iOS 4.2 Beta Changes: New SMS Tones, iPad Changes, AirPlay Missing?

I like the new Bookmarks bar, it's starting to look more like the Mac. Nice!

Has anybody heard "early November" or "late November" for the GA release?

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Whoot for more SMS tones!
I need something simple and less obnoxious. Maybe a single beep or tone that doesn't reverberate for ever? Lol

Can you set custom SMS tones? I always thought that was a missing feature people would like.

Vizin said:

Can you set custom SMS tones? I always thought that was a missing feature people would like.

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I second that, the 6 that they have given us really wear out quick

Coming together nicely. It would be nice to see what battery performance is like on the iPad now.

SidewaysTakumi said:

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Whoot for more SMS tones!
I need something simple and less obnoxious. Maybe a single beep or tone that doesn't reverberate for ever? Lol

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Having more SMS tones is a great thing, and having custom ones would be even better.

The worst is when you go to an Apple store and you hear someone with the same SMS tone as you getting a message, since the chances are someone has the same one because there is so few to choose from. It's not just the Apple store either, it happens all the time when I am out. I change my SMS tone every so often but it doesn't help, there is always someone with the same one and it causes me to look at my phone thinking it came from mine.

HLdan said:

I like the new Bookmarks bar, it's starting to look more like the Mac. Nice!

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Unless I am missing something, ive had a bookmarks bar since day one. You can turn it on in safari settings

Bookmark Bar for iPad Safari in 3.2

There's been a bookmark bar in iPad's Safari since day 1. Settings > Safari > Always Show Bookmarks Bar.

Please let us customize SMS tones.

How is the bookmark bar different from the Bookmark Bar in 3.2?

What exactly is new about the bookmarks bar?

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Bookmark Bar isn't a new feature. It's been around since iPad 3.2 ... Check yourselves (Meaning MR article writers)

LOL@ the bookmark bar being new.

That is one hell of a copy/pasta editorial fail.

I don't think they removed AirPlay from those apps. Just how it will not show up if you don't have an AirPort Express it will not show up unless you have a video enabled AirPlay device and none exist right now.

Um...my iPad already has the option to enable or disable all those alert sounds. Go to Settings->General->Sounds

Also...the Bookmarks bar looks exactly the same. It automatically pops up when you put shortcuts into the Bookmarks Bar folder and you can turn it permanently on in Settings->Safari.

I'm just running 3.2.2 on my Wi-Fi only iPad...not jailbroken either. So...I don't know what half of this news post is really going on about.

When custom tones will be available, thats the challenge that apple will never achieve.

ovrlrd said:

Having more SMS tones is a great thing, and having custom ones would be even better.

The worst is when you go to an Apple store and you hear someone with the same SMS tone as you getting a message, since the chances are someone has the same one because there is so few to choose from. It's not just the Apple store either, it happens all the time when I am out. I change my SMS tone every so often but it doesn't help, there is always someone with the same one and it causes me to look at my phone thinking it came from mine.

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Hah, when I was at the bank the other day, an iPhone received a message and alerted with their "tritone" tone. About 6 people reached into their purses and pockets (including me) to check our phones... It's simply ridiculous.

We need more tones!

whos gonna extract these sms tones im curious to see what they are

stevehp said:

Unless I am missing something, ive had a bookmarks bar since day one. You can turn it on in safari settings

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It was there since day one. Maybe it is now enabled by default.

Another Confirm on the Bookmarks bar, I have it right now on stock 3.2.2

WTF about the bookmarks bar?

ovrlrd said:

Having more SMS tones is a great thing, and having custom ones would be even better.

The worst is when you go to an Apple store and you hear someone with the same SMS tone as you getting a message, since the chances are someone has the same one because there is so few to choose from. It's not just the Apple store either, it happens all the time when I am out. I change my SMS tone every so often but it doesn't help, there is always someone with the same one and it causes me to look at my phone thinking it came from mine.

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Hehe, I know what you mean. It's so annoying.

Guess Apple didn't think people would use SMS so much since they made such a "bad" message interface .

I am hoping for custom SMS signal and at the same time I am not.
It is annoying to hear that same SMS signal that you have, but if I hear a stupid/silly tune someone recorded with their phone... eeew.

Like everyone else has said bookmark bars are nothing new.
What I want to be NEW is tabs in safari on iPad and iPhone. Or the ability to make another browser a default as this is the feature I most want. Like perfect browser for iPad, which also does not reload the tab/page every time you go back to it. Come on you're being outdone by third party apps.

Anyone with the new bata care to comment on how multitasking is going with the lower memory as compared to iPhone 4 or if the battery life has suffered or improved? Not that I'm complaining about the 10+ hours I still get. Any low memory warnings?