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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 tjansen »

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.

Today wi-fi printers usually use some proprietary protocol (and with my Canon and HP printers I had nothing but trouble). Currently the only way to print over the net without drivers is to use Postscript-capable, or possibly PCL-capable, printers with support for LPD or IPP protocols. That's common for network laser printers, but not for cheap consumer inkjets. So if Apple can get manufacturers to support a common protocol for network-enabled consumer-level printers, that would quite an improvement. At least for Apple users...

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

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Post by glhaynes »

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 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.

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

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Post by jsz0 »

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.

One small but important new feature is the ability for Mail to read ICS calendar invites.

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

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Post by dalore »

cstuder wrote: post #14
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.

The sun has usually set by 1800 GMT, especially this late in the year, so technically it's tonight.

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Post by ben1040 »

mclin wrote: post #28

I actually dislike it when this happens because I have to download the ~2.5GB dev kit again on my crappy connection before I can publish again. Or am I doing it wrong? Note: posted in other thread, but this one looks like it'll be the one.

You're not doing it wrong; it's a little infuriating that they can't just let you download an incremental update.
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