Why the iOS 4.2 took so long?

[CrAkD]

The real answer is because a new model of iPad will be released with the iOS 4.2 release in November. It will have a camera, facetime and increased RAM.

Don't expect it to be iPad 2. Just a model update to quell the competition that will flood the market this coming holiday season. Then again it could well be the rumored 7" iPad. But I doubt it.

http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=112958

when will people ever learn? people come up with these "mid cycle minor update" rumors on EVERY apple product EVERY year and it NEVER happens. what on earth makes you think apple is going to bring out a new ipad early when they JUST caught up on demand of the current model? Theyll ride this money train til at least jan-april if not longer.

 

[ssdeg7]

Obviously you have never developed a major operating system for more than one device, with three different screen resolutions.

But Apple has, the have iMacs, MacBooks and MacBook Pros with different screen resolutions, I agree that it took too long, the hard part had already been done (creating it for the first time).

My guess is that they were trying to optimize the batterylife for multitasking, I still find it useless until they add a button for "on" or "off" on the Apps you don't want multitasking to work.

 

[ssdeg7]

when will people ever learn? people come up with these "mid cycle minor update" rumors on EVERY apple product EVERY year and it NEVER happens. what on earth makes you think apple is going to bring out a new ipad early when they JUST caught up on demand of the current model? Theyll ride this money train til at least jan-april if not longer.

I completely agree with you!

 

[izimzis]

Dude they made 4.2 incredible fast. i cant believe that they already done!

For the iPhone they took more than 3 years! and not even after a year we got 4.2 for the iPad i dont get y u mad...

 

[chrisandersen]

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