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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 ThomPete »

jipumarino wrote: post #8

For me, CoreMIDI is the most expected feature… http://synth.me/music-gear/apple-announces-native-midi-suppo...

Yes me too. Been thinking about a couple of possible apps for that. Most namely a beat generator that focuses more on the touch part than tracks.

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

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Post by FluidDjango »

pavs wrote: post #7

Question. I haven't used a Printer for a while so I don't know much about printers, but wasn't it possible to print from wi-fi for quite some time now? Or is it really a "next-generation print architecture" as Apple like to call it.

Here's the part that sounds like a break-through convenience to me:

>a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically

>simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers

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

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Post by cstuder »

cstross wrote: post #5

Not available as of 14:14 here in the UK (on GMT). (Bloody Californians think their time zone is the centre of the universe. Grump.)

According to MacWorld, the exact release time is 10am Pacific Standard (Which would be 1800 GMT and still be within the time interval 'today'.)

Patience.

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

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Post by nexact »

tibbon wrote: post #10
jeroen wrote: post #3

Improvements for iPhone: - AirPlay - The Find My iPhone feature is now free to use without a MobileMe℠ subscription - AirPrint ("a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers") (thanks, rufo) The free Find feature is only for "iPhone 4, iPad or new iPod touch (4th generation)"

I wonder why the free Find feature is only for the newest devices? Most of the time Apple is pretty good about only locking devices out if their hardware can't handle it. The 3GS should be able to handle it, right?

I really don't understand why they are not letting 3GS and 3G iPhone use the free Find features for free ... it can handle it.

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

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Post by smackfu »

FluidDjango wrote: post #13
pavs wrote: post #7

Question. I haven't used a Printer for a while so I don't know much about printers, but wasn't it possible to print from wi-fi for quite some time now? Or is it really a "next-generation print architecture" as Apple like to call it.

Here's the part that sounds like a break-through convenience to me: >a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically >simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers

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

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

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Post by jasonlotito »

FluidDjango wrote: post #13
pavs wrote: post #7

Question. I haven't used a Printer for a while so I don't know much about printers, but wasn't it possible to print from wi-fi for quite some time now? Or is it really a "next-generation print architecture" as Apple like to call it.

Here's the part that sounds like a break-through convenience to me: >a next-generation Wi-Fi print architecture that dramatically >simplifies printing by completely eliminating printer drivers

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 be nice if AirPrint could be enabled for non-AirPrint printers through something like Apple's AirPort Extreme, which already makes printer sharing easy. Maybe this is already supported via some other means and I'm just missing something.

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

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Post by nexact »

d_r wrote: post #6
DanHulton wrote: post #4

Hrm. What benefit does this bring to iPhone and iPod touch users? I don't really see any. It seems largely like an iPad release, but they're updating the version numbers for everyone.

Now-free "Find My iPhone" sounds like a huge value add.

Free for iPhone 4 only ... iPhone 3GS users will have to buy MobileMe services.
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