iPhone Rumours: 2.2 Firmware, AT&T Tethering & Costco

Nov 13, 2008

There is a bunch of rumors surrounding iPhone running around at the moment. What’s new, right?

If you haven’t heard them all already, here is a short roundup.

iPhone 2.2 Firmware Coming Nov 21st

There’s talk on the street that iPhone Hellas has an insider report that the much awaited iPhone 2.2 firmware is to be released on Nov 21st.

Some of the cool iPhone 2.2 firmware features I am waiting for are

• Google Maps Streetview and Walking directions
• Transit routes that will give timings and directions for public transit
• Ability to share your current location via email
• Safari browser tweaks
• Ability to download podcasts straight to your iPhone (why they probably denied the excellent Podcaster app)
• Sorting Apps by categories in AppStore

One good news is that DevTeam had already announced that they have had success jailbreaking the beta versions of iPhone 2.2 firmware. So, we shouldn’t have to wait too long to jailbreak 2.2 firmware release.

AT&T to Offer Tethering Plan

MacBlogz is reporting that AT&T is working on an official iPhone tethering plan and that it could be as much as $30/month with a 5GB cap on bandwidth. No launch date in sight yet but this could be the answer for folks waiting to do this the non-jailbreak 2.1 way.

Costco to Sell Cheap iPhones?

There is already news that Apple is cutting down on iPhone production, with the way the economy is at the moment.

Now, there is another rumor that the discount wholesale giant Costco might be carrying discount iPhones that could cost $150 starting in January 2009.

Is Walmart Selling iPhones too?

This kinda doesn’t make sense if you consider the other rumor that Walmart might be selling iPhones soon. Walmart does have a iPhone friendly website now that you can browse products with and even locate stores near you easily.

We’ll watch and report which of these rumors indeed become true but the one news that has us excited is the iPhone firmware 2.2. Hopefully this should also addresses some performance issues with jailbroken 2.1 iPhone 3G’s experience.

[Image credit: AppleInsider]