Live from Apple's iPad 2 event

Post by nexneo » Wed, Mar 02, 2011, 6:48 PM UTC

archgrove wrote: post #9

decklin wrote: post #3

The auto-refresh on this page is rather annoying. I was attempting to skim the whole thing, and in the middle, the entire page was replaced by a connection-refused error (I imagine they're getting some heavy load, but I don't know why they wouldn't use some sort of AJAX refresh). Here's a link with that parameter removed: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/live-from-apples-ipad-2-e...

For live update, you might prefer Ars Technica's AJAX driven liveblog : http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/03/ipad-2-event-liveb...

Post by stcredzero » Wed, Mar 02, 2011, 6:49 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #5

cryptoz wrote: post #2

No mention (yet) of changes to iOS. Clearly they haven't changed the home screen or added widgets, only the hardware seems to have significant upgrades. If Honeycomb is going to excel this year, it will be because they can surpass Apple in the UI. We'll see... (posting this mid-presentation, it's possible iOS changes will come soon)

He's talking about 4.3 now. No apparent huge updates, but things like making the mute/rotation lock switch a preference will be appreciated. Improved AirPlay support (can work with websites now), shared hotspot on iPhone, etc etc. Probably the biggest news for this crowd is Safari's JS boost with the Nitro Javascript Engine.

Post by jonknee » Wed, Mar 02, 2011, 6:54 PM UTC

stcredzero wrote: post #13

jonknee wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's talking about 4.3 now. No apparent huge updates, but things like making the mute/rotation lock switch a preference will be appreciated. Improved AirPlay support (can work with websites now), shared hotspot on iPhone, etc etc. Probably the biggest news for this crowd is Safari's JS boost with the Nitro Javascript Engine.

I really want to be able to do a timed mute on my iPhone. I keep on putting my phone on mute to see a movie, then my girlfriend is mad at me the next morning because I don't answer the phone.

Post by r00fus » Wed, Mar 02, 2011, 6:58 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #5

cryptoz wrote: post #2

No mention (yet) of changes to iOS. Clearly they haven't changed the home screen or added widgets, only the hardware seems to have significant upgrades. If Honeycomb is going to excel this year, it will be because they can surpass Apple in the UI. We'll see... (posting this mid-presentation, it's possible iOS changes will come soon)

He's talking about 4.3 now. No apparent huge updates, but things like making the mute/rotation lock switch a preference will be appreciated. Improved AirPlay support (can work with websites now), shared hotspot on iPhone, etc etc. Probably the biggest news for this crowd is Safari's JS boost with the Nitro Javascript Engine.

Post by ggordan » Wed, Mar 02, 2011, 6:59 PM UTC