iOS 4 for iPhone Now Available for Download Via iTunes

Submitted by lalit on June 21, 2010 - 12:21pm.

Apple has released new iOS 4 for iPhone and is available for download via iTunes. To get the latest operating system connect your iPhone to your computer and then click Check for Update in iTunes. The iOS 4 update contains over 100 new features, including the following:

  • Multitasking support for third-party apps
  • Folders to better organize and access apps
  • Home screen Wallpaper
  • Mail improvements
  • Support for iBooks and iBookstore
  • Photo and Camera improvements
  • Ability to create and edit playlists on device
  • Calendar invitations can be sent and accepted wirelessly with supported CalDAV servers
  • Support for MobileMe calendar sharing
  • Suggestions and recent searches appear during web search
  • Searchable SMS/MMS messages
  • Spotlight search can be continued on web and Wikipedia
  • Enhanced location privacy
  • Automatic spellcheck
  • Support for Bluetooth keyboard
  • iPod out to navigate music, podcast and audiobooks through an iPod interface with compatible cars
  • Support for iTunes gifting of apps
  • Wireless notes syncing with IMAP based mail accounts
  • Persistent WiFi connection to receive push notifications
  • New setting for turning on/off cellular data only
  • Option to display the character count while composing new SMS/MMS
  • Visual Voicemail messages can be kept locally even if they have been deleted from the server
  • Control to lock portrait orientation
  • Audio playback controls for iPod and third-party audio apps
  • New languages, dictionaries and keyboards
  • Accessibility enhancements
  • Bluetooth improvements
  • Better data protection using the device passcode as an encryption key
  • Support fro third party Mobile Device Management solution
  • Enables wireless distribution of enterprise applications
  • Exchange Server 2010 compatibility
  • Support for multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts
  • Support for Juniper Junos Pulse and Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN apps
  • More than 1,500 new developer APIs
  • Bug fixes

The iOS 4 is compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (shipping on 24 June) and iPod touch 2nd generation. The update weighs in at 292MB and initial reports indicate that the update process goes very smoothly (if you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone).