Apple has released the "Gold Master" of iOS 4.2, and it is available for developers to download today. IOS 4.2 is the unifying version of iOS that will bring the same multitasking and UI features to all iDevices. This is most significant for the iPad, which has been waiting patiently for features that it is clearly desperate for. Apple has also asked developers to submit iOS 4.2 apps to the App Store.
"Gold Master" is software talk for "finished". Barring any horrible last-minute discoveries, the GM is the same version that would, in the days of software on CD and DVD, be duplicated and then sent to stores. Apple promised iOS 4 for the iPad in November, which we took, as always with Apple, to mean the very last days of November. Could it be that it will be here sooner?
Aside from the multitasking and the folders which the iPad needs so much, the latest OS version brings a new multitask-bar, the little panel that is revealed with a double-tap on the home button:
Here you see that you have quick-access to volume and brightness (at last!) controls, as well as the standard music controls and a screen-orientation lock toggle. To the right of the media controls is the new AirPlay button. Press this and your media, be it audio or video, will then stream to compatible gear like the AirPort Express or the new AppleTV. AirPlay, as well as AirPrint, will also come to the iPhone and iPod Touch with this update.
Update 9:20 a.m. PT: Wired.com's Brian Chen here, just chiming in with a few comments. While people lit streets on fire and threw beers at the cops last night in San Francisco, I had a chance to test iOS 4.2 GM on both the iPad and the iPhone. I just wanted to note that AirPlay video streaming doesn't seem to work yet with the Apple TV, which kind of stinks, but I'm assuming Apple has to ship an iOS update for the Apple TV before AirPlay is fully functional. Other than that, not much to say beyond our first look at iOS 4.2 beta posted weeks ago. We'll have a more in-depth report once AirPlay is up and running.
Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Golden Master to Developers [MacRumors Forums]
iOS 4.2 iPad sneak peek [Apple]
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