iOS 4.2 arrives today, prepare your iDevice for update

22 November, 2010
Apple will release the long-awaited iOS 4.2 update later today. It will be compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, where the iPad is the highest beneficiary of all, reloaded with Multitasking, Folders, Game ...

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  • Anonymous
  • Lax
  • 23 Nov 2010

[deleted post]Actually Apple's newton was a failed product because it tried to copy several touch pads that came way ahead of it and failed miserably:

1989: GRiD Systems' GRiDPad

1991: Momenta Pentop with Penpoint OS + handwritten gestures
1991: NCR released model 3125 pen computer

1992: Windows for pen

1993: Fijutsu's Poqet PC (with integrated wireless LAN)
1993: IBM's ThinkPad
1993: AT&T's EO Personal Communicator

Late 1993 came the Newton that was running no OS, had no wireless lan and no gesture navigation. It failed miserably. The ThinkPad brand still exists today.

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    • david fert
    • ibY
    • 23 Nov 2010

    im using iphone for 2 month and its nothing wrong with the phone in Malaysia..
    dont even have a prob such a signal drop.
    brilliant product.

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      • Adyl
      • uWx
      • 23 Nov 2010

      can any one tell me time of its release..??

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        • dewlaylomochowhai
        • i5B
        • 23 Nov 2010

        Does anyone know whether its better to jailbreak the iphone 4 with firmware 4.1? Or to upgrade to 4.2? At the moment I am on 4.1 firmware.

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          • Anonymous
          • P%n
          • 23 Nov 2010

          Anonymous, 22 Nov 2010Dude, that's only in your little world. Lots of people wher... moreApple made the touchscreen based Newton before 1992, people who worked on the newton later went and started a company called Palm.

          Nokia was still making gum boots.

          The Prada was a piece of crap nothing like an iPhone which was already in development and shown a few weeks later.

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            • Anonymous
            • P%n
            • 23 Nov 2010

            X6, 23 Nov 2010If you want to play games, get a Game console/PC If you wa... moreI'll do all those things, any time, anywhere, just pull my iPhone 4 out of my pocket.

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              • TSH
              • vac
              • 23 Nov 2010

              X6, 23 Nov 2010people complain about OS performance, game performance, cam... moreAs I said before, it's a matter of horses for courses and what you want to get out of your devices - which is why there is still a market for each separate device as well as all-in-one smartphones.

              I for one have relied totally on my phones having a contact manager, calendar and alarm function for many years. These are nowadays standard fare for even the cheapest phones, but to take your view to its logical conclusion are superfluous to the "purpose" of a mobile phone: to make calls.

              Sure, my contact manager makes calling someone easier by remembering their number for me; my calendar makes knowing when to call and what about easier; and my alarm gets me up for work. Why should I have a Filofax (which I tried, by the way), a cardfile and a bedside alarm clock (actually, I do have one of these in addition to my phone) when all three of these extra functions are served quite adequately by my mobile phone?

              I was once against the idea of convergence devices as well, and it's true that the jack of all trades is master of none. However I don't need SLR-quality pictures; Opera House-quality acoustics; cinema-quality visuals or PalmPilot-quality PDA functions. I need something that's always there with me, which ideally covers as many bases as possible to an adequate level. Phones can do that these days - though to be fair I still take my digicam around with me.

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                • X6
                • tu6
                • 23 Nov 2010

                In reply to the repl, 23 Nov 2010Why buy all those individual devices when you can have them... morepeople complain about OS performance, game performance, camera performance, sound performance or processing speed or whatever thing that can be complained on a phone. mobile phones are invented for the main purpose of making a call, those other functions are just little extras to it. Its not meant to replace your Desktop computer or gaming console!

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                  • Ehsan
                  • Sc{
                  • 23 Nov 2010

                  It will be great to have iOS 4 features into iPad. I really appreciate it. I hope Dev-Team release a jailbreak for new OS as soon so possible.

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                    • Kim
                    • i8k
                    • 23 Nov 2010

                    Anonymous, 23 Nov 2010N8 is just a dumb phone -it dies without any reason, doesn... moreAHAHA you are so funny!!! plastic cover on the HDMI, LOL

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                      • zeppelinled
                      • nxy
                      • 23 Nov 2010

                      dear me, the new SMS alerts are a joke!!! Fanfares!!! Waaaaay to loooong Apple!

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                        • adams
                        • vx4
                        • 23 Nov 2010

                        sadly i cant get the update coz i dont have credit card..and theres no games apps yet on my ipod. anyways i bought it last week


                        im sure 4.2 update is awesome!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • mJr
                          • 23 Nov 2010

                          4.2 is crap the next update will be crap, even 5.0 will probably be crap because Apple refuse give what the jailbreak offers (Tweaks etc.). They could do it... but they wont because Steve Jobs is as stubbourn as a mule and will never do the mature thing and do whats in the best interests of the company and the customers.His ego is so inflated it has risen too high and has left planet earth.

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                            • Sid
                            • PSL
                            • 23 Nov 2010

                            any update on iOS4.1 Unlock for iPhone 3GS ????

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                              • ben
                              • ftb
                              • 23 Nov 2010

                              iphone is for people who dont mind paying more n more cos its all about the internet

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                                • In reply to the repl
                                • m55
                                • 23 Nov 2010

                                X6, 23 Nov 2010If you want to play games, get a Game console/PC If you wa... moreWhy buy all those individual devices when you can have them all in one?

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                                  • X6
                                  • tu6
                                  • 23 Nov 2010

                                  mohd, 23 Nov 2010my exp seller phone i think iphone 4 is good for gaming use... moreIf you want to play games, get a Game console/PC
                                  If you want to surf the web, get a PC
                                  If you want to take photos, get a dedicated digicam
                                  If you want to record videos, get a camcorder
                                  If you want to listen to music, get a music player
                                  If you want to make calls, GET A MOBILE PHONE!

                                  For those of us out there who dosen't expect too much out a phone, any phone will do. Theres no such thing as a perfect phone/OS..yet...Nokia's not perfect, iPhones are not perfect, Samsung's and HTC's are not perfect, heck...and everybody's saying: "oh oh! iPhone is the best phone out there!", "Android is the best!"...etc...u knw the phrases..

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                                    • Luke
                                    • M8T
                                    • 23 Nov 2010

                                    Just updated to 4.2.1..disappointed-nothing new. The capacitive touchscreen seems to be the only innovation on iphone. Will switch to Android in Q1/2011 it seems.

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                                      • admad
                                      • SmR
                                      • 23 Nov 2010

                                      I love Applefans :D

                                      Year 2007: "So what if iPhone doesn't have 3g videocalling, it's useless anyway, nobody uses it, i don't need it"

                                      Year 2010: "OMG OMG! FaceTime is so revolutionary! Wow it's amazing, it changed the way we look at telephony, it's so advanced technology. WOW OMG! I can videocall anyone i want who has iPhone 4 and WiFi coverage WOW!"

                                      It gives me very good laugh, thank You Applefans :D

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                                        • iphoned4edu
                                        • PUr
                                        • 23 Nov 2010

                                        Real Deal, 23 Nov 201080-85% of everything that you see around you could have bee... moreThat's what we wanted in the iphone4. And from reading here, Apple delivered what we needed using best bits from other makers.
                                        Thankyou Apple.


                                        -Posted from my iphone4 held incorrectly using a bumper case to show very good connection is real.