Just in time for the holiday season Apple brings Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay® and AirPrint.
“iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.”
Find My iPhone Feature Free
With the new software release the Find My iPhone app is now available free of charge. The feature was before only available to MobileMe subscribers, which automatically syncs email, contacts, and calendars on all mobile devices via WiFi. Now users can simply download the free app from the app store and relocate iPhone or iPad or iPod touch once they showed up missing. It is also possible with this app to remotely access the lost or stole device and erase or lock sensitive data.
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[/caption]Multitasking and Folders for Apps
This feature makes it possible to run several apps at the same time. The active app is actually the only one that is running. The other apps "run" in the background, but are on hold in order to safe energy and not drain the battery. Apps can be stored in different folders, bringing some order into the multitude of apps on the users device.
Unified Inbox
From now on all of the users emails can be seen in one window. It is no longer necessary to switch from one pane to the next in order to see emails addressed to a different alias. This feature is a big win for users with several email addresses. No more flipping back and forth through 5 or more accounts several times a day.
Game Center
Now the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch has a build in multi-player feature. Users can connect with other devices to play games. Friends can be challenged and scores and games can be shared. Well, not the games itself can be shared, but users can spy their friends array of games and discover new games. A boom in mmorpg will come to the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The Game Center feature alone can blow Nintendo or Xbox, PSP Go, PlayStation out of the water.
AirPlay
Apple TV is now fully integrated with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. That means music and videos can be enjoyed on all devices.
AirPrint
With AirPrint the need fro additional printer drivers has been eliminated. Users can now print directly and wireless from any of the devices powered by iOS.
The iOS now supports 25 additional languages, including Portuguese, Chinese and Korean.
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