Apple iOS 4.3 release devices update March 11 release date feature - Computers - Operating Systems

The Apple rumor comminute never runs out of material--there's consistently a fresh news to alter the one that was aloof accepted false.

So it was with iOS 4.3, an amend to Apple's operating arrangement for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. On Tuesday morning, Boy Genius Report's Jonathan Geller appear the amend would acreage at 10 a.m., three canicule afore its official March 11 due date.

It didn't happen, but here's The Loop's Jim Dalrymple on follow-up: "The belief of iOS advancing aboriginal seems to be solid, it's aloof the day that's off," he writes. "If I were sitting cat-and-mouse for iOS 4.3 to hit, I'd be accessible tomorrow."

What's the big accord with Apple iOS 4.3? Here's a quick primer:

iPhone 4 hotspot: iPhone 4 users can canal active tethering and use the buzz as a 3G hotspot for up to three devices, or bristles accessories aback the aftermost two are affiliated by USB or Bluetooth. The account costs $20 per ages on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

Orientation lock switch: Oh yes. The accouterments about-face on the ancillary of the iPad can either lock acclimatization in abode or aphasiac the device. I know, Apple took acclimatization lock abroad with iOS 4.2, which was ridiculous, but at atomic the aggregation has listened to its barter and is bringing it aback as an option.

Nitro JavaScript Engine: Apple claims that the fresh agent will acquiesce the Safari Web browser to run Java alert as fast.

iTunes Home Sharing: The amend allows users to beck their iTunes library from a computer to any iOS 4.3 accessory over a home Wi-Fi network. That includes music, videos, audiobooks, and podcasts.

Airplay improvements: Airplay lets users beck audio and video from their iPhones and iPads to the Apple TV. The amend streams video from the photos app on iOS 4.3 devices, allows third affair apps to abutment Airplay video alive and enables slideshows from iOS accessories application the Apple TV's transitions.

No chat yet from Dalrymple on aback to alpha aimlessly auspicious iTunes. ios 4.3 update

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