Apple releases iPhone 2.0.1 firmware to squash bugs

If you’ve got an iPhone 3G, you’ll be wanting to fire up iTunes sharpish. Why? Apple has released v2.0.1 of the iPhone 2.0 firmware, which promises to fix a bunch of bugs and generally sharpen up the way the handset runs.It’s a sizeable 249.2MB download, which implies just how many bugs there were to fix, given that there are no other significant feature improvements. Early reports claim that the update speeds up syncing and backup – a bugbear for early adopters of the iPhone 3G – while also making the phone run a bit more snappily.To get it, you’ll need to hook your iPhone up to your computer, and hit the Check for Update button in iTunes. 

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