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IOS 4.3 Released Ahead of Schedule

43 points by sev 16y ago

raganwald 16y ago
The update appears to be available to Canadian customers as well. I'm looking forward to trying the personal WiFi zone. Update: Nay-nay! The update is available for my iPad but not for my iPhone 3G. Bah.
- calloc 16y ago
  It was known ahead of time that the 3G was not going to be getting the new update and would be made obsolete by Apple.
- deleted 16y ago
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- statictype 16y ago
  I believe the tethering hotspot is only available on the iPhone 4. (ie, not even on the 3GS even though that is a supported model)
whalesalad 16y ago
An Apple representative told us after the iPad 2 announcement that iOS 4.3 won't be coming to the Verizon iPhone anytime soon because it had just launched, but that the OS versions will likely converge sometime in the future. =(
- yarian 16y ago
  I was wondering about this; why does it matter that it just launched...
  - puls 16y ago
    Usually, Apple forks off the software that ships on new hardware releases in the name of secrecy. The functionality gets merged, as they mentioned, in the next release that starts after the people working on it know about the new hardware. 4.3 was almost certainly in the pipeline already when the CDMA phone came out.
- smackfu 16y ago
  Fragmentation!
ugh 16y ago
Home Sharing is great. Apple just lost 200€ because of it. (I wanted to buy a 64GB iPad for my whole music collection but now the smallest model will be good enough for me.)
trotsky 16y ago
Is the iOS 4.3 upgrade not going to come out for the iPod Touch 3rd gen? Isn't this the same hardware generation as the iPhone 3GS that is supported by 4.3? Does anyone know?
- Macha 16y ago
  I don't know, but I can't see even Apple killing off two hardware generations in one go. This is the official end of the 2nd gen just now. (Although the iOS 4.0 update made that obvious) . Iirc, the betas supported the third gen so the only reason to kill it off is to avoid the complications of the lower specced 8gb third gen.
- ugh 16y ago
  It installed without a problem on my 3rd generation iPod touch (64GB) and the Apple website says that it’s compatible with 3rd generation iPod touches [0]. Why are you asking? Is it not working for you? I’m actually wondering whether 4.3 works on the 8GB “3rd generation” (by name only) iPod touches since those had identical specs to 2nd generation iPod touches. Apple’s website is quiet about that so I assume it works. [0] Scroll all the way down: http://www.apple.com/ios/ http://www.apple.com/ios/
  - trotsky 16y ago
    Thanks! I asked because Ars reported that it was available for "4th-generation iPod touch". Your response was exactly what I was hoping for, as I wasn't in a position to try it myself.
- code_duck 16y ago
  The update readme that comes up in iTunes says: Products compatible with this software update: - iPhone 4 (GSM model) - iPhone 3GS - iPad - iPod touch (4th generation) - iPod touch (3rd generation)
  - jbrennan 16y ago
    But keep in mind, the 3rd Gen iPod touch only inludes the 16 & 32 GB models, and not the 8GB they sold along side it. The 8GB was really still a second-Gen iPod.
frankus 16y ago
My iPhone 4 is updated (via iTunes), but so far there's nothing newer than 4.2 available for my iPad (according to iTunes).
rob08 16y ago
Personal hotspot works perfectly. Actually, even better than perfectly since it's activated on my iphone without me paying anything extra for it. Very nice.
- wladh 16y ago
  It looks like it doesn't work on 3GS. I wonder if there's any technical limitation preventing it to work or just a marketing strategy.
  - Xuzz 16y ago
    As a jailbreak developer: there is not.
  - jodrellblank 16y ago
    Doesn't it? It is present on mine, but when I click to set it up, it tells me to contact my carrier to enable it on my account, so I haven't tested it.
- dailyrorschach 16y ago
  Care to elaborate?
joeburke 16y ago
When can we hope to get a 4.3 for Verizon? I hope we're not going to start seeing from fragmentation like Android already has, as this post correctly observes: http://shysnowsquare.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/no-fragmentation-on-the-iphone-none/ http://shysnowsquare.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/no-fragmentati...
- deleted 16y ago
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- dailyrorschach 16y ago
  The same thing happened with the original iPad, most likely, as was noted above, 4.3 was already nearly done when the Verizon iPhone was being prepared, as seen by many 4.3 features being in the current ViPhone. Most likely the next release or the June iOS 5 will again reunite the lines. This has happened before.
- deleted 16y ago
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AndreSegers 16y ago
My poor iPhone 3G...or maybe I should be happy since my phone got progressively less useful with every update. Very eager to see what iOS 5 has in store.
brooksbp 16y ago
Please do not confuse iOS with Cisco IOS.
- foobarbazetc 16y ago
  No one is.
  - jbrennan 16y ago
    The title appears to be.
Joshim5 16y ago
Do you need an active tethering subscription with your carrier (in my case, AT&T) to use the personal hotspot feature?

43 points by sev 16y ago

The update appears to be available to Canadian customers as well. I'm looking forward to trying the personal WiFi zone. Update: Nay-nay! The update is available for my iPad but not for my iPhone 3G. Bah.

calloc 16y ago
It was known ahead of time that the 3G was not going to be getting the new update and would be made obsolete by Apple.
deleted 16y ago
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statictype 16y ago
I believe the tethering hotspot is only available on the iPhone 4. (ie, not even on the 3GS even though that is a supported model)

whalesalad 16y ago

An Apple representative told us after the iPad 2 announcement that iOS 4.3 won't be coming to the Verizon iPhone anytime soon because it had just launched, but that the OS versions will likely converge sometime in the future. =(

yarian 16y ago
I was wondering about this; why does it matter that it just launched...
- puls 16y ago
  Usually, Apple forks off the software that ships on new hardware releases in the name of secrecy. The functionality gets merged, as they mentioned, in the next release that starts after the people working on it know about the new hardware. 4.3 was almost certainly in the pipeline already when the CDMA phone came out.
smackfu 16y ago
Fragmentation!

ugh 16y ago

Home Sharing is great. Apple just lost 200€ because of it. (I wanted to buy a 64GB iPad for my whole music collection but now the smallest model will be good enough for me.)

trotsky 16y ago

Is the iOS 4.3 upgrade not going to come out for the iPod Touch 3rd gen? Isn't this the same hardware generation as the iPhone 3GS that is supported by 4.3? Does anyone know?

Macha 16y ago
I don't know, but I can't see even Apple killing off two hardware generations in one go. This is the official end of the 2nd gen just now. (Although the iOS 4.0 update made that obvious) . Iirc, the betas supported the third gen so the only reason to kill it off is to avoid the complications of the lower specced 8gb third gen.
ugh 16y ago
It installed without a problem on my 3rd generation iPod touch (64GB) and the Apple website says that it’s compatible with 3rd generation iPod touches [0]. Why are you asking? Is it not working for you? I’m actually wondering whether 4.3 works on the 8GB “3rd generation” (by name only) iPod touches since those had identical specs to 2nd generation iPod touches. Apple’s website is quiet about that so I assume it works. [0] Scroll all the way down: http://www.apple.com/ios/ http://www.apple.com/ios/
- trotsky 16y ago
  Thanks! I asked because Ars reported that it was available for "4th-generation iPod touch". Your response was exactly what I was hoping for, as I wasn't in a position to try it myself.
code_duck 16y ago
The update readme that comes up in iTunes says: Products compatible with this software update: - iPhone 4 (GSM model) - iPhone 3GS - iPad - iPod touch (4th generation) - iPod touch (3rd generation)
- jbrennan 16y ago
  But keep in mind, the 3rd Gen iPod touch only inludes the 16 & 32 GB models, and not the 8GB they sold along side it. The 8GB was really still a second-Gen iPod.

frankus 16y ago

My iPhone 4 is updated (via iTunes), but so far there's nothing newer than 4.2 available for my iPad (according to iTunes).

rob08 16y ago

Personal hotspot works perfectly. Actually, even better than perfectly since it's activated on my iphone without me paying anything extra for it. Very nice.

wladh 16y ago
It looks like it doesn't work on 3GS. I wonder if there's any technical limitation preventing it to work or just a marketing strategy.
- Xuzz 16y ago
  As a jailbreak developer: there is not.
- jodrellblank 16y ago
  Doesn't it? It is present on mine, but when I click to set it up, it tells me to contact my carrier to enable it on my account, so I haven't tested it.
dailyrorschach 16y ago
Care to elaborate?

joeburke 16y ago

When can we hope to get a 4.3 for Verizon? I hope we're not going to start seeing from fragmentation like Android already has, as this post correctly observes: http://shysnowsquare.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/no-fragmentation-on-the-iphone-none/ http://shysnowsquare.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/no-fragmentati...

deleted 16y ago
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dailyrorschach 16y ago
The same thing happened with the original iPad, most likely, as was noted above, 4.3 was already nearly done when the Verizon iPhone was being prepared, as seen by many 4.3 features being in the current ViPhone. Most likely the next release or the June iOS 5 will again reunite the lines. This has happened before.
deleted 16y ago
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AndreSegers 16y ago

My poor iPhone 3G...or maybe I should be happy since my phone got progressively less useful with every update. Very eager to see what iOS 5 has in store.

brooksbp 16y ago

Please do not confuse iOS with Cisco IOS.

foobarbazetc 16y ago
No one is.
- jbrennan 16y ago
  The title appears to be.

Joshim5 16y ago

Do you need an active tethering subscription with your carrier (in my case, AT&T) to use the personal hotspot feature?