Apple iOS 4.3 For iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad Now Available For Download!

Now, this is breaking news, kind of. Apple just released the Apple iOS 4.3 for the general masses and made it available for download. The iOS 4.3 launch was expected to be inline with the iPad 2’s market debut : the 11th of March.

However, Apple has rolled out the pie a little early for the users who can now download iOS 4.3 update via Apple iTunes or head over to Apple’s website to get apprise on all the know-hows.

Apple iOS 4.3 features a lot of performance improvements and bug fixes along with the addition of new features like Personal Hotspot, iTunes Home Sharing, Air Play support, support for HD video out using the Apple Digital TV adapter and much more.

Here’s what new in the iOS 4.3 software update :

• Personal Hotspot*
• Share iPhone 4 cellular data connection with up to 5 devices (combination of up to 3 Wi-Fi, 3 Bluetooth, and 1 USB)
• iTunes Home Sharing
• Play music, movies and TV shows from a shared iTunes library on a Mac or PC (requires iTunes 10.2)
• New AirPlay features**
• Play videos from the Photos app including the Camera Roll album, iTunes previews, enabled third-party apps and websites on Apple TV
• Play slideshows from Photos on Apple TV using transitions available on Apple TV
• Faster Safari performance with Apple Nitro JavaScript engine
• HD video out using the Apple Digital AV Adapter***
• View 720p HD videos from Videos app, iPod app, Photos, YouTube, Safari, Keynote, and enabled third-party apps on an HDMI display
• Ping features
• Push notifications for comments and follow requests
• Post and Like songs directly from the Now Playing screen
• Parental controls
• New Settings
• Messages setting for number of times to repeat an alert
• iPad side switch setting to lock screen rotation or mute audio notifications and sound effects
• Single tap conference call dialing with a pause to send a passcode
• Bug fixes

*Requires iPhone 4 with tethering data plan
**Requires Apple TV (2nd generation) running software version 4.2 or later
***iPhone 4, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation)

Besides this, Apple also rolled out a software update for Apple TV adding Major League Baseball’s MLB.TV streaming service and also the National Basketball Association’s League Pass — both of which are subscription-based services.

To update your iPhone to iOS 4.3, plug in your device to your computer and launch iTunes to get started. The update is available via iTunes to the igadget family including iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Ah yes, seems this is where Apple ceases to roll out iOS software updates for the iPhone 3G. Sad, it couldn’t make it to iOS 4.3.

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