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Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 08:30 pm
Apple issues betas of iOS 4.2, iTunes 10.1 to developers
Apple Tuesday evening supplied developers with the latest betas of two major upcoming software releases, with iOS 4.2 and iTunes 10.1 available for testing.Tuesday's release of iOS 4.2 marks the second beta of the software update, due for a public release in November. It is available for the iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and second-, third- and fourth-generation iPod touch.
People familiar with the latest iOS beta said it is known as 8C5101c.
The first beta of iOS 4.2 was release earlier this month, and marked the debut of AirPrint, Apple's new wireless printing standard for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. AirPrint will allow iOS device users to print to a shared printer connected to a PC or Mac, or directly to some printers that are compatible with the format.
The previous beta also packed a number of small fixes, including improvements to YouTube and FaceTime. Its release in November will also be the first time iPad owners have had access to the iOS 4 features iPhone and iPod touch users already enjoy, including multitasking and home screen folders.
A beta of iTunes 10.1 was also issued for testing Tuesday, and people familiar with the build said it also supports printing. Just this past weekend, iTunes 10.0.1 was publicly released, bringing improvements to Ping.
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The boys in Cupertino have been busy lately. I've downloaded the new beta, but I haven't noticed anything new/different, yet.
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time. My iPhone 3g, still running iOS 3 but with a chip that 100 MHz slower, is now faster than my touch.
If Apple isn't going to 'fix' iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and 2g iPod touch users, why do they claim it's for them? Is all this trouble because iBooks only runs under iOS 4 and Apple wants to sell a few more ebooks?
And how about finally creating Bluetooth keyboard drivers for them? Years ago, Palm PDAs with a tenth the CPU horsepower of a 3G or 2g touch worked fine with Bluetooth keyboards.
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Originally Posted by Inkling 
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time.
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time.
4.2 B2 seems even faster on my 3G but it's hard to say with a fresh install/reboot.
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Originally Posted by Postulant
The boys in Cupertino have been busy lately. I've downloaded the new beta, but I haven't noticed anything new/different, yet.
The boys in Cupertino have been busy lately. I've downloaded the new beta, but I haven't noticed anything new/different, yet.
New iPad app switching animation and MobileMe email push fixed. There are many under the hood improvements.
MobileMe setup crashes on the iPad. Anyone else?
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Originally Posted by Inkling
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time. My iPhone 3g, still running iOS 3 but with a chip that 100 MHz slower, is now faster than my touch.
If Apple isn't going to 'fix' iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and 2g iPod touch users, why do they claim it's for them? Is all this trouble because iBooks only runs under iOS 4 and Apple wants to sell a few more ebooks?
And how about finally creating Bluetooth keyboard drivers for them? Years ago, Palm PDAs with a tenth the CPU horsepower of a 3G or 2g touch worked fine with Bluetooth keyboards.
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time. My iPhone 3g, still running iOS 3 but with a chip that 100 MHz slower, is now faster than my touch.
If Apple isn't going to 'fix' iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and 2g iPod touch users, why do they claim it's for them? Is all this trouble because iBooks only runs under iOS 4 and Apple wants to sell a few more ebooks?
And how about finally creating Bluetooth keyboard drivers for them? Years ago, Palm PDAs with a tenth the CPU horsepower of a 3G or 2g touch worked fine with Bluetooth keyboards.
No they are not. Because they just don't care about performance and especially about the performance you personally are getting. In fact, they do it on purpose just to screw you over and they are laughing at you as well.
You have to realise that Apple is just a slap dash outfit that doesn't care about quality at all. They just push out whatever crap and probably don't even test it. All they care about you see, is making money and if the customers get a bad deal, so what?
It actually pleases them if they make bad products. You might call them stupid but they get such a charge out of fooling everyone into thinking they care about quality and performance that they feel losing thousands of customers is worth the chuckles around the lunch table at Apple.
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Originally Posted by Inkling
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time. My iPhone 3g, still running iOS 3 but with a chip that 100 MHz slower, is now faster than my touch.
If Apple isn't going to 'fix' iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and 2g iPod touch users, why do they claim it's for them? Is all this trouble because iBooks only runs under iOS 4 and Apple wants to sell a few more ebooks?
And how about finally creating Bluetooth keyboard drivers for them? Years ago, Palm PDAs with a tenth the CPU horsepower of a 3G or 2g touch worked fine with Bluetooth keyboards.
Yes, but it this update going to do anything for the millions of 2-g iPod touch users who got a few cosmetic features with iOS 4 (screen folders), but also got stuck with a heavy battery drain and often sluggish response time. My iPhone 3g, still running iOS 3 but with a chip that 100 MHz slower, is now faster than my touch.
If Apple isn't going to 'fix' iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and 2g iPod touch users, why do they claim it's for them? Is all this trouble because iBooks only runs under iOS 4 and Apple wants to sell a few more ebooks?
And how about finally creating Bluetooth keyboard drivers for them? Years ago, Palm PDAs with a tenth the CPU horsepower of a 3G or 2g touch worked fine with Bluetooth keyboards.
The latest iOS isn't to bad on my iPhone 3G. But honestly what the hell do you expect? Your hardware is old.
Dave
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
A beta of iTunes 10.1 was also issued for testing Tuesday, and people familiar with the build said it also supports printing.
A beta of iTunes 10.1 was also issued for testing Tuesday, and people familiar with the build said it also supports printing.
Does this mean that air print (for windows machines) is built into itunes? Last I checked, (and I just did) I already HAVE the option to print in iTunes.
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Originally Posted by kohelet
Does this mean that air print (for windows machines) is built into itunes? Last I checked, (and I just did) I already HAVE the option to print in iTunes.
Does this mean that air print (for windows machines) is built into itunes? Last I checked, (and I just did) I already HAVE the option to print in iTunes.I would assume so.
For me, this is what's finally triggered my "OMFG JUST SPLIT ITUNES UP ALREADY!!!" response.
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First an awesome remote application and now an updated iOS 4.2 beta and a new iTunes 10.1. It must be Christmas in September.
Go Apple, go go go...