We love jailbreaking and our beloved iPhone Dev-Team warns against updating to firmware 2.2 yet.

After much waiting and anticipation and a lot of guess work from folks who had access to 2.2 beta, iPhone firmware update 2.2 is here via iTunes.
Confirming rumors of Apple’s 2.2 firmware release of today, it was in fact made available last night!
Here are some of the new things iPhone 2.2 firmware brings:
iPhone 2.2 Software Update
This update contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

Enhancements to Maps

Google Street View
public transit and walking directions
display address of dropped pins
share location via email

Enhancements to Mail

resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
improved …

Rumors on iPhone is what drives the frenzy and the PR hype it gets. We have more..

Google’s Mobile Blog is reporting that Google has rolled out an iPhone friendly search results page.
Google Search results are not dumbed down or anything. It’s just better laid out and optimized for viewing in iPhone or iPod Touch. This will help us from having to scroll side to side to see the whole result.
One of the best examples of this optimization would be the Local Search results in Google. It neatly lays out the phone number for the business and a link to get directions prominently. (see pic)

The phone number …

Mybefia is a web application that fills the niche where you want to get trend information for iPhone Applications that are available in AppStore.
You can see the Daily top 100 free apps, paid apps, etc. But, this doesn’t actually show how a particular App behaved over a time frame. It doesn’t show a App’s marketshare.
Yaniv Solnik of bee.tv saw this need and filled it with his own app that is Mybefia.com.
Mybefia Features

Lets you compare Apps ‘Alexa style’ - compare upto 3 apps and check its trend, rank, reviews, popularity …

MacObserver is reporting that Apple is sending out invitation to journalists for a Notebook-related media event on October 14.
This is hot on the heels of rumors of a $800 Macbook Lite! Apple has a knack for building up hype and yes we are taking part in the hype machine.
With the economy doing cartwheels right now and Apple’s earnings report coming on the 21st, it will be interesting to see what Apple has to offer just in time for the holiday shopping season. The high entry price on Macbooks have …

iTunes 8.0.1 has come out with some bug fixes and not much new features. If you are happy with everything the way they are, don’t worry about this update. Especially if you have have done the jailbreak 2.1. There are some fixes for the iPod so you may wanna check the list.

Flickr has to be one of the most used web services for a iPhone user. We all take pictures with our iPhones and upload them using various apps like Pixup to Flickr. But, browsing Flickr itself with our iPhone wasn’t that great.
Now, Flickr has unveiled its iPhone-optimized mobile site - m.flickr.com. It’s fabulous. Most used links are at the top.You can see Activity, your sets, contacts, photostream, etc. You can view a picture and leave comments.

But, you don’t get the Uploadr, Organizr and Map that you get in the Flickr …

Apple has announced an Exchange program for the Ultracompact USB Power Adapters that came with iPhone 3Gs for the following reason:
Apple has determined that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock.  We have received reports of detached blades involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported.
Your adapter may be at risk if you purchased a iPhone 3g in one of the following countries

US
Japan
Canada
Mexico
Several …

Update: 11/21/08
iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released! If you’d like to jailbreak 2.2, here’s why you shouldn’t update to 2.2 yet.

The Dev Team has come through again within a day of iPhone 2.1 firmware’s release! Pwnage Tool & Quickpwn for iPhone 2.1 firmware is now available.
And they have figured without having to patch iTunes 8 at all! I think that is sweet.
PwnageTool & QuickPwn for 2.1 Firmware
Note that this is for Mac only.

PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X via Bittorent - download here
QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X via Bittorrent …