iOS 4.3

Friday was the official rollout of iOS 4.3 to all iPhones (3Gs and above) and iPads.

According to the Apple OS update page, the benefits are mostly for iPhone 4 users:

• personal hotspot for up to five devices
• iTunes home sharing
• new AirPlay features
• faster Safari performance via the newfangled Apple Nitro JavaScrip engine
• HD video via Apple's Digital AV Adapter
• Ping features
• new settings for message alerts
• single-tap conference calling pause
• and a number of bug fixes

Of course, March 11 was also the day the iPad 2.0 came out.

The Naperville, Illinois Apple store reported a line so long down Jefferson Avenue, that it bent around the corner where the Eddie Bauer store is (Crowds Come Out to Naperville Apple Store for New iPad 2) located.

I even read somewhere that they offered customers in line a free Starbucks drink, since the line and wait were so long.

After a few hours of sales, Apple officially reduced the shipping time wait for a new iPad 2 to 2-3 weeks, according to an update by ZDNet.

So...did you get yours yet? Are you going for an iPad 1 because it's much cheaper now? Or are you favoring an Android tablet?