iOS 4.2.1 – New Safari Features

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As you know iOS 4.2 is a free update for every iPhone, iPod or iPad device available now. Apple has not yet updated the developers documentation reflecting this, but Maximilano Firtman has discovered some of these changes.  This new release provides some major changes on HTML5 and W3C future standards support, like WebSocketsand Accelerometer support, print support, new JavaScript data-types and better SVG support.
Specifically, he has discovered support for:

  • Accelerometer & Gyroscope support through the DeviceOrientation API
  • WebSockets API from HTML5
  • Updated HTML5 Form Support
  • Partial XHR-2 Support
  • Print Support
  • New JavaScript data types
  • New DOM events
  • Enhanced SVG and Canvas support

For more details, check out his detailed blog entry on this, which also includes web based samples…

Worst gadget ever? Ars reviews a $99 Android tablet

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It really says something when some of your customers ask the Internet whether they got the right thing when they received your product, or whether it got switched out with some joke Chinese knockoff that\’s not really supposed to work.
The Maylong M-150 TabletPC is an Android-based device sold by Walgreens for a mere $99 a pop. The obvious purpose for this tablet\’s existence is to appeal to bargain basement shoppers—grandmas, poor college kids, those on a tight budget—by claiming to offer a full tablet experience for cheap. I mean, it runs Android, right? That\’s a legit operating system nowadays. Unfortunately, the Maylong M-150 is the very epitome of \”race to the bottom,\” and anyone looking to buy one would get more bang for the buck by setting it on fire for warmth.

It also says something that this was the most positive statement in the entire review.  Really, the M-150 has a 2-3 hour STANDBY time for the battery…  WTF?  Read the review yourself at Worst gadget ever? Ars reviews a $99 Android tablet.