iOS Software Update is Down; Will we Get iOS 4.2?

One of our readers has reported us that Apple's iOS Software update is down. Users who trying to update to update their iOS devices with iTunes gets the following message.

The iPhone software update server could not be contacted.

Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, or try again later.

So, could this be claiming that iOS 4.2 will be released today as rumored? Also there were some rumors have pegged the public release date of iOS 4.2 to be 24th November ahead of the Thanksgiving in the United States. Leave us a comment if you got this message we'll be covering these all.

[Thanks Mark for hat tip]

UPDATE 1: It seems like the iOS software updater is operating sporadically at the moment. iOS 4.1 still the latest version.