IOS 4.2 Software Update Features for iPad

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The reason I put this up here on Hacker News is that I did not know that they were going to be coming out with the ability to print from the iPad.

They've been bragging pretty heavily about this feature for a while.

Thanks, I didn't know they were finally adding search to Safari either.

Any idea if the search feature will be added to safari on the iPhone? I've had quite a few instances where I wanted to search a page (usually wikipedia) on my iPhone.

"chances are good"

Info on how to set up your Mac to let iOS devices "print" to a PDF through it: http://i.tuaw.com/2010/11/16/how-to-create-pdfs-with-your-io...

Requires hacking with currently released version of Mac OS X because there's some controversy about when/if AirPrint-through-a-Mac-or-PC will be coming. Some say it's cancelled, but that sounds kinda crazy to me: why even ship the feature on iOS if it's only going to be able to print to a small portion of HP's line of printers?

Wait, so air print won't even be able to print to a normal jetdirect or IPP printer?

I believe that's correct: it supports HP "ePrint" branded printers directly and, maybe, any other printer attached to a Mac or PC with iTunes installed by going "through" the Mac or PC.

It's because they don't want to start having user-installable device drivers on iOS (a laudable goal); I assume HP ePrint printers work because they speak something very PDF-like natively, though that's purely conjecture on my part.

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