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Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch
- marknutter 16y agoAnd with that the value of my iPad just jumped $100 or so. This one has been a long time coming..
- jswinghammer 16y agoSeriously. I have needed folders for months now.
- marknutter 16y agoFor me the biggy has been lack of multitasking. It's so annoying to open a link in a new tab, only to come back and have safari reload the entire page I was just on. It's like the iPad's browser has Alzheimer's.
- mitjak 16y agoI wouldn't get too excited. With only 256MB of RAM, it's still going to happen on the iPad :/
- marknutter 16y agoHaving just tested it, I'm happy to report you're wrong.
- mitjak 16y agoWait until you have more apps running..
- marknutter 16y agoNope. No issues. I'm betting safari gets priority.
- Andrewski 16y agoApps in the background may have their resources reclaimed, or be shut down, if foreground apps need the RAM. Also consider that many apps are using the same (system) libraries, which are only loaded once.
- joshes 16y agoI've been waiting on this since I got my iPad back in June. Needless to say this was an unexpected little surprise to start the week.
- jeroen 16y agoImprovements for iPhone: - AirPlay - The Find My iPhone feature is now free to use without a MobileMe℠ subscription - AirPrint ("a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers") (thanks, rufo) The free Find feature is only for "iPhone 4, iPad or new iPod touch (4th generation)"
- tibbon 16y agoI wonder why the free Find feature is only for the newest devices? Most of the time Apple is pretty good about only locking devices out if their hardware can't handle it. The 3GS should be able to handle it, right?
- nexact 16y agoI really don't understand why they are not letting 3GS and 3G iPhone use the free Find features for free ... it can handle it.
- chunkbot 16y agoIf you lose your iPhone 3G or 3GS, they don't want you to find it... They want you to buy a new iPhone 4!
- maguay 16y agoAnd the iPod touch 3rd gen (32/64Gb from late 2009/early 2010) should be able to get it too. Really frustrated they only included the latest devices... Their call, though :)
- kazuya 16y agoRead the fine print: * Create a free Find My iPhone account on any iPhone 4, iPad, or iPod touch (4th generation) running iOS 4.2. Once you create an account on a qualifying device, use your Apple ID and password to enable Find My iPhone on your other devices running iOS 4.2. Find My iPhone is not available in all countries. So you can use iPhone 4 to activate the feature on 3GS, though I have not tried yet.
- DanHulton 16y agoHrm. What benefit does this bring to iPhone and iPod touch users? I don't really see any. It seems largely like an iPad release, but they're updating the version numbers for everyone.
- d_r 16y agoNow-free "Find My iPhone" sounds like a huge value add.
- nexact 16y agoFree for iPhone 4 only ... iPhone 3GS users will have to buy MobileMe services.
- cstuder 16y agoYes, the benefit is largest for iPad users. There's AirPlay for iPhones though (If you use it). And, independent from the iOS version, the Find-My-Phone functionality now for free. Which was, before, the only reason I was even considering paying for Mobile Me.
- jsz0 16y agoOne small but important new feature is the ability for Mail to read ICS calendar invites.
- eswat 16y agoI haven't tried the GM seed but I'm hoping for some under-the-hood tweaks for iPod touch, specifically an option for disabling wifi while it's sleep mode (kept on in iOS 4). Waste of battery and useless to me since I've turned off all Push notifications.
- cstross 16y agoNot available as of 14:14 here in the UK (on GMT). (Bloody Californians think their time zone is the centre of the universe. Grump.)
- cstuder 16y agoAccording to MacWorld, the exact release time is 10am Pacific Standard (Which would be 1800 GMT and still be within the time interval 'today'.) Patience.
- dalore 16y agoThe sun has usually set by 1800 GMT, especially this late in the year, so technically it's tonight.
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- frb 16y agoHere's how you can check if the update is available: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/21/ios-4-0-firmware-release-expected-momentarily-quick-terminal-ti/ http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/21/ios-4-0-firmware-release-expe... It's for iOS 4.0 but can be changed to check for 4.2. However, my experience is that downloads are pretty slow in the first hours, when a new major version becomes available. Patience is needed.
- pavs 16y agoQuestion. I haven't used a Printer for a while so I don't know much about printers, but wasn't it possible to print from wi-fi for quite some time now? Or is it really a "next-generation print architecture" as Apple like to call it.
- FluidDjango 16y agoHere's the part that sounds like a break-through convenience to me: >a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically >simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers
- smackfu 16y agoThat seems pretty silly. You can't eliminate drivers -- something has to talk to the hardware -- you can just standardize them.
- jamesaguilar 16y agoWhat sounds better to a potential customer: "This technology eliminates the need for dealing with printer drivers" or "This technology standardizes printer drivers?" If I'm the salesman, I'm going to go with the former. It's not even really a falsehood from the perspective of someone who would have to install the drivers.
- jasonlotito 16y agoIt's a falsehood when you leave out the part where it only works with very specific printers that support your new driver.
- jamesaguilar 16y agoSince that part was not left out, I don't see what the problem is.
- jipumarino 16y agoFor me, CoreMIDI is the most expected feature… http://synth.me/music-gear/apple-announces-native-midi-support-ios-42 http://synth.me/music-gear/apple-announces-native-midi-suppo...
- swannodette 16y agoParticularly excited that WebSockets may have made it into Mobile Safari.
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- steilpass 16y agoIs there a list of Safari's iOS 4.2 features?
- steilpass 16y agoNot sure if I'm looking at the right direction but the Safari Reference Library is not showing any updates: http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/navigation/index.html http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/navigation/index.h...
- steilpass 16y agoSee this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1932107 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1932107
- mitjak 16y agoSuch as support for contenteditable? How long has that been promised for now.
- amccloud 16y agoNot till 10AM PST.
- ludwigvan 16y agoThis is the first release common to iOS devices.
- moxiemk1 16y agoUnless you include AppleTV, which today is getting an iOS 4.1 update http://www.macworld.com/article/155879/2010/11/appletv.html http://www.macworld.com/article/155879/2010/11/appletv.html
- tmgrhm 16y agoThe tv isn't getting iOS 4.1, even though it technically runs iOS. It's simply getting version 4.1 of its own firmware.
- mclin 16y agoI actually dislike it when this happens because I have to download the ~2.5GB dev kit again on my crappy connection before I can publish again. Or am I doing it wrong? Note: posted in other thread, but this one looks like it'll be the one.
- ben1040 16y agoYou're not doing it wrong; it's a little infuriating that they can't just let you download an incremental update.
- rbritton 16y agoIt's worse. The download is 3.5 GB now, and it does not include any previous SDKs. Every project file you have has to be switched over to the current SDK to even compile.
- xenophanes 16y agoWhy can't they leave in the old versions? It'd be nice to use the simulator for various versions...
- hamedh 16y agoApple has started to leave the iPad simulator for 3.2 and the iPhone simulators for 4.0 and 4.1 ... but I agree I never understood this either. It's almost impossible to test for devices running 3.1.3 without having an old extra device that has not been upgraded
- npsomaratna 16y agoI know - we made the mistake of the setting the target platform to iOS 3.1 but only ended up testing it under iOs 4.0 devices - simply because no-one seemed to use iOS 3.1. Wrong ! Although 93.6% of our users use iOs4, the other 6% were pissed off when they found out that the app crashed on iOS 3.1 The icing on the cake ? After the app crashed, the users deleted it - and were prompted to rate it. I'm sure that you can imagine the rest. Thank god that the 'rate on delete' feature was removed from iOS4 - although that is scant consolation.
- Isamu 16y agoSo can you use Airprint to access a shared printer connected to your Mac?
- callumjones 16y agoOnly to devices that support AirPrint (expensive HP printers) or there are $10 apps for OS X that run as AirPrint servers.
- _stephan 16y agoHas anyone tried iOS 4.2 on the iPhone 3G and could comment on the performance?
- frb 16y agoI suppose it can only be better or be at least the same as with 4.1. I'm wondering though, if this will be the last version iOS that supports the iPhone 3G.
- derefr 16y agoI updated my 3G to the GM seed a week ago. So far, the only things I have noticed are icon tweaks in Safari, and the fact that textareas now don't lag quite as badly when they aren't getting a bloom-filter hit on what you've typed so far (I.e. Words not in dictionary/misspellings.) Oddly enough, the 3G doesn't even get the new set of SMS chimes.
- glhaynes 16y agoAn update is also expected for Apple TV to allow AirPlay video streaming from iOS and iTunes. Without the update you can only stream audio.
- ulrich 16y agoThat means you can finally ship 4.x-apps without losing all the iPad owners as potential customers.
- loewenskind 16y agoI hope this fixes Calendar syncing on iPad over MobileMe.
- jbjohns 16y agoIt does. I've got it now, seems very nice so far.
- thorax 16y agoI can't be the only one who uses the iPad's orientation lock button frequently... The very impractical decision to transform it to a mute button is enough of a frustration that it will be a good while before I can convince myself to upgrade to an otherwise compelling release.
- BigZaphod 16y agoWhile running the betas, I had that experience as well. Oddly, I got used to the new method after awhile and don't really think about it anymore. But I suppose that's not going to be true for everyone and I may not have used the switch as often as others do, anyway. :)
- DrJokepu 16y agoI suppose orientation lock on the iPad will be handled similarly as it is on the iPhone 4: double "click" with the button to bring up the task switcher, slide right the task switcher and the orientation lock button will be on the left.
- jasongullickson 16y agoWow, that's an interestingly buried little bit of sugar.
- bphogan 16y agoVery much so. Very happy to have it too - I had to return my iPad when the orientation lock button broke 1 day in. Having a software option for this makes a lot of sense.
- weaksauce 16y agoExactly, this is to make all the devices behave the same.
- jsz0 16y agoI very rarely use it. The iPad is pretty good about detecting the proper orientation. What types of things require you to lock it often?
- maguay 16y agoLooks like someone messed up the screenshots ... the iOS 4 page is showing a background picture on the 2nd Gen iPod touch - http://d.pr/bs6s http://d.pr/bs6s. By the way, the actual page about iOS has been updated with 4.2 info: http://www.apple.com/ios/ http://www.apple.com/ios/
- eddanger 16y agoTimed perfectly with my Birthday, Apple you never cease to amaze me!
- kylec 16y agoHappy birthday!
- Kilimanjaro 16y agoAnd 20 million people more around the world.
- marckremers 16y agoIs it just me or this not actually available yet? I'm in UK and it still says I'm up to date on the iOS 3.2.2 :-/
- philfreo 16y agoDoes this update add a front-facing camera to the iPad? ;)
- swannodette 16y agoHurrah WebSockets in Mobile Safari now works!!! I'm testing now on my iPad w/ Clojure+Aleph as the backend (all 14 lines of it, https://gist.github.com/710453 https://gist.github.com/710453). Evidence: http://a6.video3.blip.tv/0210004346955/Dnolen-WebSocketSupportInIPad42656.MOV http://a6.video3.blip.tv/0210004346955/Dnolen-WebSocketSuppo...
- geuis 16y agoDirect download, if interested http://appldnld.apple.com/iPad/061-9857.20101122.VGthy/iPad1,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw http://appldnld.apple.com/iPad/061-9857.20101122.VGthy/iPad1...
- siculars 16y agoAny word on how slow this will make an iphone 3g? I'm still at 3.1.3...
- riobard 16y agoGood news everyone: embedding TrueType/OpenType fonts works in iOS 4.2 Mobile Safari too!