If you own an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad...

Apple is scheduled to release an update to iOS, the operating system that
powers the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, to version 4.2 sometime in the very near future.

It's got some cool stuff, including the ability to print to wifi wireless
printers, and a fix for the Daylight Savings Time/Alarm Clock issue that's
been reported in the media. It's also a decent-sized upgrade -- and of
course, they can't test it on each and every iOS device out there.

The first time you sync your iDevice after the upgrade is released (and following your machine's 'check for updates' schedule), iTunes will tell you that it has a big software update to download and install. While the quality of Apple software releases is generally very good, consider telling iTunes "Remind Me Later" and then waiting a week or two before installing the update.

Usually if there are any major glitches in a significant release like this, they've got them fixed after a couple of weeks, and iTunes will ask you again at some point (depending on how your update schedule is set) if you want to install it.

You've survived this long without iOS 4.2; you can't wait another couple of weeks to make sure it's bug-free? As my colleague and friend Ed Leifer points out, it's better to be on the leading edge than the bleeding edge.

I'm just sayin'.... :)