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Apple Releases First iOS 4.2 Beta for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

Wednesday September 15, 2010 9:32 am PDT by Eric Slivka

As noted by CoveringWeb, Apple has pushed out to developers the first beta version of iOS 4.2. At its media event on September 1st, Apple announced that iOS 4.2 would be released in November and would unify iOS across Apple's mobile devices, bringing iOS 4 features such as multitasking to the iPad for the first time.

Soon after the media event, Apple posted a preview page showing some of the features coming to the iPad in iOS 4.2, including the multitasking and folders already available in iOS 4 for iPhone and iPod touch but also such features as printing and AirPlay support for streaming media from the iPad.

Coming just a week after the public launch of iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch, the initial iOS 4.2 beta is available for iPad, iPhone (3G, 3GS, and 4) and iPod touch (second-, third-, and fourth-generation).

Update: Users are reporting that the AirPrint feature in iOS 4.2 beta also requires that users install the latest Mac OS X 10.6.5 beta. The Mac OS X beta has reportedly been made available to developers in the iOS Developer Program for this purpose.
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Saberon
22 months ago
Very curious to see how iPad handles 4.2!
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theone09
22 months ago
great news this morning
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Peace
22 months ago
Man just as I'm getting ready to hit the road..
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Rudy69
22 months ago
Awesome, I'll give it a try after work :)
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FlyinggPenguin
22 months ago
Awesome. Can't wait to find the hidden iNinja application. :D
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rwilliams
22 months ago
Can anyone confirm that printing in 4.2 is going to be iPad-only? I'd sure love to have it on the iPhone.
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Mherm88
22 months ago
Please someone confirm the stability of the 4.2 update on iPad, I'm going away in a couple of weeks and want to have 4.2 on it for the trip. And confirm it syncs with iTunes (PC please?). Thanks!
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Leehro
22 months ago

Can anyone confirm that printing in 4.2 is going to be iPad-only? I'd sure love to have it on the iPhone.


Printing is available on iOS devices that support multitasking - so iPad, iPhone 4, 3GS and the faster iPod Touches
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Saberon
22 months ago
Apple today announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to members of Apple's iOS developer program today, and that AirPrint will be included in the free iOS 4.2 software update in November. AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks and can print text, photos and graphics to them wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need to install drivers or download software. HP's existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices.
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carmenodie
22 months ago
if you think this is good new just wait until ipad 2 comes out next year. Can you say retina display , 512 ram, 1.5 ghz cpu?!!!
And has anyone had any viruses on their ipad?
I DIDN'T THINK SO. Ha ha!
Ipad rules baby!!!!!!!
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