iPhone 2.2 Beta Reveals Google Street View Among New Features
Some interesting hidden features have begun to surface surrounding Apple's most recent pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.2 according to MacRumors. The three features cited include; the addition of Google Street View added to the wildly popular Maps application, the ability to turn off the auto-correct feature when typing and the addition of Japanese emoji icons or emoticons used to an obnoxious degree by Japanese teens while texting.
Adding Google Street View to iPhone will finally offer instant access to peering in on global citizens like the unfortunate Aussie resident (pictured above) captured by Google's Street View cameras a short time after passing out in front of his Mom's house after a brisk evening of pint tipping.
The image was originally posted online for the world to examine shortly after Google launched Street View. It was later pulled down once flagged by Street View users long after emailing it to dozens of friends and posting it on Facebook first. With the combination of Facebook 2.0 and Google's Street View there's no end to the havoc iPhone faithful can inflict on people's personal privacy.
Apple initially promised the upcomng iPhone 2.2 firmware beta released to developers was for "compatibility testing". It appears that update 2.2 will have more than a few prizes hidden inside when it's finally released. There's no confirmed street date for iPhone 2.2 firmware update.
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