Words from Nerds #67: EIEIOS4

Apple releases iOS4 into the wild prior to iPhone 4 launch day. We’ve got a first look.

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• Surprise! new Mac Mini with HDMI.

Feature Story: iOS 4

• iOS4 is out. 378MB download. Went live at 1PM ET.
• What was the Monday rush to download it like?
• How does it behave on 3GS?
• New features that they didn’t advertise?
• Promised features
  • Multi-tasking (if app has been updated)
  • Global Inbox (threaded views, too)
  • Folders (12 apps max/folder)
  • Spell Check in Mail, Notes, other apps
  • Home screen wallpaper
  • Bluetooth keyboard support
• Sell your old phone
• iOS 4.0 Gold Master SDK publicly released
• Windows Live Messenger for iPhone? and Hotmail?

Nerd History

• June 20, 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• June 21, 1948 – The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, the world’s first stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.
• June 20, 1963 – The so-called “red telephone” is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• June 20, 2003 – The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
• June 21, 2010 – The Summer Solstice is today. The longest day of the year!