This is sadly one of our favorite iOS 4 features -- yes, we're mega-nerds from Planet Dorkatron.
For instance, the Pentagon wanted Rummel to delete some of the apps built into iOS 4.
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One small example of this is that the newest version of the platform is iOS 4.x.
The problem is that something very similar indeed had happened back with iOS 4.1.
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Apple learned this the hard way when their hardware encryption was broken in iOS 4.
Developer beta out today. iTunes in the portion on iOS 4.3 is out as a beta for everyone today.
Built into iOS 4.2 and later, AirPrint enables an iPad or iPhone to print wirelessly to a nearby printer.
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The new iOS 4.3.3 alters how the iPhone and the 3G iPad devices store and back up a built-in location database cache.
Well, almost exactly the same flaw affected iOS 4.1 back in 2010.
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There are a lot of other little tweaks and additions to iOS 4 -- here's some stuff to play with if you want to get really wonky.
The software, which supports Apple's iOS 4 platform, renders directly on devices rather than on servers, so maps will download more quickly and in greater detail.
Some of the policies the Pentagon asked for proved impossible using iOS 4 and the Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution of Good Technology, said Rummel.
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Prior to iOS 4.3 if a user entered their password to make a purchase their device would allow unlimited further sales without authentication for a 15-minute period.
For those still on iOS 4, the rating is 6.93, which jumps up to 7.75 for iOS 5, but slips back down to 7.65 for iOS 6.
Other smartphone operating systems, including iOS 4 from Apple, are trying to cater more to privacy-minded business clients, but overall they've been more focused on the consumer experience.
Many of those problems were solved by iOS 4.
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However, the point is this: once you call certain functions or use certain libraries that iOS 4 gives you access to, you pretty much no longer will run on iOS 3.x devices.
In June 2010, when the new iOS 4 came out and Apple changed its privacy policy to address location privacy, Walt Mossberg raised the topic in an interview with CEO Steve Jobs.
The latest version of iOS, iOS 4.3, was released today, and it includes many new features, such as a faster web browser and the ability to turn your iPhone into a mobile hot spot.
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According to the release notes, iOS 4.3.3 reduces the size of the location database cache, stops backing the cache up to iTunes when you connect your device to a computer, and deletes the cache entirely when you turn Location Services off.
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Looks like the iPad might not have an exclusive on those new "multitasking" gestures unearthed in the latest iOS 4.3 beta, because BGR's got some shots up of an purported internal build that seem to indicate Cupertino intends to push them down to the iPhone line as well.
We'd been disappointed to find that iOS 4.2 only brought AirPlay video support to built-in Apple apps on the iPhone and iPad, but it looks like that's changing soon -- Apple just posted up the first iOS 4.3 beta, which allows devs to send video from apps or websites to an Apple TV.
Additionally, state-of-the-art iPod features such as custom playlists and Genius, which instantly creates a playlist of songs that go well together from a user's own library, is immediately made available to BMW and MINI drivers through the vehicle's main display. iPod Out requires iOS 4 with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch (second and third generation).
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In a blog post this morning, the company shows that whereas there is a considerable jump in user satisfaction between iOS 4 and iOS 5, satisfaction has actually declined with iOS 6. iPhone users in the U.S. were asked to rate their satisfaction from 1 (very unsatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied) for the device they are currently using.
Now, on to part two: 9to5 Mac seems to have unearthed traces in the iOS 4.3 beta of a new feature called "Photo Streams" that seems to be -- you guessed it -- a way to share continuous streams of photos with friends you approve, presumably through MobileMe (which would fit in nicely with the Find my Friends stuff).
Simply open the box, plug in the xPrintServer via USB cable, and print wirelessly from any iOS device running iOS version 4.2 or later, to virtually any USB or network-connected printer.
App developers can access the natively-integrated AAC-ELD codec through the Fraunhofer FDK Codec Library in Android since version 4.1 and in iOS since version 4.0 as well as in OSX, allowing cross-platform deployment of Full-HD Voice.
As of iOS 6 beta 4, GKGameCenterViewController singleton is no longer supported.
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One smartphone equals 24 regular phones in data usage per month, but an Android or iOS phone uses 4 times what a regular smartphone uses.
French jailbreak developer and security researcher pod2g finds that every iPhone firmware revision, even iOS 6 beta 4, is susceptible to a flaw that theoretically lets a ne'er-do-well spoof the reply address of outbound SMS messages.
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