So we played with the new OS 4 during the last hours and here's our impressions so far...

For a first beta this build is pretty stable we had no crash so far and our phone is as fast as it was before upgrading.

The multitasking is here but it's hard to test it since most apps don't support it yet. Double tap on the home screen button brings a "dock like" list of all the apps currently running and from there you can switch between apps. The feature so far looks to be working very well.

The new "Folder" features works very well, it help you clean your home screen and put your apps in folders (12 apps per folders maximum).

You can now set a wallpaper for the Home Screen but we are currently stuck with the default one as the feature to change the wallpaper is not yet working.

The new 3D transparent Dock is similar to the one found in Snow Leopard and on the iPad.

The camera (for photo) now include a zoom feature up to 5x and the camera (for video) now include the tap to focus feature that was already available in the photo camera.

The mail app have been redesigned and now allow faster switching between your mailboxes, a unified mailbox also allow you to see emails from different accounts under the same mailbox.

The new Game Centre social gaming feature looks cool we manage to log in using our iTunes account but since the service is not live yet, we got no friend, no games invite, and no leaderboards.

You can now search the web directly from spotlight.

Full picture gallery here.

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Apple just posted the video of today iPhone OS 4 sneak peek event, go ahead and watch Steve as he deliver another beautiful keynote.

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During today iPhone OS 4 event keynote Steve Jobs said that Apple as sold 450,000 iPads since its launch last Saturday and that 3.5 million iPad apps have already been downloaded. He also mentioned that 50 million iPhones and 35 million iPod Touches have been sold worldwide.

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Shortly after the keynote Apple released the SDK 4 beta on its iPhone Developers Portal. The SDK is available to all registered iPhone developers. If you want to start developing apps for iPhone OS 4 or simply test the new OS go ahead and start your downloads.

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Apple today gave a sneak peek of its next iPhone operating system 4.0 to medias and developers. The new OS will include more than 100 new features and gave developers over 1500 new APIs to work with.

Seven "Tentpole" features where show at the event :

1. Multitasking : After years waiting, this one is finally coming ! Not only can you have multiple apps running, but you can move slow-loading apps into the background and continue working on others with no lag, as well as auto-activated push notifications and location updates.

2. Folders: Instead of swiping through pages and pages of apps you can now store your applications in folders you create and names. This new system will allow you to have more than 2,000 apps on your phone instead of the old 180 apps limit on the old page swiping system.

3. Enhanced e-mail: You can now add multiples Exchange accounts, have an unified mailbox, fast inbox switching, and sort your mails by thread.

4. iBooks: The iBook app form the iPad will be ported to the iPhone and will still include a free Winnie The Pooh ebook !

5. Enterprise: For business users, IT departments can remotely managed the device, install VPN clients and wirelessly update new apps to user phones. Also enhanced encryption for data inside apps.

6. Game Centre: More than 50,000 games are available on the App Store and Apple decided to get is own Xbox Live. Game Centre will be a new social gaming network allowing players with similar skill level to play against, leaderboards and achievements will also be include.

7. iAd: Steve Jobs says: “The average user spends over 30 minutes using apps on their phone. If we said we wanted to put an ad up every 3 minutes, that’d be 10 ads per device per day — about the same as a TV show. We’re going to soon have 100 million devices. That’s a billion ad opportunities per day!” So Apple unveiled iAd a revolutionary new way for developers to include ads into their apps. Ads will be hosted and served by Apple, 60% of the revenues go to developers.

The update will be released this summer for iPhone and iPod Touch users, multitasking will only be available to iPhone 3GS and 3 generation iPod Touch owners (Steve Jobs said that older hardware doesn't support it) The iPad version of OS 4 will be released later this fall.

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Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for our live coverage of Apple iPhone OS 4 sneak peek event.
The event will begin at:

07:00AM - Hawaii
10:00AM - Pacific
11:00AM - Mountain
12:00PM - Central
01:00PM - Eastern
06:00PM - London
07:00PM - Paris
09:00PM - Moscow

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So we finally receive our iPad. While waiting for our full review (coming later this week) enjoy this short unboxing video.

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The iPad launch as been a phenomenal success, Apple announced this morning that 300,000 units have been sold on launch day. Theses numbers include the pre-orders for in store pickups, online orders from apple.com, and some others stores like Best Buy and authorized Appel Resellers across the U.S.A. Also more than 1,000,000 apps and 250,000 ebooks have been downloaded. Steve Jobs said in the press release that the average owner downloaded about 3 apps and 1 book when he took is new device home on Saturday. All these numbers are pretty impressive but now that most Apple fanboys bought an iPad on day 1, will the average consumer buy the iPad ? Time will tell us...

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The iPad may be out now, but Apple still have new stuff to show us. Medias are invited at Apple's Infinite Loop campus in Cupertino next week April, 8 for a "sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software." TAW will be liveblogging the event starting at 10AM PT. Answer our sidebar poll and tell us which features you want to see in the new OS.

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April, 3, 2010 9AM : Crowds and medias have gathered at Apple Stores around the U.S. for the launch of one of the most highly anticipated electronic device of all time, the mythical Apple tablet the iPad. The device went on sale today and with most of the units already reserved it will be a breaking launch for Apple, we expect that all the initial iPad supply will be sold before the end of the day.

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Read some reviews while you wait to get your hands on your own tomorrow... Here's a roundup of the first iPad reviews (very positive so far)

• Walt Mossberg from the WSJ
• David Pogue from the NYT
• Ed Baig from USA Today
• Tim Gideon from PC Mag

The highlights so far :

• Looks as though Apple plans to have at least 1,000 iPad apps at launch
• 60,000 iBooks at launch
• Marvel Comics app "closely replicates printed comics."
• Some video controls aren't readily available
• Direct sunlight is a buzzkill
• Keyboard is "barely usable" at a 90-degree angle
• The A4 chip is blazing fast
• Battery life ranged from just over 9 hours to well over 12 hours
• Winnie the Pooh iBook bundled with every iPad

TAW will have a full review of the device soon after its launch.

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No it's not Saturday yet but you can start shopping for your iPad apps. Today the first iPad apps appeared on the iTunes Store. Major titles like Bento, Things, ABC Player, Plants vs Zombie HD, Flight Control HD and Brushes have all been approved by Apple and are part of the launch lineup. So get your credit card ready it's time for some App Store shopping.

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