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

Re:Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod t... by DanHulton on Monday November 22, 2010 @09:12AM (#1929797)

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.

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Re:Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod t... by cstuder on Monday November 22, 2010 @09:26AM (#1929846)

Yes, the benefit is largest for iPad users.

There's AirPlay for iPhones though (If you use it). And, independent from the iOS version, the Find-My-Phone functionality now for free. Which was, before, the only reason I was even considering paying for Mobile Me.

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Re:Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod t... by d_r on Monday November 22, 2010 @09:23AM (#1929834)

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

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Re:Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod t... by nexact on Monday November 22, 2010 @09:45AM (#1929907)

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

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Re:Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod t... by jsz0 on Monday November 22, 2010 @10:33AM (#1930070)

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

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Re:Apple’s iOS 4.2 Available Today for iPad, iPhone & iPod t... by eswat on Monday November 22, 2010 @12:16PM (#1930498)

I haven't tried the GM seed but I'm hoping for some under-the-hood tweaks for iPod touch, specifically an option for disabling wifi while it's sleep mode (kept on in iOS 4). Waste of battery and useless to me since I've turned off all Push notifications.

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