iOS 4.3 beta reveals Wi-Fi hotspot, multi-touch gestures and more

13 January, 2011
The iOS 4.3 beta 1 for developers is out and it will bring lots of new goodies to the iPhone and the iPad. All GSM iPhones get personal hotspot capabilities, while the iPad is granted with various useful multi-touch...

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  • 13 Jan 2011

Hey, Hey Apple! KNIFE! Hahahaha! -A. Orange

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    • 13 Jan 2011

    Anonymous, 13 Jan 2011new facetime icon? omg looooool, its 2011....wake up peoplethis should have done from the first iphone via themes/skins lol

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      • 13 Jan 2011

      Chocowii, 13 Jan 2011Is it me or it's just that the comments section gets a face... morei think your actually right

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        • Chocowii
        • t7X
        • 13 Jan 2011

        Is it me or it's just that the comments section gets a facelift? Theres a "click to read" link next to the replied post.

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          • Get real!
          • 4nK
          • 13 Jan 2011

          Luke, 13 Jan 2011So...nothing new again. All those features have been availa... moreI never had an iPhone and I probably nver will. Still, I find it really annoying when people have nothing else to do but to hang out in comment sections of devices which they never will buy just to post and bitch about that some features have been around on other platforms for ages.

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          the bitter truth is that those features are new to the iPhone; and that is what this article is all about! It is at least nice to see that the iOS is improving.

          Am I interested in buying an iPhone? No! I guess I will stick with my HD2 until it falls appart.
          Am I interested in mobile technology and different mobile platforms? Yes! And therefore it is nice to see that Apple adds more capabilities. Who knows, in a few years the iPhone might be perfect even for me. :-)

          So,
          Chill out people and relax! Apple might lack features but the iPhone has also advantages. Not everyone is tech-savvy and for this group of people the iPhone is a perfect device. Geeks will know how to further tune and improve their iPhone, so, if you don't like this device or the os platform, why hanging out in this comment section posting unrelated nonsense?

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            • Anonymous
            • iIR
            • 13 Jan 2011

            wonder if this will be the first ios update they manage to apply without breaking something else

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              • Luke
              • 31B
              • 13 Jan 2011

              So...nothing new again. All those features have been available for ages. I wonder how long it would take before apple realizes that cannot stay at the top with that simple homescreen and lack of file sharing between apps.

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                • 13 Jan 2011

                Great job mr jobs,android becomes no.1,what???
                No.1 in platform that becomes weak even it so fast to update its fw version,hahaha!
                Iphone 4 is number 1 mobilephone,and IOS still the best OS ever!!!

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 13 Jan 2011

                  MBLAQ, 13 Jan 2011Now only Personal Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities? Now only have... moreyes, and android is going towards symbian capabilities
                  its been years and some things are still behind good old symbian

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                    • Anonymous
                    • g5m
                    • 13 Jan 2011

                    new facetime icon? omg looooool, its 2011....wake up people

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                      • x5@
                      • 13 Jan 2011

                      Well everyone copies each other

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                        • ibh
                        • 13 Jan 2011

                        MBLAQ, 13 Jan 2011Now only Personal Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities? Now only have... morePossible video effects (Turbine, X-ray, Tunnel of Light, Collapse, Thermal Camera, Kaleidoscope and Normal)? LOL. Some of the Google Android phone already had this all function & no need to Extra install apps.I agrees with u ios 4.3 just forward what Google Android does. Sound Big but not too much useful. =)

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                          • 13 Jan 2011

                          Now only Personal Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities? Now only have gestures? All the function is old-school & not least. Google Android is already have all this function, IOS 4.3 only forward what Android does?

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                            • nTZ
                            • 13 Jan 2011

                            Wi-Fi hot spot was not available in previous OS'es?
                            But I wonder if wifi tethering was available in some older versions of iOs, or it had to be jailbroken to use it?

                            Pls answer, coz I'm not an iPhone user...

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                              • myA
                              • 13 Jan 2011

                              And still no flash support. Fail

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                                • 9xm
                                • 13 Jan 2011

                                Similar Gestures as in OS Lion.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vG1
                                  • 13 Jan 2011

                                  Thats cool