Update: iOS 4.2 is available for download

Apple has just issued a press release, confirming that iOS 4.2 software update will be be publicly available today for download via iTunes 10.1. The download links aren’t live till now, hopefully they’ll be available 10 AM PST onwards. iOS 4.2 brings unification of the iOS platform for the first time since the iPad was launched.

This upgrade brings new features to the iPad like Multitasking, AirPlay, AirPrint (which allows users to print wirelessly from their iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch), “Find My iPhone (or iPad or iPod touch),” a free feature that, according to Apple, “lets users easily locate a missing device on a map and have it display a message or play a sound.”

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