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Download iOS 6.1 Beta2 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV

December 30, 2012
Apple has seeded iOS 6.1 beta 2, 10B5105c  for all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users who are enrolled in the iOS developer center. The software update is only seeded for developers. iOS is available for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPod touch and iPad mini.
Download iOS 6.1 Beta2 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV
Full list of new features below :
— 1.) Panorama support is back.
— 2.) Once again, you can download individual songs from iTunes Match.
— 3.) Apple added a new Passbook card to explain the feature:
Now let us began direct links downloading iOS 6.1 beta2 IPSW.
How to update with iOS 6.1 beta2 ?
1- Download latest iTunes
2- Restore to iOS 6.0.1 active device and set it as new
3- Press shift key+update on windows or option key+update on mac and select iOS 6.1 beta
4- Enjoy !
 

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iOS 6

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iOS 6
Part of the iOS family
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iOS 6 running on iPhone 4
Developer
Apple Inc.
Website www.apple.com/ios/ios6
Releases
Initial release September 19, 2012; 3 months ago[citation needed]
Stable release 6.0.2 (iPhone 5 & iPad mini only), 6.0.1 (December 18, 2012; 12 days ago, November 1, 2012; 59 days ago) [info]
Preview release 6.1 (December 17, 2012; 13 days ago)[citation needed]
Source model Closed, with open-source components
License Proprietary EULA except for open-source components
Kernel type Hybrid (XNU)
Preceded by iOS 5
iOS 6 is the latest version of the iOS mobile operating system from Apple Inc. It was preceded by iOS 5 (final version was 5.1.1).

Contents

History

iOS 6 was previewed on June 11, 2012 during WWDC 2012, with release announced for Fall 2012. Following the pattern of previous iOS releases, older devices are no longer supported, specifically the iPod Touch (3rd generation) and the iPad (original). Supported devices on this release include the iPhone 3GS, the iPod Touch (4th generation), and the iPad 2 or later models.
On September 12, 2012 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, among other items unveiled, Apple announced three iOS related items; the release of the next generation of iPhone, called iPhone 5, the newly redesigned iPod Touch (5th generation), and the expected final release of iOS 6.0.[1] The September 19 release date of iOS 6 was announced at this event.[2]
While the iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6 starting September 21, other units will require an over-the-air update or an install through iTunes.[2] An update to iTunes version 10.7, which was released on September 12, is necessary to install the iOS 6 update on a device.[3]
The release of iOS 6 is Apple’s fastest beta-to-product development for its mobile OS.[2]

Features

Two notable apps that iOS 6 removed are Google Maps and YouTube.
The built-in Maps app uses Apple's new vector-based engine that eliminates the lag present while downloading bitmaps from Google's servers, making for smoother zooming. New to Maps is turn-by-turn navigation spoken directions in certain countries, 3D views in some major cities and real-time traffic.[3] Turn-by-turn navigation is only available for iPhone 4S or later and iPad 2 or later with cellular capability, while 3D views are only available for iPhone 4S or later, iPod touch 5th generation, and iPad 2 or later.[4]
Another change would include the inability to download Podcasts through the regular iTunes application. Instead, users are prompted to download the official Podcasts App in order to continue.
iOS 6 brings the retrieval of documents such as boarding passes, admission tickets, coupons and loyalty cards through its new Passbook app. An iOS device with Passbook can be scanned under a reader to process a mobile payment at participating locations. The app has context-aware features such as notifications for relevant coupons when in the immediate vicinity of a given store.[3][5]
Apple’s Siri intelligent personal assistant was improved to include the ability to make restaurant reservations, launch apps, dictate Facebook or Twitter updates, retrieve movie reviews and detailed sports statistics.[3] Siri, which previously was only supported on iPhone 4S, is also now supported on iPhone 5, iPod touch 5th generation, and iPad 3rd generation ,iPad (4th generation) and iPad Mini.[4]
Facebook comes integrated through Apple’s native apps with iOS 6. Facebook features can be directly accessed from within native apps such as Calendar which can sync Facebook events, or use Facebook’s like button from within the Apple App Store.[3]
New privacy settings are available to the user. In addition to location services, the following have been added in iOS 6: photos (already partially restricted in iOS 5), contacts (address book), calendars, reminders, bluetooth sharing, Twitter, Facebook, and Sina Weibo. iOS 6 also comes with a "Limit ad tracking" user control in the general settings menu to allow users the option to prevent targeted advertising. Apple's Advertising Identifier replaces the company’s existing UDID standard. Advertising networks not yet using Apple's Advertising Identifier device identifier standard would not be affected although Apple will require the standard in the future.[6]

Problems

In iOS 6, Apple replaced the previous Google Maps-based application with its own Maps, and was faced with poor reception from critics and users, with inaccurate or incomplete data, no support for transit maps, and low-quality satellite imagery.[7][8] Apple was also faced with criticism from Ireland's Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter when a map incorrectly marked Airfield, a farming area in Dundrum, Dublin, with an icon indicating that it was an airport.[9] Apple CEO Tim Cook later issued a letter on Apple's website apologizing for the "frustration caused by the Maps application".[10]
In September 2012, a privacy expert with the software company Abine expressed her concern that in spite of new targeted ad opt-outs, advertisers could still identify users based on other data and Apple could curate user databases for marketing or to sell to others.[6] Also that month, several users have reported a higher-than-normal data usage after iOS 6 upgrade, causing some to be heavily billed for data largely exceeding their data plan.[11][12][13]

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