Apple's consumer product refreshes are almost always near the beginning of a quarter -- for financial reporting reasons -- and the iPad came out at the beginning of 2Q 2010, so I would be really surprised to see iPad 2 announced before late March with an early April ship date.
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iOS 4.3 to Debut on February 14th?
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Apple's consumer product refreshes are almost always near the beginning of a quarter -- for financial reporting reasons -- and the iPad came out at the beginning of 2Q 2010, so I would be really surprised to see iPad 2 announced before late March with an early April ship date.
Huh? Last I checked the jailbreak for 4.2.1 was a beta, and not fully stable, and there were still some cydia apps that didn't fully work with it....
So, most people have held off and stuck with 4.1. I'm hoping 4.3 brings a stable jailbreak, i've heard rumors they were waiting for 4.3 before releasing the next best jailbreak.
You are mistaken.
Only for that one special App, not for apps in general. Plenty of other publishers would like a subscription model option I'm sure. Another interesting thing is that The Daily has AirPlay support for its video, even though the API's don't become public until 4.3. Kind of makes me think Apple bent the rules and let The Daily ship against a beta SDK.
I can confirm, NO hotspot functionality is available on the iPad end... looks like it's for iPhone only..
Apple revised the license agreement this week, but that's not to say that subscriptions are ready to roll.
iPhone and iPad have supported in-app purchases for a while now, but the issue is whether iOS 4.2 needs any tweaks to be able to handle subscription-based in-app purchases. Apple may need to make changes to support background updating, how back issues are stored and accessed, how unsubscribing affects previously downloaded data on the iPad, etc.
If the link below is correct then, at least the billing aspect for subscriptions, is taken care of already on the server side (for the apps that support it, which currently numbers just 1!)
http://www.macstories.net/news/how-to-create-manage-and-renew-itunes-app-subscriptions/ (I'd check this myself but don't have a US iTunes account, so can't access The Daily)
But yes other aspects may need a client update.
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That sux, DAM! So a strong reason to jailbreak the iPad...
Theres Myfi for the iPad right?
Based on last year's iPad 1/iPhone 4 sales data, I would say the answer is decidedly no.
The most likely scenario is Apple's suppliers not being able to provide enough product which will result in shortages at the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 launches.
I don't see the iPad 2 arriving before April.
I see the iOS 4.3 inline with Valentine's day iPad systems with it out-of-the-box and ready for existing customers to upgrade the OS.
I see the iOS 4.3 inline with Valentine's day iPad systems with it out-of-the-box and ready for existing customers to upgrade the OS.
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Hopefully next week for MBP's as looks like I could have a new contract requiring one ;-)
Although with the intel fiasco it will probably be March ...
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Hopefully next week for MBP's as looks like I could have a new contract requiring one ;-)
Although with the intel fiasco it will probably be March ...
Does anyone know if the problem was fixed where I can use my iphone to play on my alpine stereo (and I think a few other car stereos as well)???
Before the 4.2.1 update, I was able to connect my iPhone 4 to my alpine stereo and hear my music, including youtube.
Not even my ipod touch (4g) with 4.2.1 will work..
Before the 4.2.1 update, I was able to connect my iPhone 4 to my alpine stereo and hear my music, including youtube.
Not even my ipod touch (4g) with 4.2.1 will work..
Technology for computers is moving slower than for tablets/smartphones. Don't worry the time will come.
Just because there more buzz going on because of the imminent hardware and software release of iPhones and iPads doesn't mean that Lion, LightPeak, Sandy Bridge and probably else aren't making buzz in Apple's labs.
Technology for computers is moving slower than for tablets/smartphones. Don't worry the time will come.
It's moving a lot slower for
computers than for the rest of the computer industry.History has shown that "buzz in Apple's labs" can take a very, very, very long time to show up in the Apple store.
I wouldn't hold out that there will be revolutionary changes given that I'd say for the next few years you'll be seeing refinements but the focus will be on the developers side of the equation - to quote Balmer, "developers, developers, developers" - it is the software ecosystem that make or break platform.