Apple on Tuesday free the third beta for developer of iOS 4.3 , its forthcoming update for the iPhone , iPod touch , and iPad .
The third genus Beta in just under four hebdomad , this latest Io 4.3 release sports the same key features introduced in thefirst genus Beta : AirPlay supporting for third - company apps , a novel much - request preference to toggle the behavior of the iPad ’s hardware switch , and full - filmdom iAd banners on the iPad .
The new four- and five - finger multitouch gestures also introduced in the first beta for the iPad are still present , as is Apple ’s statement that they will disappear from iOS 4.3 once it ships for consumers . Apple makes it clean-cut that it ’s merely foregather developer feedback about the feature article for now ( reenforce by the fact that iPads must be plugged into Xcode after updating so as to turn on the gestures ) . Of course , the party could reintroduce them for goal users in a later release .
release alongside this genus Beta are new version of the iOS SDK and Apple TV beta software , the latter of which is usable to facilitate developer test AirPlay support in their apps .
This update also reportedly brings the fluid hotspot feature thatVerizon introducedfor its version of the iPhone . Verizon will get offering its first iPhone pre - orders to subsist customers at 3 a.m. Eastern on February 3 .
There is no quotation in this update , however , of support for the subscription feature thatNews Corp ’s approaching publication , The Daily , is rumored to integrate . The publisher has corroborate that after an initial two - workweek free trial run period , its app will call for a subscription fee of $ 1 per week .
We ’ll keep an eye out for any major variety in this third installment of the iOS 4.3 beta . For now , developer can download the newfangled variation and keep company software program in Apple ’s Developer Center .
