iOS 4.2.1 – New Safari Features

As you know iOS 4.2 is a free update for every iPhone, iPod or iPad device available now. Apple has not yet updated the developers documentation reflecting this, but Maximilano Firtman has discovered some of these changes.  This new release provides some major changes on HTML5 and W3C future standards support, like WebSocketsand Accelerometer support, print support, new JavaScript data-types and better SVG support.

Specifically, he has discovered support for:

  • Accelerometer & Gyroscope support through the DeviceOrientation API
  • WebSockets API from HTML5
  • Updated HTML5 Form Support
  • Partial XHR-2 Support
  • Print Support
  • New JavaScript data types
  • New DOM events
  • Enhanced SVG and Canvas support

For more details, check out his detailed blog entry on this, which also includes web based samples…