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IOS 4.3 Now Available For Download
tekgoblin writes "Apple has just released iOS 4.3 for download from iTunes. The update from Apple includes enhancements to Apple Airplay, Safari, iPad side switch, and the Personal hotspot feature for the iPhone 4. I personally welcome the feature to make the 'mute button' on the iPad back into the screen orientation lock."
You are not fit to use Apple products because your desires run counter to the "Apple Way". Only the most cretinous of slack jawed yokels would suggest Apple's change to a mute button is anything but insanely great magically different genius.
"I personally welcome the feature to make the 'mute button' on the iPad back into the screen orientation lock."
Oops, never mind. Welcome back into the fold.
The bigger news today is that Apple has decided that developing for iOS or the Mac, without even submitting anything to their respective app stores, is now no longer free. Developers registered in the $99 iOS or Mac developer program get it as part of their subscription, but all others have to pay $4.99 now.
While $4.99 is chump change, it just seems like an odd thing to do and comes across as greedy. Seriously, they aren't going to make any significant amount of money from this, so why bother? I can't imagine what they were thinking. All it does is serve as yet another roadblock, albeit low-priced, to getting into the walled garden. I imagine a lot of young, aspiring developers will see this and look elsewhere instead. Maybe that's a good thing?
Title had me confused with Cisco's IOS. Can we use proper names next time (iOS)?
I didn't want to be dependent on AT&T and Samsung to push out an Android update and I didn't want to have to root my phone on day one.
I choose an iPhone 4 because for all it's suck Apple is in control of OS updates not AT&T.
Seems a bit interesting that Apple releases iOS 4.3 and an update to Safari just hours before PWN2OWN kicks off at CanSecWest...
Usually, I'm quick to mod things (game consoles, etc), but for nearly two years I've stayed "legit" with my iPhone 3GS. I figured that as long as Apple gave me first-class features and updates, I'd stick with them.
I almost jailbroke when 4.2 came out because "find my phone" wasn't available (for free) on the 3GS, but luckily discovered a workaround to make it happen.
For 4.3, I was looking forward to the WiFi hotspot feature. But today, I discover that you only get this on the iPhone 4. The 3GS just keeps the same old USB and Bluetooth tethering, renamed to "personal hotspot".
I don't begrudge Apple for being unwilling/unable to add the coolest new features to the 3GS, but if the jailbreak community can take better care of me then I guess that's where I'll have to go.
Slashdot: come for the pedantry, stay for the condescension.
Has this been removed in 4.3 finally? It was one of their most idiotic changes in 4.2. When text message tone is set to none, that means no sound. Not "still make a sound"
Yep, AT&T charges $20 extra for tethering a month. The device will force you to sign up before enabling it, so no issues with being charged accidentally.
Do I agree with tethering charges? Not really. But it makes it easier for me to do my job on the go, without worrying about jailbreaking my device and using another method that runs afoul of my contract with AT&T.
Apple did a tremendous job in the last decade in kicking some serious ass in the industry where ass-kicking was in dire need. Ever since Steve Jobs made the bold and very smart move to Unix I have allways been favourable to them. The fist iMac was the first PC ever not requiring a Monitor adjustment and setup - something most novices were not capable of. My first Mac was a later generation iBook G4 - the cheapest subnotebook available at the time. It played along perfectly with my otherwise entirely Linux driven setup. And its in regular use to this very day, chugging along on the last PPC version of Tiger. With Apache, Samba, the entire GNU Stack and yet some OSS goodies pre-installed and configured. There are a lot more positive things I could detail that they've done - like breaking the carrier grip on cellphones and the software they run or comming up with the best possible DRM compromise at the time and convincing the industry that that is the maximum possible.
The latest developments however don't get my approval at all. The iPad is the sweet looking end of a very ugly solid vertical distribution-and-access lock-in cortesy to apple. The device looks cool, no doubt, but it is factually a step backwards in technology as it effectively is not a turing complete computer anymore. I just talked to a guy at our local apple vendor about this: It apparently isn't possible to install your own software on this thing without having a 99$/year developer subscription with apple. If I have to do that, then this is in effect not a turing complete device and thus factually no computer anymore. It's a neat computer driven consumer device - but that's all.
What I'm wondering is how far Apple will be able to go with this until people notice that they are a new sort of old IBM and start switching to more open devices. If Apple continues building them neat enough, maybe never? Who knows. ... FYI: I'm writing this on a Mac.
I for one can say that I am not buying, unless Im paid insane or at least solid amounts of money for developing for the iPad. I might by yet another M*cBook, but as for these oh-so-neat 'Post-PC-Devices', as they are called, I'm going to test the waters with a far more open and thus truely turing complete solution. My new HTC Desire HD btw is an awesome such device. Definitely the iPhone killer.
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
The improvements to Airplay are pretty underrated. You can now stream your entire iTunes library to your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch (if they're on the same LAN). That's kinda a big improvement, because so many people on /. whine how they can't fit their entire library on only 64GB of space. Videos too.
I guess no company is exempt from extreme corporate greed... sad to see other companies(especially little startups like Readability) get trampled on the way.
Apple takes 30% on all sales. Readability takes 30% on all sales. What's the difference again?
Apple is massively successful, and as such, must be punished.
John Gruber made the same mistake earlier -- but you can still register for a free developer account and download Xcode without paying the $4.99.
I never said you did. You claimed the feature was rip-off, and yet, that's an issue with your carrier, not an issue with Apple.
Not everyone has to pay to use it, it seems to only be American carriers who screw people so much.
Apple has made plenty of other boneheaded decisions with recent updates, but this isn't something they control.
That 30% your bitching about BARELY covers the iTunes store operating expenses. Its not like they are making a killing on that 30%. It pays for hosting and bandwidth for paid and free apps.
Get over yourself, running a business costs money.
Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager
And according to Apple, you are wrong:
For a site about things like basic rights, Slashdot users sure do like to censor "dissent".
But students and hobbyists can't necessarily afford a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro. Instead, they buy an iMac or MacBook, or those already owning a PC that runs Windows or Linux might buy a Mac mini and a KVM switch.
Any reasonably modern Mac can run XCode. You don't need a Mac Pro to make iOS apps. You can do it on a $400 used Mac Mini. I've seen it done.
If a "walled" console-like experience becomes the norm for home computing, how would one go about earning enough experience to qualify for a devkit?
Anyone can make an iOS app for free with free tools that run on pretty much any Mac. You have to pay $99 to deploy it to actual physical phones. No one is going to be stopped from learning about making iOS apps because of this.
You can have a $299 locked-down iPhone, or a $398 iPhone that you can do whatever the hell you want to. Or, you can get a $299 iPhone and jailbreak it and do whatever the hell you want to it -- no one cares either way.
You know what the $99 is for? It's paying Apple to generate a cert for *you* so that every one else who has an iPhone can be cryptographically assured that they are not running malware or other crap. This is a good thing, and it's no different than having to pay for an ssl cert, or paying MS to sign your kernel drivers, etc etc. The price might be different, but the concept is the same. Users don't want to trust you. They want to trust their vendor. The $99 is almost completely besides the point.
There aint no pancake so thin it doesn't have two sides.
Apple limits the freedoms of its users, and thus becomes a tyrant. You therefore limit the freedoms of your users, and thus become a hero.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?