Today is the day many iPad owners have been waiting for – the roll out of iOS 4.2.1. With this update the iPad will get support for folders, multitasking, AirPrint, AirPlay, better email, TV rentals and a few other neat updates. So plug in your iPad (and your iPhones and iPods as well of course) and start your iTunes in a few minutes to get the update.
Update: It’s live! And it’s 4.2, not 4.2.1 so expect another update within the next few days.
Today the highly anticipated game ‘Rage’ from id Software is launched in the App Store. It’s a pretty impressive game, even though it feels a bit more like a cool tech demo. Check out the video below (from TouchArcade) to see what you can expect from this game. It’s available in a SD and a HD version, and if you’re having an iPhone 3G or a 3Gs you should probably go with the SD version.
Oh, and if you buy the game and have TV adapter, try plugging in your iPhone / iPad while you play the game…you can play the game on your TV – really neat!
Twitter just pushed out their new 3.2 client – ready for iOS 4.2. You now get push notifications for @mentions and messages (yay!), and the iPad client is even better than before. Here’s what is included:
iPhone:
* Push notifications for @mentions and messages
* Improved display of shortened URLs
* Correctly load reserved Twitter.com paths, such as http://twitter.com/newtwitter
* Fix connection error caused by a device clock being set incorrectly
* Additional retina graphics
* Enable geotagging in your account with one tap
iPad:
* Inline media
* Manage saved searches
* UI improvements
Twitter 3.2 [iTunes link]
As you might know, Apple did an announcement yesterday that they had some ‘unforgettable’ news today. It all ended up with that they had made all Beatles albums available in iTunes. Unforgettable or not?
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Ok, yesterday’s PR stunt from Apple was one of the lamest things ever. ‘A day you’ll never forget’?! Beatles coming to iTunes? Come on! People who’s into Beatles most probably have had all of the Beatles tracks in their private iTunes library for 4-5 years. Lame Apple, very lame!
If you have visited Apple.com during the last few hours, you have read the sign above. Apparently Apple is – out of the blue – unveiling something big regarding iTunes tomorrow. Could it be an all-you-can-eat (listen) buffet account? We will see tomorrow.
The new Facebook messaging system will be soft launched today and you basically need an invite to get going. Add a comment below to get a facebook invite as soon as we get any. Your email isn’t showed in public, and we promise not to spam you.
Facebook is currently unveiling their new messaging / mail solution. Check it out live here [facebooklive]
Microsoft is swinging at Apple again with this new commercial featuring a Windows 7 laptop showing Avatar on a blu-ray disc and a jealous MacBook looking from the side. In countries such as Sweden it sure can be painful that there’s no Apple computer with a blu-ray player available – since you can’t rent any movies through iTunes. But in other countries where you can rent HD movies the problem is much smaller. I use a Mac mini as the center of my home entertaiment system and it sure is a shame that I need to have a blu-ray player as well. I definitely see why Apple want to skip this step and move directly to streaming media, but we’re not there yet.
Over at Brookstone you can find this neat little pillow featuring a built-in remote control. You simply press on the desired function on the pillow. The pillow works with over 500 devices and it’s powered by 2 AAA batteries. It’s yours for US$29.95 and it’s really hard to lose.
Pillow remote [brookstone.com]
via [Freshome.com]