Apple Releases ios 4.0
Apple has finally released ios 4.0 for the iphone and ipod touch. To all the jailbreakers out there stay away from this official update as you will lose your jailbreak along with your unlock if using one and of course all of your 3rd party cydia apps. For those of you wondering when a jailbreak and unlock will be out go HERE for more info. For the changelog of bug fixes in ios 4.0
Multitasking support for third-party apps
● Multitasking user interface to quickly move between apps
● Support for audio apps to play in the background
● VoIP apps can receive and maintain calls in the background or when device is asleep
● Apps can monitor location and take action while running in the background
● Alerts and messages can be pushed to apps using push and local notifications
● Apps can complete tasks in the background
● Folders to better organize and access apps
● Home screen wallpaper
Mail Improvements
● Unified inbox to view emails from all accounts in one place
● Fast inbox switching to quickly switch between different email accounts
● Threaded messages to view multiple emails from the same conversation
● Attachments can be opened with compatible third party apps
● Search results can now be filed or deleted
● Option to select size of photo attachments
● Messages in the Outbox can be edited or deleted
● Support for iBooks and iBookstore
Photo and Camera improvements
● 5x digital zoom when taking a photo
● Tap to focus during video recording
● Ability to sync Faces from iPhoto
● Geo-tagged photos appear on a map in Photos
● Ability to create and edit playlists on device
● Calendar invitations can be sent and accepted wirelessly with supported CalDAV servers
● Support for MobileMe calendar sharing
● Suggestions and recent searches appear during a web search
● Searchable SMS/MMS messages
● Spotlight search can be continued on web and Wikipedia
Enhanced location privacy
● New Location Services icon in the status bar
● Indication of which apps have requested your location in the last 24 hours
● Location Services can be toggled on or off for individual apps
● Automatic spellcheck
● Support for Bluetooth keyboards
● iPod out to navigate music, podcasts and audiobooks through an iPod interface with compatible cars
● Support for iTunes gifting of apps
● Wireless notes syncing with IMAP-based mail accounts
● Persistent WiFi connection to receive push notifications
● New setting for turning on/off cellular data only
● Option to display the character count while composing new SMS/MMS
● Visual Voicemail messages can be kept locally even if they have been deleted from the server
● Control to lock portrait orientation
● Audio playback controls for iPod and third-party audio apps
● New languages, dictionaries and keyboards
● Accessibility enhancements
● Bluetooth improvements
● Better data protection using the device passcode as an encryption key (Requires full restore)
● Support for third-party Mobile Device Management solutions
● Enables wireless distribution of enterprise applications
● Exchange Server 2010 compatibility
● Support for multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts
● Support for Juniper Junos Pulse and Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN apps
● More than 1,500 new developer APIs
● Bug fixes
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June 21st, 2010 at 1:17 pm
It is a battery drainer, I have 4.0 GM and it is the same as the release today unless the baseband and the carrier file is different, overall I like it so far.
June 21st, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Also in 4.0 GM it has the gaming center in the New release today it has been removed.
June 21st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Aha very astute observation reptile. Let’s hope they fixed the bugs and the battery drain issues with the official 4.0 release. Gm version had calendar and mail bugs.