iOS 4.2 Cut Back iPad Dock Connector Power Output. Renders Many 3rd Party Attachments Useless. #ipad #ios

It appears that iOS 4.2 wasn’t all roses and sunflowers for iPad users. While the vast majority of features brought to iPad users with the latest iOS 4.2 update are highly functional, useful , it appears that at least one aspect of the iPad pre-iOS 4.2 has actually been impacted negatively. Specifically, users of the $29 iPad Camera Kit add-on dongles are finding that many different USB peripherals are failing to be recognized after upgrading to iOS 4.2. According to 9to5Mac, the Dock/USB woes can be traced to the fact that the dock connector now only outputs 20mA of power. Compare that to pre-iOS 4.2 levels which were measured at up to 100mA and you can see the problem. Now, a whole slew of 3rd party iPad accessories that make use of the 30-pin dock connector may not work due to the lower power allotment given to them.

It’s a rather senseless change that while probably done with good intentions, wasn’t thought through very well. Any iPad users experiencing dock connector woes with 3rd party accessories?

Vodafone and Verizon customers beware. Email virus with your name on it.

Vodafone and Verizon Wireless users have a new threat to watch out for in their inbox. A new virus claiming to be from either Vodafone or Verizon comes with a subject of “Your credit balance is over the limit”. The danger comes by way of an attached virus that the email details as an “balance checker”. Whatever you do, do not open it or run the attached program. Doing so invites in a nasty little Trojan with name of “Regrun” that hosts a nasty program flagged as “Mal/Zbot-P”.

It’s extremely important to know that the above Trojan is associated with a reported $100 million+ dollars that has already been stolen from victims’ accounts. With that said, the intentions of this Trojan are to gather login information to banking and other financial based sites. Avoiding emails that contain the message as detailed above is your best bet. Anyone get bitten yet? If so, how hard was it to get rid of? Share the details below.

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