Release record
Release notes
Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.
The consumer changelog added Google Street View plus public-transit and walking directions, dropped-pin addresses, and location sharing in Maps. It also enabled podcast downloads through the iTunes application over Wi-Fi or cellular, repaired scheduled Mail fetching and wide HTML formatting, improved Safari stability, and continued work on call reliability and visual-voicemail audio.[1]
Navigation and typing gained smaller controls: pressing Home from any Home screen returned to the first page, and Keyboard settings could disable automatic correction. Apple’s security bulletin records additional fixes across graphics and TIFF parsing, PPTP encryption, Office documents, passcode enforcement, locked-screen message privacy, Safari, and WebKit. The local November 21 date differs by one day from Apple’s archived security index, which lists November 20.[2][3][4]
Source ledger
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Maps, Mail, Safari, podcast, calling, and voicemail items
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Home button and keyboard setting items
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · iOS 2.2 — 20 November 2008
Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 2.2 security content
MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Preserved iPhone 2.2 consumer changelog
Documented & observed
Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.
Release changes
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
security · fixed
The changes addressed both possible code execution from LZW-encoded images and device resets caused by memory exhaustion.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
The grouped fixes covered code execution through crafted table elements, interface spoofing by overflowing frames, and calls initiated without sustained user approval.
Recorded at Public
bugFix · fixed
The two Mail items address background retrieval reliability and layout of messages wider than the display.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
The prior cache behavior could expose sensitive form contents to someone with physical access to an unlocked device.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
The networking fix ensured that the selected encryption preference was applied correctly.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
The corrected behavior displayed only a notification that a message had arrived.
Recorded at Public
feature · introduced
The feature removed the requirement to download every episode on a computer before synchronizing it to the device.
Recorded at Public
feature · introduced
The new preference exposed control over a typing behavior that had previously operated without this user-facing switch.
Recorded at Public
bugFix · fixed
The changelog repeats the reliability area addressed in 2.1 and assigns another improvement to 2.2.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Apple documented potential application termination or arbitrary code execution from a malicious spreadsheet.
Recorded at Public
feature · introduced
The preserved changelog groups these capabilities under Maps; contemporaneous reporting noted that Street View was not present on iPod touch.
Recorded at Public
enhancement · introduced
This provided a direct navigation shortcut from any secondary Home-screen page.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Previously, someone with physical access could place chargeable calls to arbitrary numbers from the emergency screen.
Recorded at Public
enhancement · changed
The surviving notice does not identify a codec, network, or device qualification.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Apple documented possible application termination or code execution when a browser or other app passed crafted input.
Recorded at Public
security · fixed
Apple improved recognition of missing preferences to correct a race condition in settings restoration.
Recorded at Public
enhancement · changed
Apple’s consumer description is general, so this occurrence does not assign the improvement to a specific browser subsystem.
Recorded at Public
Milestones
Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.
Public release
iPhone 2.2 expanded Maps, added direct podcast downloads, refined Mail, Safari, calls, voicemail, Home-screen navigation, and keyboard settings, and delivered a broad security repair set.
Historical context
Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.
Historical avg for .2 releases
46 days, 5.8 milestones
Based on 14 previous iOS .2 releases