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Looks like second generation iPhone owners are going to take another hit. It seems as though in the latest build, Cupertino has decided to completely axe AirPlay from the iPhone 3G. The feature was functional in the previous builds on the device, but it didn’t make the final cut the Golden Master version.

“After speaking to multiple developers and users testing out the iOS 4.2 betas, we have determined that AirPlay did in fact work on the iPhone 3G at one point, meaning the AirPlay functionality was definitely removed from Apple’s two-year-old iPhone at its GM stage.”

Source: 9 to 5 Mac

What’s probably more interesting is that on Apple’s product page for the function, it lists that AirPlay will be available on all iOS 4 devices.

The situation mimics the same predicament that the iPhone 3G had with Game Center. In the early builds of iOS 4.1 Game Center was accessible from second generation device. However, in the last stretch to launch day, Apple cut the feature from the from the final product for iPhone 3G. The feature also got disabled on the second generation iPod touch, but was later restored on that device, leaving the iPhone 3G as the only iOS 4 device that didn’t have the feature.

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