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Among the little fixes and new features introduced last night in iOS 4.1 Beta 1, some 9to5mac readers noticed a very important one: full Bluetooth playback control support for AVRCP-compatible devices.
AVRCP is a technology that allows Bluetooth handsets and car dashboards to take full control over the music playback of another device. Before iOS 4.1, an iPhone paired via Bluetooth only allowed volume control. Now it seems like you can play, pause, skip, forward and back.
Nice addition.
This is curious: iPhoneHellas is claiming that Apple will release iOS 4.0.1 later today. They cite “a reliable source”, and as MacRumors notices the site was right about firmware releases in the past.
The 4.0.1 update should only contain bug fixes and the signal indicator formula. If this is true, expect it to drop in 6 hours.
We’ve been waiting for this, as Apple had to do something about all the much-reported iPhone 4 reception issues. In fact, they’re holding a special press conference on Friday about the iPhone 4. No additional info are available at this moment.
Select press was invited on Wednesday, The Loop reports. We’ll be following the event here on MacStories, so stay tuned.
As for what I think will happen, I’ve just tweeted it.
Remember the original iPhone commercial? It’s back, and it’s focused on an iPhone 3G getting slooooow when running iOS 4.
I feel sorry for iPhone 3G users (saw a unit running iOS 4 last night, it’s terrible) but really, this video is awesome.
[via Mike Rundle]
The Retina Display is great, and it’s always a pleasure to see updated apps show up in iTunes every day. If you don’t have an iPhone, you really have no idea how gorgeous apps look on it.
I was amazed by Ether, a simple radio app by Pandapps, as I saw the first screenshots in iTunes. Why? Because it’s the first music app that actually looks great on my new device.
Looks like the issue has gone mainstream in the US. Gotta love the “eye foam” though.
Ok, so we know FaceTime is a great technology. Video calling is nothing new, but Apple’s implementation is perfect: one-tap calling, simple UI, easy to use.
How stable and compatible can Apple’s FaceTime be, anyway? We’ve read reports of firewalls blocking its connection. Still, the good folks over at TUAW have managed to talk with a reader who was on a plane, thousands of feet above Earth, using Gogo in-flight Wifi service. The same service which blocks Skype and other VOIP softwares, it worked just fine with FaceTime.
The quality of the call is good, and Bills even changes camera to show that he’s actually on a plane, FaceTime with us poor Earth dwellers. Check out the video after the break.
