iPhone Firmware 2.1 released - claims to reduce dropped calls

As announced on Tuesday, the iPhone 2.1 firmware is out now, downloadable via iTunes. The list of promises looks great. Let's hope they deliver!

According to Apple's website, updates include:

• Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
• Significantly better battery life for most users
• Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
• Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts
• Faster installation of 3rd party applications
• Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications
• Improved performance in text messaging
• Faster loading and searching of contacts
• Improved accuracy of the 3G signal strength display
• Repeat alert up to two additional times for incoming text messages (in case you missed the beep the 1st time)
  
• Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
• Genius playlist creation

To get the update, connect your iPhone to your computer, load up iTunes 8 and click "Check for Update."