- Twitter for iPad still doesn't save your account info, resets upon launch.
- New Hi-Res Raindrops background looks much better.
- Sending PDFs to iBooks works now.
Was it possible to do airplay from iTunes beta 1? I just noticed an icon in the bottom right that lets me choose to output audio to my Apple TV (second gen). Never noticed it on beta 1 (but I may have just missed it).
I wonder if Apple is still being stupid about not allowing "Retina" apps to run at full resolution on the iPad.
Why not allow this? 1024x768 will run 960x640 apps just fine. No reason to drop back to 480x320 and upscale.
Was it possible to do airplay from iTunes beta 1? I just noticed an icon in the bottom right that lets me choose to output audio to my Apple TV (second gen). Never noticed it on beta 1 (but I may have just missed it).
Downloading now! Hopefully some much improved battery life!
I have heard a reason and if it's true I actually fully support Apple in this one.
You may think it's crazy, but think about this.
If they did allow iPhone4 960x640 apps to run at full res on the iPad, yes, it would allow many new apps to run at almost full iPad screen which you would think is a good thing.
But. It would start to make developers lazy and not bother with an iPad version at 1024x768 as their one iPhone4 app if almost full screen so it will do.
I have heard a reason and if it's true I actually fully support Apple in this one.
You may think it's crazy, but think about this.
If they did allow iPhone4 960x640 apps to run at full res on the iPad, yes, it would allow many new apps to run at almost full iPad screen which you would think is a good thing.
But. It would start to make developers lazy and not bother with an iPad version at 1024x768 as their one iPhone4 app if almost full screen so it will do.
I personally want PROPER iPad apps running at full iPad screen size. Not a load of iPhone4 960x640 apps on the iPad with a pixel border about the app.
I'm not saying every developer would do this, but you can be sure a fair number would feel why bother putting a lot of work into an iPad app as the iPhone4 app is virtually full iPad screen.
So, as I said, which it may seen annoying in the short term, I am happy (for the sake of the iPad) that Apple don't allow this and developers have to create a seperate iPad app, as then they will probably also change the interface to suit the larger screen also.
Twitter for iPad will need to be fixed by its developers. Currently, the state is being saved only when the app is closed. Since 4.2 allows multitasking, this never happens (a different method is called when the app is suspended). Thus, the state is being lost when the suspended app is terminated due to low memory (which happens a lot).
- Twitter for iPad still doesn't save your account info, resets upon launch.
- New Hi-Res Raindrops background looks much better.
- Sending PDFs to iBooks works now.
Does the new beta support Airplay video or is it still limited to audio?
If Airplay was removed on purpose than this is bad, bad news. Not having Airplay as a universal option to beam any video content to a large screen completely takes out the magic of this great feature. I really hope this is a bug and not some restriction from content providers...According to 9to5, AirPlay is gone from the YouTube app. Content providers are so obnoxious. I'm sure YouTube won't be the last provider to prevent AirPlay in their apps.
Something quite strange happens with Airplay on iPhone 4. If you "link" your phone to stream audio in the iPod app. Then quit but leave the Airplay button active. Your phones audio still streams over to the Apple TV or Airport Express etc.
For example, when you type the "clicks" are streamed over, and someone just called me and the phone rang via the Airport Express connected to my Hi-Fi. The same happens for New text messages, New Emails.
Feature or Bug? what do we think?