “Delete” button appears. Tapping the “Delete” button will, obviously, delete the podcast and send you on your merry way.

iPhone OS problems
Apple has been good about sneaking in some cool, undocumented features into the iPhone 2.2 OS. Unfortunately, Apple snuck in a few problematic Easter Eggs into the new iPhone firmware. There’s a whole post dedicated to iPhone OS problems here. If you’ve been having problems with WiFi connectivity, iPhone application disappearance, or iTunes syncing, check out the post.

If you’ve found any additional iPhone OS Easter Eggs that you think are worth mentioning, drop us a line or leave a comment!

[Thanks: http://www.intomobile.com]

UK advertising regulator bans another iPhone 3G ad

For the second time, the UK’s Advertising Standard Authority banned an Apple iPhone advertisement for what is says misleads consumers. This time the agency is banning an ad that touts how fast the iPhone 3G can browse the Internet. The ad shows a person using the iPhone to browse the web, downloading a file and viewing Google Maps at very fast speeds. And the dialogue says the touch-screen device “helps you get the news, really fast,” and “download pretty much anything, really fast.”

The regulator said the commercial would likely mislead viewers into believing they could get those types of connectivity speeds on their iPhone 3G devices. Before the regulator banned the ad, Apple argued that the commercial was designed to show that the iPhone 3G was significantly faster than the first-generation iPhone devices. Apple also said it had a note in the ad that read, “Network performance will vary by location.” The agency didn’t buy that explanation.

In August, the regulator banned another iPhone 3G ad that promised users access to “all parts of the Internet” on their Apple devices.

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- check out InformationWeek
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