iOS 4.3 software update....coming soon
03 March 2011, 10:11 AM
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iOS 4.3 software update....coming soon
I see another update is coming soon 
http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/
Personal hotspot for iPhone 4 looks good and an update for Safari making it quicker plus a few other improvements.
http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/
Personal hotspot for iPhone 4 looks good and an update for Safari making it quicker plus a few other improvements.
03 March 2011, 12:35 PM
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Been in beta for a little while, not had a chance to look at it yet, but as it'll be released next week I'd hope for a GM seed this week, so we'll have a look and play later. Got some things that use JS, so it'll be interesting to see if the speedup is just for Safari, of it it applies to anything that uses JS on 4.3.
Hotspot is interesting, though I thought it was something that carriers had to agree to support, but don't recall Steve mentioning that. Can't see networks letting people use it without gouging more money for it's use.
Hotspot is interesting, though I thought it was something that carriers had to agree to support, but don't recall Steve mentioning that. Can't see networks letting people use it without gouging more money for it's use.
05 March 2011, 06:41 AM
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Even my old HTC Hero had wireless tethering for free, I could set up a wireless network on my phone, give it an SSID name change the security of it, WEP, WPA2 etc... then search and find it on any other wireless device. Why has it taken Apple so long to do? And why do they charge for it?
Am I right in thinking that up untill 4.3 you could use your phones internet through a wired connection only (un jailbroken phones), but had to pay for an app called MobileMe or something to be able to do it? I know the app probably isn't alot of money, but this is the sort of stuff that should be a basic, built in, feature of any smartphone and be free.
Also as far as I'm aware, iOS couldn't even do multitasking pre 4.0. Apple claim it is the worlds most advanced mobile operating sytem yet they seem to be playing catch up all the time. I really don't like iOS. Give me Android with HTC sense UI running on Apple hardware and that would be my dream phone.
Am I right in thinking that up untill 4.3 you could use your phones internet through a wired connection only (un jailbroken phones), but had to pay for an app called MobileMe or something to be able to do it? I know the app probably isn't alot of money, but this is the sort of stuff that should be a basic, built in, feature of any smartphone and be free.
Also as far as I'm aware, iOS couldn't even do multitasking pre 4.0. Apple claim it is the worlds most advanced mobile operating sytem yet they seem to be playing catch up all the time. I really don't like iOS. Give me Android with HTC sense UI running on Apple hardware and that would be my dream phone.
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05 March 2011, 11:35 AM
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Still was in stock 2.2, a year before apple, so
And do you have to pay for tethering in iOS?
I don't use mine either, if I need to use my phones connection I just plug it in through a USB cable.
Why did it take Apple so long to include this though? Is it a case of no one will probably make much use of it and so not a priority?
05 March 2011, 11:40 AM
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I think it was down to battery life more than anything.
For example you take your MacBook with you and plug it to the mains you may swell plug
The iPhone in to keep charge and to tether.
And like apple they like to look after themselves every mac has Bluetooth so never seen important.
You do have to pay for tethering unless you jb it
For example you take your MacBook with you and plug it to the mains you may swell plug
The iPhone in to keep charge and to tether.
And like apple they like to look after themselves every mac has Bluetooth so never seen important.
You do have to pay for tethering unless you jb it
05 March 2011, 01:56 PM
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You might have noticed that capped data rates started appearing soon after Android became popular, suppose that might have something to do with Android users taking the ****. Bloody shame as now everyone pays.
06 March 2011, 01:14 PM
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Providers started capping the data usage after the iPhone 4. Several providers were still allowing unlimited data for android phones, so anti-android false information again.
06 March 2011, 09:09 PM
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"No 'unlimited data' for iPhone 4 customers
The timing of the introduction of O2's new limits on 24th June - the same day that the iPhone 4 becomes available in the UK"
http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/06/...ariffs-216692/
...."O2 aren't the first to have capped data usage - Vodafone released the iPhone with a cap of 750MB"
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06 March 2011, 09:20 PM
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"No 'unlimited data' for iPhone 4 customers
The timing of the introduction of O2's new limits on 24th June - the same day that the iPhone 4 becomes available in the UK"
http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/06/...ariffs-216692/
...."O2 aren't the first to have capped data usage - Vodafone released the iPhone with a cap of 750MB"
Those pesky Android users spoiling it for everyone eh?
07 March 2011, 10:18 PM
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my friends had the beta for a couple of days now, he loves being able to use airplay between his macbook and the iphone 4.
incase you don't belive me here is a screen shot he chucked up on twitter.
http://yfrog.com/h65gczyj
incase you don't belive me here is a screen shot he chucked up on twitter.
http://yfrog.com/h65gczyj
07 March 2011, 11:05 PM
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I'm pretty sure I saw this, I swear I was not dreaming! Said something like 4.3 iOS available for iPad iPhone etc some sort of update....? I just closed it and thought I would come back to it later, now I can't find it :-(
as most of the other companies were still not bringing out the sort of handsets they have now.
08 March 2011, 09:33 AM
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08 March 2011, 10:02 AM
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Knowing that a whole hotbed of 'Open' devices were arriving was what got the sphincter's moving I can assure you.
08 March 2011, 11:05 AM
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I've seen first hand the issue that was mainly caused by the iPhone caused and all the mobile networks needed to adapt rather quickly.
08 March 2011, 11:13 AM
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The iPhone caused issues for all the mobile networks Tony? I would think O2 would have had the biggest issue and they knew what they were getting into.