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InfoSeek reports that "More Apple iPad features have been discovered in iPhone OS 3.2, features that would be crucial to the computing part of the iPad."
Among these are "productivity features" like the ability to connect to file servers, to download and store files locally from the Safari browser, and to print easily. And dig this: OS 3.2 seems to be "hiding a handwriting keyboard prototype. This could mean that we'll see native handwriting recognition in iPhone OS 4.0."
There's a more detailed write-up about this at engadget, citing among other sources "noted iPhone jailbreaker chpwn" and "iPhone jailbreak dev Ryan Petrich," who reports that "there's a spell checker with multiple dictionaries and user-added entries (huzzah!), much richer text support for apps, the ability to selectively draw to external displays (using the VGA or component adapters, we'd imagine), location-aware ads in Maps and possibly other programs that use the Maps API, file upload ability in Safari, a modifiable cut / copy / paste menu, and, most interestingly, prototype support for a 'handwriting keyboard.'"
It would be a neat bit of jujitsu if Steve Jobs, who now stands indicted of having overhyped as "revolutionary" a device that is little more than an iPod touch for the ham-fisted and sight-impaired, turns out to have coyly failed to mention a number of wicked cool capabilities that will make the device much more interesting.
InfoSeek reports that "More Apple iPad features have been discovered in iPhone OS 3.2, features that would be crucial to the computing part of the iPad."
Among these are "productivity features" like the ability to connect to file servers, to download and store files locally from the Safari browser, and to print easily. And dig this: OS 3.2 seems to be "hiding a handwriting keyboard prototype. This could mean that we'll see native handwriting recognition in iPhone OS 4.0."
There's a more detailed write-up about this at engadget, citing among other sources "noted iPhone jailbreaker chpwn" and "iPhone jailbreak dev Ryan Petrich," who reports that "there's a spell checker with multiple dictionaries and user-added entries (huzzah!), much richer text support for apps, the ability to selectively draw to external displays (using the VGA or component adapters, we'd imagine), location-aware ads in Maps and possibly other programs that use the Maps API, file upload ability in Safari, a modifiable cut / copy / paste menu, and, most interestingly, prototype support for a 'handwriting keyboard.'"
It would be a neat bit of jujitsu if Steve Jobs, who now stands indicted of having overhyped as "revolutionary" a device that is little more than an iPod touch for the ham-fisted and sight-impaired, turns out to have coyly failed to mention a number of wicked cool capabilities that will make the device much more interesting.