Apple has this morning released iOS 4.1, a free software update that it promises will fix several problems plaguing iPhone 4 users.

NBR is currently installing the new OS; check in later in the day to see how that went (to get going now, plug your iPhone into your computer; start iTunes than click Check for Updates).

Meantime, read this super-comprehensive walkthough of iOS 4.1's features, based on the gold beta.

Multiple early NZ upgraders say 4.1 has indeed solved the slow-performance problem that iOS 4.0 had with the older iPhone 3.

Sometimes it’s good to be second.

Last week, American critics raved about Apple’s new iPhone, released in the US on Friday NZ time (and due here in a few months).