AppleInsider Staff
Developers on Monday were provided with the third pre-release beta of iOS 6.1, Apple's forthcoming software update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
The update is available through Software Update in the iOS Settings application. People familiar with the software said it is identified as build "10B5117b." It arrives three weeks after the second beta was issued.
One person testing the software shared with AppleInsider that users are now asked to enter security questions for iCloud once their device boots up. This feature was not in previous betas of iOS 6.1.
The iOS 6.1 beta is compatible with the fourth-, third- and second-generation iPad, iPad mini, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and the fifth- and fourth-generation iPod touch. Apple informed developers that the beta "contains bug fixes and improvements."
Earlier betas of iOS 6.1 added the ability to purchase movie tickets through Fandango with Siri.
The first two betas of iOS 6.1 also featured an enhanced Map Kit framework that will allow developers to search for map-based addresses in points of interest. In one example provided to developers, users could search the term "coffee," and the system would return the location of local coffee bars along with information about each one.
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Must have JUST rolled out, it's still not available via OTA update on the phone itself yet.
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I'm happy that an update is coming but does anybody know if the update app is getting fixed? Update is just flaky on both the iPad and their phone.
iOS is seeming old fashioned to me. More and more is annoying me. Like why am I always getting n's and m's between words. Can't the OS learn to give me one more millimeter on those letters? Or for God's sake, when I type, "thisnisnreallynannoying" how hard is it to see that the n's should be spaces? Also, the icons on the home screen -- I hate the way they act when you're trying to move them around. And the auto-dimmer. In the initial iOS 6 it was all the way sensitive, now it seems like it doesn't even work. No contrast, white balance, saturation, sharpness in the photo app? And don't get me started on iOS iPhoto. And why can't I send files quickly back and forth from mac to iOS and vice versa? I really have to email myself a photo to get it from one device to the other? Doesn't Lion have feature where it senses other devices nearby... Airdrop? Why can't I airdrop back and forth? And I'll tell you what, after the bajillionth time of pulling out of an app in a folder or an app in the Newstand and then thinking I'll be on the home screen, but I have to bust out of the fence with the home button one more time to be there I feel like I'm about to smash this thing into the wall. I know, I know, the OS is great in so many ways, I know: If you don't like it don't use it, yada, yada, yada. I'm griping because these are obvious usability issues that have been in place for YEARS. If kicking Forstall to the curb means stuff like this gets fixed then THANK YOU. /GRIPE
Or for God's sake, when I type, "thisnisnreallynannoying" how hard is it to see that the n's should be spaces?
Fairly.
AirDrop forces all devices in question to BE IN AirDrop to even see devices available for AirDrop. I think that's total crap, but that's me.
Maybe treat your devices better and the Home Button won't break?