What’s New in the iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4
iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 has been released by Apple and everyone is tearing it apart to find out what's new in this release. Here's what has been discovered so far:
The default home screen has been changed. Apple has now placed the apps: Clock, Calculator, Compass, and Voice Memos in a folder called "Utilities". The reasoning for this isn't really clear since it would take two clicks to start these apps now. I figure that Apple doesn't think these apps are used very often so they can be placed in a folder. I would have also placed Settings and Contacts into the Utilities folder, but then it might need to called something else.
There is also some new wallpapers that aren't busy or distracting and could actually serve as decent home screen wallpapers. I don't see the new wallpapers are being very significant since you can use any picture or photo on the iPhone and you are restricted to just the wallpapers provided by Apple.
Aside from those new wallpapers and an option to toggle off the ability to send group messages, there don't appear to be any major differences in the settings for this beta except for tethering! It is still yet to be seen if AT&T will actually allow tethering since it was introduced by Apple last year. Their network probably still isn't able to handle the current traffic, so I doubt we will see tethering any time soon.
There's a tiny change to the Photo app in that you can finally view your Photo Roll in a different orientation unless you have Orientation Lock turned on. I always thought this was always possible, but I guess it was an oversight by Apple.
There are some very bug fixes too since the last beta: There isn't an odd silent pause when you pick up a phone call now and the Maps app seems snappier and more precise than ever. I had the Maps crash pretty consistently under beta 3 so the bug fixes are welcome. Overall, all the apps somehow feel faster and more responsive, but we always say that when there is a new update.
If there are any other changes, l will update as I find any others and I invite you to leave a comment with screenshots and descriptions of what you find.
via Here's What's New In iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4 - Gizmodo.
via Apple Releases iPhone OS 4 Beta 4 and SDK to Developers - MacRumors.
via iPhone OS 4 beta 4 drops in - Engadget.