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IOS 4.2 For iPad, iPhone, And iPod Touch Now Available To Developers

18 points by jasonlbaptiste 16y ago

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zyb09 16y ago
How convenient, just finished downloading the previous version of Xcode!
- cmelbye 16y ago
  That's how it always is. :(
zaveri 16y ago
Appears that AirPrint will only work directly with HP ePrint printers. Kind of disappointed...
- st3fan 16y ago
  Where do you get the 'only' from? I'm sure it is all standards based and that Apple wants all printer manufacturers to support this. Also, it works with Printer Sharing on your Mac. Which will be the gateway to whatever printer you already have.
  - someone_here 16y ago
    Why not just use the standard print queues instead of inventing your own print queue standard and calling that standard?
    - czhiddy 16y ago
      So they don't have to pack 6gb (or whatever ridiculous size it is on OSX) of printer drivers in iOS?
      - someone_here 16y ago
        For one: Linux packs them quite small and somehow Ubuntu fits everything in it's 700MB ISO. Second, you could have the more obscure drivers download over the air, or as a package from the app store.
        mortenjorck 16y ago
        Even if they can minimize their size, it's one of those things that has persisted in its present state for too long. Why isn't there a standard for (at least consumer-level) printer communication? I think this is just another case of mobile device constraints necessitating overdue reform.
        someone_here 16y ago
        If that's what you want, you could have the best of both worlds if printers ran CUPS. Then you could have backwards and forwards compatibility.
- Zev 16y ago
  Not quite, you should read the press release[1] more closely (emphasis mine): HP’s existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices. Also, if you have access to the iOS dev program, read the release notes for 4.2. 1. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/15airprint.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/15airprint.html
glhaynes 16y ago
This guy's posting pictures: http://www.razorianfly.com/2010/09/15/breaking-ios-4-2-beta-1-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad-now-available-continually-updating/ http://www.razorianfly.com/2010/09/15/breaking-ios-4-2-beta-... Interesting that the hardware orientation lock is now "mute" (so, more like other iOS devices) and they've moved the orientation lock function — and added brightness control — to the multitasking dock.
- pchristensen 16y ago
  "added brightness control to the multitasking dock" Hooray!! I turn the brightness all the way down when I use it late at night or early morning and this will be much easier then Home > Settings > Brightness
  - gamble 16y ago
    Definitely. The iPad desperately needs this control, because brightness can only be controlled in an app using a private API reserved for iBooks.
jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
have it working and installed now. it's great. runs well and smooth.
wfarr 16y ago
Does anyone have airplay working yet? I was kind of hoping that it'd support streaming music from iTunes to the iPad, but that doesn't appear to to be the case. =/
- danudey 16y ago
  Airplay is meant to work the other way around - from your iOS device to another device - e.g. an AppleTV, a fancy receiver, a networked TV, etc.
  - rbritton 16y ago
    No sign of a SDK for it yet that I can find, unfortunately.
  - wfarr 16y ago
    I was hoping it would support both means of playback. I don't really see why it shouldn't. For example, I have far more music on my laptop and such than I do on my iOS device, so it's significantly more convenient to stream music from iTunes to an iOS device when I'm at home (say, downstairs with my iPad) than to sync that music over manually.
xutopia 16y ago
I wished that Apple would release PATCHES rather than having us download the entire SDK + Xcode every single time.
kacy 16y ago
Once someone gets it on their iPad, can you report back with supported AirPlay apps? Does anyone know if it can be supported with say the MLB app or AirVideo?

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zyb09 16y ago

How convenient, just finished downloading the previous version of Xcode!

cmelbye 16y ago
That's how it always is. :(

zaveri 16y ago

Appears that AirPrint will only work directly with HP ePrint printers. Kind of disappointed...

st3fan 16y ago
Where do you get the 'only' from? I'm sure it is all standards based and that Apple wants all printer manufacturers to support this. Also, it works with Printer Sharing on your Mac. Which will be the gateway to whatever printer you already have.
- someone_here 16y ago
  Why not just use the standard print queues instead of inventing your own print queue standard and calling that standard?
  - czhiddy 16y ago
    So they don't have to pack 6gb (or whatever ridiculous size it is on OSX) of printer drivers in iOS?
    - someone_here 16y ago
      For one: Linux packs them quite small and somehow Ubuntu fits everything in it's 700MB ISO. Second, you could have the more obscure drivers download over the air, or as a package from the app store.
      - mortenjorck 16y ago
        Even if they can minimize their size, it's one of those things that has persisted in its present state for too long. Why isn't there a standard for (at least consumer-level) printer communication? I think this is just another case of mobile device constraints necessitating overdue reform.
        someone_here 16y ago
        If that's what you want, you could have the best of both worlds if printers ran CUPS. Then you could have backwards and forwards compatibility.
Zev 16y ago
Not quite, you should read the press release[1] more closely (emphasis mine): HP’s existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices. Also, if you have access to the iOS dev program, read the release notes for 4.2. 1. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/15airprint.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/15airprint.html

glhaynes 16y ago

This guy's posting pictures: http://www.razorianfly.com/2010/09/15/breaking-ios-4-2-beta-1-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad-now-available-continually-updating/ http://www.razorianfly.com/2010/09/15/breaking-ios-4-2-beta-... Interesting that the hardware orientation lock is now "mute" (so, more like other iOS devices) and they've moved the orientation lock function — and added brightness control — to the multitasking dock.

pchristensen 16y ago
"added brightness control to the multitasking dock" Hooray!! I turn the brightness all the way down when I use it late at night or early morning and this will be much easier then Home > Settings > Brightness
- gamble 16y ago
  Definitely. The iPad desperately needs this control, because brightness can only be controlled in an app using a private API reserved for iBooks.

jasonlbaptiste 16y ago

have it working and installed now. it's great. runs well and smooth.

wfarr 16y ago

Does anyone have airplay working yet? I was kind of hoping that it'd support streaming music from iTunes to the iPad, but that doesn't appear to to be the case. =/

danudey 16y ago
Airplay is meant to work the other way around - from your iOS device to another device - e.g. an AppleTV, a fancy receiver, a networked TV, etc.
- rbritton 16y ago
  No sign of a SDK for it yet that I can find, unfortunately.
- wfarr 16y ago
  I was hoping it would support both means of playback. I don't really see why it shouldn't. For example, I have far more music on my laptop and such than I do on my iOS device, so it's significantly more convenient to stream music from iTunes to an iOS device when I'm at home (say, downstairs with my iPad) than to sync that music over manually.

xutopia 16y ago

I wished that Apple would release PATCHES rather than having us download the entire SDK + Xcode every single time.

kacy 16y ago

Once someone gets it on their iPad, can you report back with supported AirPlay apps? Does anyone know if it can be supported with say the MLB app or AirVideo?