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iOS 4.3 to Launch on March 11th
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I can't attend the party. I am of the slovenly and unwashed who still has an iPhone 3G. Contract is up in June. I could buy now. But considering the MBP and iPad buyer's remorse, I'll bide my time. Someday, I will be cool.
iTunes Home Sharing w/iOS + Airplay + AppleTV =
I have been asking for this forever. Finally, I can watching movies from my iTunes library on my iPad without a third party app.
Huge
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Yeah, if i lived in a studio apartment, it might not matter. But for me, this is huge. Instead if bitching about the limited capacity of my 64GB, I can replace it with a 16GB and watch whatever I want while lying in bed, or sitting on the couch, or the porch or wherever. The next step (i.e., the Cloud) will be nice, but this is a great start.
My question about Airplay. Will all apps stream automatically, or will the developers have to activate that? In short, will my MLB app stream live games to my AppleTV?
Airplay should be used with Safari. Let me explain.
You have an iOS device and an Appletv. You launch Safari and see the airplay option and choose your Appletv. The browser launches through the Appletv and the ipad screen has keyboard and trackpad.
You have an iOS device and an Appletv. You launch Safari and see the airplay option and choose your Appletv. The browser launches through the Appletv and the ipad screen has keyboard and trackpad.
Developers will have to activate it, it is an option (allowsAirPlay) of the MPMoviePlayerController class and is easy to activate.
I suspect it was suppose to be enabled in all apps originally but certain developers (I'm thinking Hulu etc) bitched that they didn't want their content streamed so apple delayed it for third party apps to add an option
Web developers will also have to explicitly enable it on their videos, adding airplay="allow" to <embed> or x-webkit-airplay="allow" to <video> (the defaults are disallow
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But it doesn't allow you to play content purchased from the iTunes Store. The new AirPlay will.
You still have to make sure itunes is open first.... isn't there a way to make your desktop into a media server WITHOUT having to have the itunes app running at all times?
um, thats why its called "home" sharing, dude. its for when youre at home. its useful if you have multiple macs and want them to all sync your stuff.
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No, they specifically stated the javascript engine is up to 2x faster for all of iOS 4.3.
wasn't GM released a while ago? but i know i was also hoping to see 4.3 today
There have been several beta version of 4.3 but Apple hasn't said anything about the latest being the GM. I'm hoping to get the GM soon so I can test my apps and fix anything that needs to be changed before the 11th.
A hint at Apple's "cloud" strategy
I don't think Apple is going to cut the Mac out of its iTunes ecosystem. If they enable iOS devices to stream content directly to and from their North Carolina data center, there's no need for a Mac (or pc) as the home "digital lifestyle" hub.
So how can Apple keep the Mac in the loop? By keeping it at the heart of the home "hub." At home, you can use iTunes Home Sharing over your Wi-Fi network. And in the future, when you're out of the house, you might be able to use your 4G iPhone or iPad connection and IPv6 to connect to your Mac at home to stream content. (Of course, the full 4G won't be rolled out until 2013 at the earliest. This will be the "real 4G" not the "3.9G" LTE networks we are seeing now.)
So what is the massive NC data center for? Probably not for storing everyone's iTunes / App Store / iBookstore content. My guess is that it will host MobileMe after it becomes free. Not a big deal for current MobileMe subscribers, other than the $100 a year we won't be spending on it.
But if/when MobileMe is free, and is enabled on all iOS and Mac OS devices by default, there will be a long-term massive increase in the number of subscribers. Apple could even make MobileMe free for all 200 million iTunes subscribers. That would instantly, hugely, increase the MobileMe subscriber count.
Apple got burned when they tried to roll out iPhone 3G and iOS 2.0's push notifications simultaneously. Push was a near-total disaster back in 2008, and it was only enabled for Mail, Contacts, and Calendar. And one thing that Apple never does (any more) is to make the same glaring mistake twice. That's why they're spending so much money and time on that NC data center.
I don't think Apple is going to cut the Mac out of its iTunes ecosystem. If they enable iOS devices to stream content directly to and from their North Carolina data center, there's no need for a Mac (or pc) as the home "digital lifestyle" hub.
So how can Apple keep the Mac in the loop? By keeping it at the heart of the home "hub." At home, you can use iTunes Home Sharing over your Wi-Fi network. And in the future, when you're out of the house, you might be able to use your 4G iPhone or iPad connection and IPv6 to connect to your Mac at home to stream content. (Of course, the full 4G won't be rolled out until 2013 at the earliest. This will be the "real 4G" not the "3.9G" LTE networks we are seeing now.)
So what is the massive NC data center for? Probably not for storing everyone's iTunes / App Store / iBookstore content. My guess is that it will host MobileMe after it becomes free. Not a big deal for current MobileMe subscribers, other than the $100 a year we won't be spending on it.
But if/when MobileMe is free, and is enabled on all iOS and Mac OS devices by default, there will be a long-term massive increase in the number of subscribers. Apple could even make MobileMe free for all 200 million iTunes subscribers. That would instantly, hugely, increase the MobileMe subscriber count.
Apple got burned when they tried to roll out iPhone 3G and iOS 2.0's push notifications simultaneously. Push was a near-total disaster back in 2008, and it was only enabled for Mail, Contacts, and Calendar. And one thing that Apple never does (any more) is to make the same glaring mistake twice. That's why they're spending so much money and time on that NC data center.
No 4 Finger Gestures?
I could care less about 4.3 unless it has the 4 finger gestures for multitasking that have been shown on this site previously. If it had those included, I would be drooling over this update.
I could care less about 4.3 unless it has the 4 finger gestures for multitasking that have been shown on this site previously. If it had those included, I would be drooling over this update.
Interesting to developers
Most interesting thing here is the Nitro Javascript engine. Previously you could not use just-in-time compilation which caused some Apps to be banned and caused javascript to be quite slow. My understanding of it was a security thing. Wonder what changed?
Most interesting thing here is the Nitro Javascript engine. Previously you could not use just-in-time compilation which caused some Apps to be banned and caused javascript to be quite slow. My understanding of it was a security thing. Wonder what changed?
on why no Verizon iPhone 4 as well? Anyone know why the OS wouldn't be available?I mean I figured getting the hardware before the iPhone 5 would be fine because we'd get iOS updates with everyone else but man this really sucks.
I was disappointed, no mobile me upgrade?
My wish
Airport Extreme with connected hard drive acting as iTunes server to deliver content via Home Sharing to iOS devices. I can then serve all connected devices by default without running my mac mini as server.
Purchased iTunes content to be available for streaming to iOS devices whilst away from home. Mobile Me "back to my mac" allows remote disc sharing via drives connected to Airport, surely if they added home sharing to Airport Extreme this could work over the internet?....
Apps for Apple TV would also be awesome - Spotify particularly.
My wish
Airport Extreme with connected hard drive acting as iTunes server to deliver content via Home Sharing to iOS devices. I can then serve all connected devices by default without running my mac mini as server.
Purchased iTunes content to be available for streaming to iOS devices whilst away from home. Mobile Me "back to my mac" allows remote disc sharing via drives connected to Airport, surely if they added home sharing to Airport Extreme this could work over the internet?....
Apps for Apple TV would also be awesome - Spotify particularly.
this "personal HotSpot" must come with some SERIOUS fine print...
odds of it working in Canada? i'm going with 3%
odds of it working in Canada? i'm going with 3%
It will work anywhere you currently have tethering: The current tethering option is simply renamed to "Personal Hotspot" and it adds the additional option of Wifi connectivity.
4.3 on the iPad also adds the option to tether to a phone using bluetooth so we will have 2 options for tethering iPads to iPhones with 4.3 whereas before we had none
That's actually quite important for 3GS users because (at least in the beta), Personal Hotspot is only available on iPhone 4
It will work anywhere you currently have tethering: The current tethering option is simply renamed to "Personal Hotspot" and it adds the additional option of Wifi connectivity.
4.3 on the iPad also adds the option to tether to a phone using bluetooth so we will have 2 options for tethering iPads to iPhones with 4.3 whereas before we had none
That's actually quite important for 3GS users because (at least in the beta), Personal Hotspot is only available on iPhone 4
Yes but isn't there a charge for this? I mean to use it don't you have to pay the phone carrier a monthly fee?
