iOS 4.2 Beta 2 and iTunes 10.1 Beta Seeded to Developers
Apple today seeded the second beta version of iOS 4.2, along with the associated software development kit (SDK) and Xcode 3.2.5, to developers. The company has also pushed out a beta version of iTunes 10.1 for developer testing.
We've yet to hear word about specific changes available in the new releases, but we will provide more details as the information surfaces.
iOS 4.2, which will finally unify the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on iOS 4 when it is publicly released in November, saw its first beta version seeded to developers nearly two weeks ago.
Update: Slightly updated multitasking animation. Better video embedded (via MacStories):
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