The iPhone had its 2.2 update on Thursday (if I’m not wrong). As usual, I would let the suckers early adopters try it out first. Then I will read all their whines and complains on the web before deciding if I should jump the gun.
However, as soon as I saw the new features, I began to get the itch. Was it the improved Google Maps? Nah, GMaps is good, but not too useful in Singapore. Was it the ability to directly download audio and video podcasts over the air? Hmm, I have yet to subscribe to any podcasts these days. Probably because I’m too hooked to Google Reader to try. Was it the supposedly improved stability and performance of Safari Mobile? Maybe! I’m an on-the-go Google Reader freak, and its crashes was even causing me to contemplate switching to another mobile phone.
All of these were compelling reasons, but the most compelling one for me is this:
The ability to turn off auto-correct! Woohoo! 
I’m a simple man who prefers simple pleasures. It’s these little niggly things that gets on my nerves. Such a simple feature to implement, but why oh why does it take Apple so long to put in such a simple feature? Cut/Copy-&-Paste is another noteworthy feature, but will Apple allow a shared clipboard across all apps? Hard to say, but in my opinion, probably not in the near future. Probably in iPhone 3G part deux maybe.
So does this mean the no more jailbreaking? Of course not! There are quite a few compelling reasons to continue jailbreaking:
- Ability to tether your 3G connection to your laptop (but superbly sucks battery life in a flash)
- Download youtube videos using MxTube
- Get a chewed-off pineapple instead of a chewed-off apple during boot-up (I kid… I kid…)
- Root access to iPhone through SSH/terminal app
- Latest for 2.2: Enable emoji on non-Japanese iPhones!
Apple will always try to lock you (as with all companies) so that they can retain control and milk you for all its worth! Lucky for us, there’s these guys!
Hopefully, the tweaks to Safari Mobile fixes the multitude of crashes I’ve experienced, the feeling will be like moving from Windows 98 to Windows XP! Let’s see how many I crashes I will get this week.
