I had mentioned that Apple had not provided much information about the changes in the first beta version of iPhone firmware 2.2 (Build 9M2611) that was seeded to developers yesterday other than a note that it is for "compatibility testing".

However, iPhone Atlas has published a screen shot which reveals that iPhone Safari's user interface could get a tweak in iPhone firmware 2.2.


As of now, it appears that iPhone's Safari browser could get a minor tweak in its user interface.

As you can see in the screen shot above, from an iPod Touch (left) next to a picture of the new Safari interface in iPhone firmware 2.2.

Google (or Yahoo) gets its own search bar (instead of popping up when you hit the regular URL bar) and the reload button has been moved to the address bar.


So it should give you quicker access to search from iPhone's Safari browser as currently you need to tap the URL bar for the search bar to show up and then tap the search bar to be able to type the keyword for searching. With the new UI, the search bar is only one tap away.