iOS devices refer to any of Apple’s hardware that runs the iOS mobile operating system which include iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Historically, Apple releases a new iOS version once a year, the current version is iOS 10. Here is the complete list of iOS 10 compatible devices.
It would appear likely, not only because everyone else (including iChat) allows multiple video chat but also because there is a kext string in the FaceTime code which seems to indicate it is on the way:
<key>AllowsMultipleConnections</key>
<false/>
We’re also hearing Facetime is coming to the desktop as well. Expand Expanding Close
When iOS 4.2 beta 2 for iPad was released we reported that tethering preferences were added to 3G iPads on certain carriers. This created speculation that Apple would be adding iPhone-like tethering to WiFi + 3G models of the iPad. Now that iPad 4.2 beta 3 has been released, we have discovered that Apple has removed the tethering settings. As you can see in the screenshot below, tethering options are no longer present under the ‘Cellular Data’ fields.
Apple removing these tethering preferences can mean a few things. The most realistic reasons include Apple deciding to scrap the feature or Apple removing the feature until iOS 4.2’s official launch in November. Another possibility is that the tethering settings from beta 2 were simply a code mixup with the iPhone and the feature is not planned for a future iPad software release. We still like to think tethering will see the light of day. Oh, and iPhone as a wireless modem for iPad please? Thanks, Anton.
Update: Now we are hearing that particular iPods sold in the Middle East don’t work. So many come in from abroad, however that it is tough to understand which do and which don’t.
Ever since the iPhone 4’s launch in the Middle East we have reported on several development regarding a FaceTime “ban.” The first indicator of such “ban” was an odd change on some of Apple’s Middle Eastern iPhone websites. Next DU, a Middle Eastern carrier, announced FaceTime would not be available in the Middle East and the reason “is out of their control.” After this Apple created a support document that shows which countries do not allow for FaceTime calling.
Now, iRamadah is reporting that FaceTime does in fact work in all over the Middle East with the 4th generation iPod touch. This is a major development in this saga as it firmly proves that this is a carrier restriction and not something to do with Apple or Middle Eastern governments banning FaceTime. This also raises more questions about the iPhone 4 FaceTime ban as FaceTime only works over WiFi no matter the device being used.
Apple has just updated their Remote App Store application with a bunch of bug fixes. The update includes performance and stability enhancements and addresses some major issues that users have been reporting.
Includes stability and performance improvements.
Improves performance using Remote on an iPhone when Bluetooth is enabled.
Addresses a problem browsing artists with a large number of albums.
Addresses some issues waking up computers when using Home Sharing.
Addresses some issues with connecting to an iTunes library or Apple TV when using Home Sharing or a Passcode.
Addresses some issues with connecting to a Wi-Fi network.
As the drug dealers say, your first hit is free. The New York Times is offering up a much grander version of the iPad app today (version 2.0), offering much more content than the previous ‘Editor’s Choice” version did. However, that great news comes with an even greater caveat:
Introducing the enhanced New York Times app for the iPad –– free until early 2011. Now with all of the sections, articles, videos and photos you expect from The Times.
Other stuff:
Access to all sections plus a selection of blogs.
Photo slideshows are now accessible within articles and in their own section.
Breaking News Alerts help you stay informed even when the app is closed.
COMPUTERWORLD: Apple’s design philosophy sets the standard for product design across all industries. The integrity of its approach emanates from company co-founder, Steve Jobs. That focus on the user experience is critical at every level of the company’s offering, and constitutes the Apple advantage in a sea of Android.
We know, we know, it’s Friday and other than huge excitement at what’s coming from Apple on October 20 (glimpse at new OS, iLife, iWork and new MacBook Air, we reckon), but where’s your Friday afternoon video fun? Expand Expanding Close
Apple’s plans to offer the iPad for sale in Taiwan have hit a hurdle — the device doesn’t currently support the complex Chinese writing system used in the country.
Taiwanese government official, Chin-hsien Lo admits the problem exists, and the lack of language support means the iPad won’t go on sale until the device is capable of handling native Taiwanese text input. Expand Expanding Close
Virtual good sales are spiking within Apple’s iOS ecosystem, with revenues from such sales dwarfing ads revenue, reports analytics firm, Flurry.
The analytics company looked at revenues accrued by a sample group of social networking and social gaming apps to reach its conclusion.
The sample group offered a “combined reach of 2.2 million daily active users”, Flurry says. It found that in-app purchases were accounting for over 80 percent of their revenues. Expand Expanding Close
I had a chance to speak with someone at Google at length about their vision of the TV and I think I’ve finally figured out the fundamental difference in philosophy between AppleTV and GoogleTV, at least at the moment.
Google wants to put the computer experience on the television. That includes multiple streams of audio and video, windows, web browsing, etc. The classic demonstration I’ve seen is watching a video on GoogleTV, seeing something you wanted to share and then doing a picture-in-picture with a Web browser and logging into Facebook or Twitter while the video fits in the bottom corner. Then the user starts using the GoogleTV like a computer while the video keeps playing in a PIP window.
Apple’s ideal experience is isolating video on the big screen. The menu use on AppleTV is minimal and everything else just gets videos playing as fast as possible. That may transform into game play as well in the future, but it is still one ‘channel’ on the big screen at a time. All of the Facebook, Twittering, Web browsing and eventually, I believe, finding content is meant to be done on an iOS device in your hand or lap.
While a video is playing on the device, would you rather be doing other stuff on the TV as well (Google), or would you rather do the other stuff on a dedicated screen on your lap or in your hand (Apple)? If you think about the other people in the room who have to watch you update your Twitter feed rather than doing it on your lap, the point becomes even more significant.
That’s the difference.
I think the success of the iPad relative to PCs shows that Apple’s model is a good one here. I also think we aren’t trained to use a screen 8-15 feet away as a computer (I’ve tried this many times) no matter how big it is.
If you want to do unspeakable things to your iOS device without getting a PC involved, LimeRa1n is now available for the Mac. Favorites for us include: FaceTime over 3G andHotspot. What’s yours? Expand Expanding Close
COMPUTERWORLD: Apple is now the biggest US PC maker if you read between the lines of the latest Gartner and IDC PC sales data. This is why Apple’s announcement of new Mac OS X features next week will also be the point when AAPL defines the future of computing.
Wow. Verizon is carrying the iPad with a Mifi month to month plan without obligation for $20 for 1 GB $50/month for 5GB). Those prices below ($629/$729/$829) match the 3G iPad version that works with AT&T but instead you get the Mifi unit for $129 with a Wifi iPad. Verizon will also sell them standalone.
The upside? You can use four other devices at the same time. The big bummer on this? No GPS in Wifi iPads and Mifi units only hold a charge for 4 hours of data.
This morning we’re enjoying this video clip straight out of Hong Kong, where the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway has launched its new app, inviting along a Chinese Fake Steve Jobs to introduce the new product. Expand Expanding Close
Apple CEO Steve Jobs intends giving each of the Chilean miners rescued from deep beneath the Earth an iPod, a French report claims.
Jobs joins a list of benefactors impressed at the stoicism and courage of the 33 miners who survived 68 days of being literally buried alive. Luiz Urzua, the miner’s leader, himself emerged from the mine last overnight. It is understood the team plan to jointly release a book. They hope not to have to mine again, or so previous reports have claimed. Expand Expanding Close
Foxconn has confirmed reports it has raised manufacturing costs for clients, but is denying claims competing manufacturers are using the move as an opportunity to poach clients from the giant firm.
A Foxconn spokesperson pointed out that “most clients have already agreed to the new quotes,” reports Digitimes. Some negotiations continue. Expand Expanding Close
The popular media player, VLC, made its way to the iPad just a few weeks ago, and the company behind the application, Applidium, has just submitted a version for the iPhone. Here’s our exclusive hands-on of VLC Media Player for iPhone:
COMPUTERWORLD: This morning’s anti-iPhone info-blip sees claims that the “iPhone 4 breaks 82 percent more than iPhone 3Gs”. Which sounds like quite a headline, except it isn’t strictly true. These claims are based on data from a firm called SquareTrade and is based on claimed analysis of 20,000 iPhone warranty customers. But this is a storm in a teacup.
It may be time to wave farewell to cheap Chinese consumer goods, people, as it looks like Foxconn intends raising contract manufacturing prices as it attempts to stop workers in those Chinese factories churning out cheap consumer goods for the rest of the world from, you know, killing themselves in protest at the poor wages and working conditions they’re enduring. Expand Expanding Close
Move over Limera1n, there’s a new iOS 4.1 Jailbreak tool in town, and this one’s greenpois0n — though at time of writing it seems a little uncertain if the tool is available or not.
Released for Windows and Linux systems following a short delay last night, the tool supports iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, the third and forth generation iPod touch, and the iPad. It doesn’t yet support the current Apple TV, and a Mac version is promised somewhere down the line. Expand Expanding Close
Apple’s some time ally, Intel’s Paul Otellini, has vowed to use “all of the assets” at his company’s disposal to seize back leadership in the tablet market.
In an interview, Otellini took a moment to praise Apple’s achievements with its iPad, before making his promise to seize back the category through a series of Intel processor-powered partner devices.
