Tech Mania: Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Beta 1 plus 1 more articles

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 08:01 PM PDT

Apple has just released the iOS 4.2 Beta Software Update for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 4G, iPad which is now available for download via the developer portal.If you are a registered member at the iPhone Developer Standard or Enterprise Program, then you can download iOS 4.2 beta firmware for iPhone 3G, 3GS , iPad and iPod Touch 2G and 3G now!

Some of the features include wireless printing, AirPlay and Airtunes In Wireless printing, Print Center appears with the number of print jobs in the multitasking tray. With AirPlay [previously AirTunes] you can listen to music from all over your house from your mobile device. Apart from it, you can even stream all kinds of media anywhere in your house. Awesome feature! Ain’t it ?

iOS 4.2 software update works with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G and it is important to note that all features are not compatible with all iDevices. For example, multitasking is available only with iPhone 4, iPad and iPhone 3GS.The iPad download is a 514 MB .dmg file, while the iPhone 4 is a 617 MB one.

Macstories gives some awesome hands on updates.Here is what they quote

The iPad restore was very fast in iTunes, less than 3 minutes. More optimizations in 4.2?

The multitasking animation is the same of iOS 4, very nice. I can confirm the multitasking tray looks the same of iOS 4 for iPhone, too. Uploading screenshots to this post in a few minutes. We're also hearing that 4.2 should allow the iPad to have Midi output.

Basing on this new class name:

GKFriendRequestComposeViewController

It seems like you can now add Game Center friends in 3rd party apps as well. Yay!

Apple has changed the functionality of the external rotation toggle – it's a mute switch now. If you want to lock rotation, use the multitasking bar.

You can put up to 20 apps in a folder. Pretty great.

Background for music apps lives

Check out the first screenshots of 4.2 running on the iPad on Macstories and head for download

Download iOS 4.2 Beta and SDK for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

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Nokia crashes out at the HTC London event with red ballons

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:58 AM PDT

Nokia has its global conference and developer event which is named as Nokia World which is scheduled and set in stone for months. HTC swoops in just weeks ahead of time and schedules a conflicting press event in the same city.You might imagine there’s a little bit of bad blood there, You guessed it right ? Well, Nokia’s taken it to the next level here, sending a phalanx of young folks with giant red balloons reading “I know where I’m going with Nokia’s Ovi Maps” to stand directly outside the entrance to HTC’s event.Nokia handed out “HTC press conference survival kits,” too. Pitiful, really .Sound’s cheap !!

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