Apple previews iOS 4.3

03.03.2011

Outside of iOS 4.3, the has added several new system apps to its repertoire. Photo Booth, which offers a nine-effect video preview and finger-malleable effects, and FaceTime, which brings full-screen video conferencing to the iPad. You can have FaceTime conversations between any applicable device--the iPhone 4, fourth-generation iPod touch, iPad 2, and any Mac with FaceTime installed.

iOS 4.3 will be available as a free download from iTunes for the iPad, the iPhone 3GS, the GSM iPhone 4, and the third- and fourth-generation iPod touch on March 11. Notably missing from is any mention of the CDMA iPhone 4 that works on Verizon's network. We've put in a call to Apple for clarification on its plans for iOS 4.3 and Verizon's iPhones. However, quotes an Apple representative as saying that Apple just released the CDMA iPhone and that "if history's an indicator, these things will eventually converge."