Release appearance

iOS 2.2 Public

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About this appearance

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.

Date
Nov 21, 2008
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

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

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Maps, Mail, Safari, podcast, calling, and voicemail items

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  2. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Home button and keyboard setting items

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  3. Apple security updates (15-Jan-2008 to 03-Dec-2009)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · iOS 2.2 — 20 November 2008

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  4. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · iOS 2.2 security content

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  5. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Call reliability item

  6. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · CoreGraphics — CVE-2008-2321

  7. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Home-button navigation item

  8. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · ImageIO — CVE-2008-2327 and CVE-2008-1586

  9. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Keyboard auto-correction item

  10. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Mail enhancements

  11. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Maps enhancements and device note

  12. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Networking — CVE-2008-4227

  13. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Office Viewer — CVE-2008-4211

  14. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4228

  15. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4229

  16. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Passcode Lock — CVE-2008-4230

  17. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Podcast-download item

  18. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Preserved iPhone 2.2 consumer changelog

  19. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · Safari — CVE-2008-4231, CVE-2008-4232, and CVE-2008-4233

  20. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Safari improvement item

  21. Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More

    MacRumors · Arnold Kim · 2008-11-21T06:44:00Z · Visual Voicemail item

  22. About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2

    Apple Support · 2026-07-30 · WebKit — CVE-2008-3644

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

Safari HTML and call-approval controls

documentedconfirmed

The grouped fixes covered code execution through crafted table elements, interface spoofing by overflowing frames, and calls initiated without sustained user approval.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 2.2 and iOS for iPod touch 2.2 · Safari — CVE-2008-4231, CVE-2008-4232, and CVE-2008-4233