Instapaper usage stats show high iOS 4, iPad adoption
Marco Arment, developer of Instapaper, has provided some intriguing usage stats for his bestselling app. While the numbers aren't representative of the entire iOS ecosystem, the fact that Instapaper is a popular paid app (almost always in the top 5 p...
HP adds AirPrint support to more printers
In what it calls a significant expansion of its support for Apple's AirPrint feature, HP has added AirPrint support to eight more of its LaserJet models. AirPrint enables iOS device users running iOS 4.2 or later to wirelessly print documents, photo...
New Cydia App “TruPrint” Extends Apple’s AirPrint Support
With iOS 4.2 Apple introduced AirPrint, a new system-wide technology that allows iPhone and iPad users to print emails, photos and just about any kind of document wirelessly without having to worry about drivers or configurations. The problem is, while Apple initially announced that AirPrint would work with a set of “officially supported” printers from...
HP will launch 6 new AirPrint-compatible printers in January
With only a handful of HP printers being compatible with Apple's AirPrint -- after the disappointment of AirPrint's functionality being drastically scaled back in the final release of iOS 4.2 -- users have been left with two options if they want to pri...
iOS 4.2 prevents some USB devices from working via Camera Connection Kit
According to 9to5Mac, changes introduced in iOS 4.2 have caused Apple's Camera Connection Kit to become a lot less useful for iPad owners. As of iOS 4.2, the amount of electricity the iPad's 30-pin dock connector can put out has apparently been slashe...
TUAW TV Live: AirPrint, AirPlay, RapidWeaver, and more
It's nearly 5 PM ET, which means it's time for TUAW TV Live. This is the weekly livestreaming video show where me and a group of Apple geeks get together to chat about the latest news from Cupertino and beyond.
Today's show is all about what iOS 4.2 br...
Quick Fix: Get Your Music Back After the iOS 4.2 Update
The update to iOS 4.2 that rolled out last Monday went pretty smoothly, but there were many cases of people who had updated to 4.2, and then seemingly lost all their music. My own iPod touch was affected, but luckily there's a quick fix available.
AirPrint Hacktivator enables AirPrint for any printer
You've updated your iPad and iPhone to iOS 4.2, and you want to print something, ... anything, but that printer hooked up to your Mac doesn't show up in the list of available devices. What can you do to make your iOS user experience complete?
As Mike n...
iOS 4.2 makes iPad a productivity rival for MacBook Air, says CNET
CNET's Brook Crothers claims that with the launch of iOS 4.2, he is pretty much ready to abandon his MacBook Air in favor of full-time use of his iPad. Even before the upgrade to the mobile OS, Crothers found that he was almost exclusively using the 3G...
iOS 4.2.1 brings baseband signature check, unlockers warned to wait
With the release of iOS 4.2.1, Apple has again gained the upper hand in the ongoing cat and mouse battle against iPhone unlockers. While the U.S. Library of Congress has decreed that users who choose to unlock their mobile devices for use on alternativ...
Quick Fix: Reset Your iPhone’s Voicemail Password
After upgrading to iOS 4.2.1, I noticed my visual voicemail wasn't working. The phone app kept asking for my password. Well, I don't know my voicemail password anymore, and I suspect I'm not alone. Here's how to fix it if you're in the same boat.
iOS 4.2 CoreMIDI apps begin to arrive on the App Store
When we got word a few weeks ago that Apple was introducing CoreMIDI into iOS 4.2, our minds began to ponder the new possibilities it would present. Since the release of iOS 4.2, however, with all the buzz surrounding the latest iOS software update, we...
