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Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by DrJokepu »

thorax wrote: post #47

I 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.

I 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.

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

#52

Post by BigZaphod »

mmorris wrote: post #45
glhaynes wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could in earlier dev releases but not in the later ones (including, apparently, the public releases today). Apple hasn't made a public statement that I've seen saying whether that feature is coming back. On the plus side, some cheap 3rd party utilities have already sprung up to add that feature.

There seems to be some confusion on this, as the Engadget review of iOS 4.2 includes this: You are able to utilize printers connected to other machines on your network (in OS X 10.6.5 only), but it's a slightly clunkier way to get things done. But other reviews I've seen, including MacWorld's, seem to imply that printing to a shared printer isn't supported. I've built printing into my iOS app, so I'm a bit desperate…

I believe the reason this has got so confused is that the earlier betas had a driver/OSX thingy you could install which enabled your printers to show up in AirPrint. However they decided (with no explanation that I know of) to pull this feature for release. What happens, though, is that people who installed that beta driver on OSX still have it and if they are attempting to review 4.2-release on the same machines, they might mistakenly be thinking it has that support with it because the old beta stuff is still installed on their system and so their iPad will happily see their printers and use them.

I'm quite sure that Apple has stated that officially the only printers supported by AirPlay (now) are those few HP models listed in the press release. I've seen a few statements supposedly made by Apple people that always include the words "for now." I suspect what happened is the beta test either revealed that the setup process was "too weird" or they ran into a number of nasty bugs and decided to hold off until they could nail it all down. Whatever the real reason is, though, Apple doesn't seem to be talking about it.

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by jasonlotito »

halostatue wrote: post #24
jasonlotito wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounded cool until I read the press release: "A selection of AirPrint enabled printers including the HP Photosmart, HP LaserJet Pro and HP Officejet will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices." I take that to mean the printer needs to support this, which means AirPrint replaces the driver, and rather than adapt the driver to the OS, the printer adapts to the driver. Is this the case? It would…

You can enable non-AirPrint printers by sharing them through iTunes 10 (PC) or Mac OS X 10.6.5 (Mac).

You can? Great! Sorry, I would have tried this myself, but I'm not home yet to do so. That's good news though.

Thanks for letting me know. =)

Edit: After further reading, I've discovered that this is not the case. =( There are apparently means to fix this via third party apps, however.

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by jsz0 »

thorax wrote: post #47

I 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.

I very rarely use it. The iPad is pretty good about detecting the proper orientation. What types of things require you to lock it often?

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by jasongullickson »

DrJokepu wrote: post #51
thorax wrote: post #47

I 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.

I 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.

Wow, that's an interestingly buried little bit of sugar.

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

#56

Post by marknutter »

jswinghammer wrote: post #26
marknutter wrote: post #2

And with that the value of my iPad just jumped $100 or so. This one has been a long time coming..

Seriously. I have needed folders for months now.

For 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.

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by jasonlotito »

jamesaguilar wrote: post #27
smackfu wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That seems pretty silly. You can't eliminate drivers -- something has to talk to the hardware -- you can just standardize them.

What 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.

It's a falsehood when you leave out the part where it only works with very specific printers that support your new driver.

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by kemiller »

glhaynes wrote: post #35
halostatue wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can enable non-AirPrint printers by sharing them through iTunes 10 (PC) or Mac OS X 10.6.5 (Mac).

You could in earlier dev releases but not in the later ones (including, apparently, the public releases today). Apple hasn't made a public statement that I've seen saying whether that feature is coming back. On the plus side, some cheap 3rd party utilities have already sprung up to add that feature.

Here is one: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/

Re: Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

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Post by DrJokepu »

jsz0 wrote: post #54
thorax wrote: post #47

I 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.

I very rarely use it. The iPad is pretty good about detecting the proper orientation. What types of things require you to lock it often?

Imagine laying in the bed on your side and trying to read a book.
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