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Apple Releases IOS 4.3 Beta To Developers

Posted by samzenpus on from the taking-it-for-a-test-drive dept.

m2pc writes "Apple has just released iOS 4.3 beta to developers. New features include: Developer access to AirPlay API, Four and Five-finger gestures, and the return of the hardware orientation lock for iPad, a feature that upset many when Apple suddenly removed this feature with no software option to re-enable it. Also interesting to note is the lack of mention of the Mobile Hotspot feature rumored to be included in 4.3 for all iOS devices by the Verizon announcement yesterday."

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  1. Full Screen iAds! by RocketRabbit · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ohh, joy! Another fucking way of flashing advertisements in my face.

    Thankfully this method shall be built into the OS itself, and most likely I will not be able to shut off the ads.

    Makes me wonder, what is the logical conclusion of all of this? Will the iPad have an ad bar which is omnipresent on the screen? Will I have to pay attention to the ads and pass a little test periodically, to prove that I was paying attention to them?

    My gut tells me that we ain't seen nothin' yet.

    1. Re:Full Screen iAds! by RocketRabbit · · Score: 1, Troll

      Except I'm not wrong at all, and the AC is full of shit. The iAd API has the option to force a user to watch a full screen iAd on launch of an app, or at intervals.