News - Apple iOS 4 to land today

[HEXUS]

Refinements a-plenty, but apps will need updating before supporting much-anticipated multitasking.

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[nwmark]

Edit: Ignore me i can't read properly :-(

[slypie]

take it the update for ipod touch is free as I'm updating now and it didn't mention any costs. I had to pay for version 3.0 so find it strange if this doesn't cost anything.

[Grebowski]

Yes, it's free for the touch, i updated last night. I also remember Jobs stating that it would be a free update. I imagine the reason for making it free is to ensure we're all subjected to iAds.

I'm doubly pleased as I was too cheapskate to upgrade to 3, so have been running on 2.2.1 for the last year - copy and paste yay!

[Funkstar]

The update fee was due to accountancy rules introduced under "Sarbanes-Oxley" after the Enron mess.

These have now been relaxed so Apple can legally offer free updates to iOS systems. I haven't read into the details, but I guess these updates are classed as full OS upgrades, where as iPod classics for example are just firmware updates.

[mikerr]

OS4

Multitasking

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

Folders

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

User selectable backgrounds

- Jailbroken users have had that for ...well you get the picture

Multitasking is only for apps written to take advantage of it - i.e. hardly any.

- Unlike jailbroken true multitasking for all apps

[aeonf242]

OS4

Multitasking

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

Folders

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

User selectable backgrounds

- Jailbroken users have had that for ...well you get the picture

Multitasking is only for apps written to take advantage of it - i.e. hardly any.

- Unlike jailbroken true multitasking for all apps

Viruses

- Jailbroken users have had that for

[cheesemp]

OS4

Multitasking

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

Folders

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

User selectable backgrounds

- Jailbroken users have had that for ...well you get the picture

Multitasking is only for apps written to take advantage of it - i.e. hardly any.

- Unlike jailbroken true multitasking for all apps

Nokia Symbian users have had these since 2003 but that what the Apple marketing department is for.

[usxhe190]

Viruses

- Jailbroken users have had that for

You don't need viruses for an unjailbroken iPhone. You already have Steve Jobs restricting your life.

[Mattus]

OS4

Multitasking

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

Folders

- Jailbroken users have had that for the past 3-4 years

User selectable backgrounds

- Jailbroken users have had that for ...well you get the picture

When I jailbroke my 3G, I multitasked and used custom springboards for about 3-4 days before restoring to stock firmware. It made the phone laggy as hell and murdered the battery life. Being able to do something doesn't equal being able to do it well.