I've got it on my testing iPod Touch 2G - it has a couple of unmentioned features - in iPod particularly, and it seems pretty stable. The new, optimized Apple apps feel faster than they ever have (Springboard, Mail etc.) while the unchanged ones can be a bit laggy. App compatibility generally seems really good - no app has failed to run, though a couple have been unstable. The custom background feature hasn't been enabled yet, as I hear it is still very unstable on a 3GS at the moment. The button is grayed out in Photos, so I presume they will add it in a future beta. Folders work, but as soon as you connect to iTunes it throws a hissy fit, so best not to use them yet. Don't ask me for screenshots or access to the beta for anyone who is not a developer. You won't get it.
So, do you think the will enable background for 2gen? That's the one thing I want since we can't get multitasking.
I would imagine so - there's no reason not to. Even the OS 4 simulator can't do the custom backgrounds at the moment (and that has multitasking).
Wait, is it possible to get a first build of iPhone OS 4.0 already? If you're a developer and you download the SDK?
Does anybody know if bluetooth works between all phones now in 4.0 ? This works even on a 10 year old phone, so why does Apple stay behind on this ?
Thanks for the insight. I have two 3gs phones, but they are for daily use (one is my wife's). I want to put on mine, but I'm concerned that it's not stable enough to trust for my daily phone yet.
Is there a list of all the new features anywhere? I read somewhere that you will be able to create multiple playlists which is awesome. Been wanting that forever.
General New Features: Ability to multitask /background services by double clicking Home button (iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3rd Generation only) Support for Apple Bluetooth keyboards Game Center Social Network iBooks and sync with iPhone and iPod Touch Advertising via the iAd network Camera: 5x digital zoom Tap to focus video Settings: App-specific location settings Cellular data only setting Password w/ alphabet characters + numbers Simple Passcode Lock (4 digit number) option New Wallpapers Compass: remove the button link to Maps Home Screen: Ability to categorize Apps into folders with default folder naming based on Category name in App Store up to 2,160 instead of 180 visible apps (12 apps per folder) Custom backgrounds for Home screen and Lock Screen Dock appearance redesigned and look like in Mac OS X exclamation mark badge appears at the right top of the folder icon if any app got badge notification folder name supports up to 13 characters remove 'Rate on Delete' for Apps Photos: categorized by Faces ,Events and Places Camera Roll: Rotate Photos Resize photos categorized by All/Photos/Videos AppStore: Gift Apps Maps: Unified "locate me" icon background location icon shown on Status bar iPod: Playlist creation on device Nested playlists Lyrics and Podcast info on Setting Volume control with Bluetooth headsets Notes: Notes syncing with MobileMe/Gmail IMAP/Yahoo! Mail Accounts management appears if syncing is enabled Notes setting below Mail,Contacts, Calendars Settings if syncing is enabled Calendar: Birthday calendar CalDAV invitations Calculator: Updated icon Contacts: Unified Info by linking contacts from different accounts CardDAV Spotlight: Search with Web/Wikipedia Safari: Recent Searches below search field Top Hit in Search Google Suggest appears below search field if Search Engine is set to Google Unified "Search" keyboard button when search field being used Nike+: Upload workouts to Nike+ Accessibility: Larger fonts in Mail, SMS & alerts Message: include a Search bar character count Mail: Unified Inbox Edit from Outbox Support for multiple Exchange accounts File & delete Mail search results Organize By Thread in Mail Quicklook attachments Open attachments by registered filetype with corrsponding Apps from AppStore Other: Spell Check Persistent Wi-Fi Wake on Wireless Auto-join and Auto-login and IPv6 on individual Wi-Fi Networks setting Enhanced data protection Wireless app distribution Mobile device management SSL VPN support (both Juniper and Cisco) Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 support Added Cangjie and Wubihua Keyboards for Simplified and Traditional Chinese text replacement between Simplified and Traditional Chinese Switch keyboard shortcut (holding the "earth" button on keyboard for a while) Added support for Danish voice control Improved Bluetooth driver for A2DP devices Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?search=iPhone+OS+history
I Highly doubt that, because I remember them stressing on the previous app will be paused in the state it was Left. @gatorsxrule, Thanks for being so kind & ensuring that we stick around here MORE & continue to remain lazy
