The “Break it Down” Blog

Nothing amazing, some basic updates. I’m sure the full list of bug fixes and improvements is longer, but this was some of the more notable ones:

1. Now Playing controls throughout (even when locked). I’ve complained about this before and thankfully, it’s on the way.
2. Double clicking home screen goes to “Favorites” or “iPod”
3. iTunes Wifi Store. No surprise there. It’s already running on the Touch.
4. Additional iPod features: Closed captioning and support for video out.
5. New Calculator icon on the home screen. Hmmm, okay.
6. Multiple, international keyboards.
7. Network setup with VPN support and disabling EDGE while roaming. Goodbye $3,000 international roaming bills.
8. Mysterious “Carrier” menu. My personal hope would be support for other carrier’s SIMs internationally within the iPhone family. For example, I travel to England and can insert an O2 SIM.

Also it seems #8 is a requirement by some European countries where phones cannot be sold locked (weird? a pro-consumer feature… how about that). The speculation here is that you could import one of these foreign phones and throw it up on T-Mobile no problem. No confirmation yet.