iOS 4.2 Update for iPad Lands Today
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Apple today announced that the long delayed iOS 4.2 update is finally available for download for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, bringing multitasking, Folders, a Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay, and AirPrint to the iPad. It's about friggin' time.
"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."
The addition of multitasking addresses one of the iPad's major shortcomings, and the other additions -- like Folders and a Unified Inbox -- ensure the iPad will remain a hot selling product even as competition in the tablet space starts to heat up. But what Apple can't address through software updates are the handful of hardware omissions, like USB ports, a memory card reader, and webcam (which rules out FaceTime support).
So what's the verdict, does iOS 4.2 make the iPad a more compelling option, or is it still an overpriced, oversized iPod touch? Sound off in the comments section below!
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carnivorousslushee23
November 22, 2010 at 12:54pm
I'll go out on a limb here and say that I would love to get one of these devices - but ONLY if the price was lowered by about $200. For what you get, there is no way it ought to cost $500 freaking dollars. It's a cool portable toy that I would pay $300 (mebbe $350 for 3G) for, but anything more and no way. The same goes for all Apple products. I wouldn't mind buying a MacBook Pro as a simple productivity comp (word processing, web browsing, etc), but only if about $1k were lopped off of the price tag. But Jobs would never do something as charitable as that, so I'll continue to invest my money in them thar nice Asus laptops and enjoy my custom gaming tower instead. Which really suits me just fine :)
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