“After announcing only one new iOS feature—a five-device cellular data sharing feature called “Personal Hotspot”—at the debut event for the CDMA version of the iPhone 4, Apple unexpectedly released the first beta version of iOS 4.3 for specific iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV devices,” Jeremy Horwitz reports for iLounge.
“Based on photos and details submitted by an anonymous source, we’ve compiled a collection of changes and improvements for your easy reference,” Horwitz reports.
Comprehensive full article – highly recommended for iOS device users – here.
The beatings will continue until morale improves…
The Apple TV on the “About” screen looks quite different from the current model.
Wow, I’ve been wondering about Airplay in Safari ever since this beta was released. iLounge finally answered my questions, and it’s not a simple “yes” or “no”.
“AirPlay: Limited Web Video (And Other Video) Support Added. Introduced to iOS devices in iOS 4.2, AirPlay enabled near-realtime streaming of certain videos and photos to second-generation Apple TVs. iOS 4.3 expands AirPlay’s support to include streaming of certain web-based H.264 videos with AAC audio to the Apple TV, though the word “certain” turns out to be important here.
Notably, the web-based videos will not stream unless they are specifically authorized by the web sites’ developers to do so; iOS 4.3 looks for a permission tag before allowing the video to stream from the iOS device to a TV. This is almost certainly being done to placate movie or TV studios concerned that their content might be streamed from the Internet to television sets without their specific permission, and effectively blocks everything else from working unless individual web sites add the permission tags to each of their videos. While the effort required to add one tag is trivial, it remains to be seen how many sites will do so proactively, and across multiple videos. Audio from unauthorized videos will still stream over AirPlay, but the videos will only be watchable on the device’s screen.”
Hopefully web sites start supporting this new HTML tag permission.
OK AT&T, time to allow device “sharing” so I don’t have to have two accounts with my iPhone and iPad.
I’m just saying……if you want to keep me as a customer.
FIX IT!
Why does apple care to Adhere to wants of broadcasters since they obviously are not doing apple any favors. The price to rent content is stupid high.
The “forthcoming” I want to hear about is T-Mobile getting the iPhone. I figure if I complain about it often enough on MDN threads then it will happen; kind of like how to get my son off of his butt to shovel the front sidewalk. Oh, I guess neither will happen.
I do hope the option of “Personal Hotspot” is something that AT&T supports without a lot of malarkey. Took them forever to do tethering, and it was handcuffed to a limited data plan. If AT&T wants to compete and keep customers, they better wake up…
REALLY great news on the orientation switch coming back as a preference. Nothing has made me as crazy as this one.
Thanks for listening, Apple !!!!
tom
Can’t wait for those new iPad multi-touch gestures! Please don’t let this update take forever, Apple.
Thank goodness it’s from an anonymous source! I would’ve worried it might be made up.
@Joe
I’m with you on that one, totally!
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Just a thought though, shouldn’t it be “….is stupidly high”?
Adverb i think!
@Joe
<Why does apple care to Adhere to wants of broadcasters since they obviously are not doing apple any favors. The price to rent content is stupid high.>
Maybe to cut down on the number of lawsuits?
@Fake Corrector
<I’m with you on that one, totally!
Just a thought though, shouldn’t it be “….is stupidly high”?
Adverb i think! >
The price to rent content is stupid high.
It would make more sense [were it] low.
An iLounge review of an iOS update is the equivalent of an Ars Technica review of an OS X update – a must read!!!
Apple really needs to fix the pathetic Camera connection kit support. Its a bloody 1/2 assed mess. Imported photos from cameras only appear in 1 big fat overcrowded category(album). All 1000 photos I imported…no way to manage, move or categorize the them into proper categories/albums while I am travelling with my iPad. WTF do they expect people to do with this crippled functionality ? Its so useless.
If I knew it was this shit I would return the POS camera kit. Actually, its been less than 30 days… hmmm.
All the photo app needs are simple basic functions to create albums and support moving pics to them. I have not programmed code in 6 years but I could code that simple functionality in my sleep! So simple but severely frustrating without it. Unbelievable Apple shipped it like this, shameful for a company that is supposed to be so “clever” at software. “It just works” – BS !
Very pissed about this.