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New Claim of iOS 4.2 Launch on November 24th as Revised iPad Build Surfaces
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You are wrong. It is EXCEPTIONALLY STUPID that without the physical switch being changed, the only way to mute the iPad was to first let it make a noise.
The WiFi on my 2nd Gen Touch disconnects constantly since I upgraded to iOS 4 (on release day). It improved a bit with 4.1 but still disconnects constantly, and the console is full of WiFi errors all the time. I tried everything in the universe repeatedly. Reverting to iOS 3 is the only thing that returns it to proper functioning. I wish they would fix whatever they borked. It ruins downloads, games, anything that needs the network. I have read many others with the same issues on the Apples Discussion forum. They are going the extra mile to ensure functionality on iPads, I hope they did something to fix it on the older devices affected by the previous iOS 4 versions.
Pardon my shonky grammar and wording on my earlier statement. I was sucking down a cup of tea and cooking my breakfast, while tapping that out on my iPad.
Which was interrupted by three phone calls (on a Saturday morning FFS).
But my points still stand.
Suck it up.
Which was interrupted by three phone calls (on a Saturday morning FFS).
But my points still stand.
Suck it up.
Global warming is a myth - well, not really, but it is a misnomer invented by the media who thought "global climate change" was too complex and vague a term without enough punch. Global climate change, on the other hand, is no myth.
I hate you
I hate you and your fast Internet speeds. I can't get that speed without changing to cable and paying a fortune.
Why can't Dsl get with the program??? Back on topic, gm 2 seems to have fixed my wifi connection issue.
Regards
Joel
25% improvement in wifi speed for me, between gm and gm2 averaged 26Mbs on gm1
regards
john.
I hate you and your fast Internet speeds. I can't get that speed without changing to cable and paying a fortune.
Why can't Dsl get with the program??? Back on topic, gm 2 seems to have fixed my wifi connection issue.
Regards
Joel
You're forgiven for everything but the Ipad.
We shouldn't have to suffer because you've chosen to use a substandard tool that isn't up to the task.
Drag the Ipad into the hazardous waste disposal bin, and buy an MBA that you can actually type on.
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Of course, I'll be away for Thanksgiving with just my iPad (not flying with both my iPad and MacBook Pro!) and won't be able to update until that Sunday.
Bummer! But I'll live.
Unless my flight crashes.
Can you post your travel schedule so I don't get on the same plane as you
You're forgiven for everything but the Ipad.
We shouldn't have to suffer because you've chosen to use a substandard tool that isn't up to the task.
Drag the Ipad into the hazardous waste disposal bin, and buy an MBA that you can actually type on.
- sent from my Windows Phone 7
Actually, now I'm off my kitchen table, I'm on my Macbook pro, so you can stop hanging about the hazardous waste disposal bin in the anticipation of my dropping my iPad into it.
And besides, it's nasty in there. I threw some Cytotoxic material in there yesterday afternoon. AKA Norton Antivirus.
It's a beta. you obviously aren't a developer since you don't understand this. Just because its a GM seed doesn't mean its flawless, it means its the final test before the release is pushed. If a bug pops up, like it did here, then it gets fixed and a new GM seed is released. Cry poor quality control all you want but you are wrong. Catching an issue and fixing it before release instead of releasing and patching later is great quality control.
I assume this warning is normal with the printing hack? Or did I install malware...
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Nice, but you have it backwards. I was the developer/microprocessor designer, and I said a GM is BETA release, and NOT a public release, and therefore Apple's quality control worked exactly as it is supposed to. You confused who was arguing what.
Key word is rumored. Apple never gave out today's date or any date and no one produced an internal memo etc with any date.
As for the 24th, I doubt it. All but a handful of stores will be closed on Thanksgiving and Black Friday is an all hands selling day so the bars are closed. So when it bonks your stuff you will be hard up for help. So i'm thinking if it's not some time next week it will be the week after Thanksgiving. Although the release of the new itunes today makes sooner rather than later seem more likely. I mean if there was a major issue why not delay the itunes update also.
Bad move. The more complex a problem the fewer people you want working on it. Communication is key with such things and getting large groups in sync is a pain in the ass.
They likely have something like 6-8 people directly working on the software with 2-3 times that in the group testing it on campus (plus all the 'field' testers)
The term comes from the days of physical disks when you had to 'finalize' software so the actual disks could be created. With a downloaded software, finalization doesn't exist until someone decides to throw the switch and start allowing downloads. Changes can and often do occur within hours of that moment. Totally legit
As for this wifi issue, no not EVERYBODY saw it. heck a number of folks right here in this thread said they haven't had any issues. it seems to be an issue only with particular routers and wifi set ups. Something that can't be thoroughly testing on campus because it is impossible for them to think up every possible set up. That's why they release it to the developers it allows them to have someone test things they hadn't thought up or have the means to set up. But even then, not everyone will be tested. Few developers, for example, will be using a Linksys b router that hasn't had a firmware update in 3 years like my mother had until last week.
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Read "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks. More people makes large complex software projects go slower. It may run on a tiny device, but iOS is a lot larger and more complicated than OS360/370.