[robstamps]

Anyway, here's one. Since I have an iPhone and iPad here's the bit I'm interested in

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/06/a...l-the-details/

New features for iOS 5:

• And the first new feature: an overhaul of notifications. At last! A new Notification Center aggregates all your, well, notifications into one and is accessible by swiping down a menu from the top of the screen. Yes, just like Android. Small X buttons alongside each note allow you to dismiss it, though there's no "clear all" option for the more decisive among us. Notifications are also making their way onto the lockscreen, where swiping across a text message takes you right into it. A little something like Samsung's TouchWiz implementation.
• Newsstand is a new place to house all your magazine and newspaper subscriptions.
• Twitter integration is also coming to iOS 5, with a single sign-in allowing a multitude of apps to make use of your Twitter credentials. That includes the Camera and Photos programs, finally letting you tweet images out directly from your galleries.
• Safari Reader is a new browser feature that will strip out distractions and present the text of a webpage with no other excess content. Accessible via a button next to the address bar. Also added to the iOS browser is a Reading List, which does what the name suggests by accumulating a list of pages you want to read later. Accessible on multiple devices. Tabbed browsing is making a debut in v5.0 as well, which is sure to be a boon for iPad users.
• Reminders is another self-descriptive feature. This one's intelligent enough to remind you to do things based on your location. It'll sync across devices and with your calendar.
• Yay, there's now a camera button right on your lockscreen! The volume-up button is also doubling up as a physical shutter release key when you're in the camera app. Pinch-to-zoom is said to be available right in the app, while holding your finger down on a particular area will lock down exposure to optimize the shot for its particular lighting. Some new in-device editing options have also been added, including cropping, rotation, red-eye reduction, and a one-click enhance option.
• A new split keyboard has also been shown off in iOS 5.
• Headline feature: PC Free! No more cables required for syncing. Now we're talking. Setting up and activating a new iOS device can be done right on the device itself, and syncing will be wireless too -- there'll be no need to tether to a computer anymore. Over-the-air updates are also part of the new deal, and in better news still, they'll contain only the data that's changed, meaning you won't have to re-download the entire OS every time Apple opts to make a minor tweak.
• Another pretty significant novelty: iMessage. It's a messaging service exclusively for iOS users (irrespective of which device they're rocking), which comes with delivery and read receipts, an indicator for when the other party is typing, and the ability to push messages to all your devices. Kinda, sorta like BBM. You'll be able to send messages, photos, videos, and contacts. Group messaging will also be available. It works over either WiFi or 3G and looks to be making good use of Apple's new push notifications.
• Perhaps the biggest innovation of all in iOS 5, however, will be the way iCloud affects the use of your mobile device. Hit up our overview post of the company's new cloud-syncing solution to learn all about it.
• iOS 5 will ship in the fall to the following devices: iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, iPad 1 and 2, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation.

Nice!

[robstamps]

https://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html

[freevideoandoicsI]

because no gamer/techie gives a ****.

[hexniks]

Some of that stuff looks interesting. I would bet most of those 'ideas' were in fact borrowed/stolen from the jailbreak community, which could likely do most of that stuff already.

[vosteglog]

Lots of cool stuff but stuff they should have had it years ago. Nonetheless, better late than never and their Music Match service seems quite cool. Location based reminders, WiFi sync, the cloud and the instant camera will be the main features I will use.

If you go to the App Store you can already see the purchased section.

because no gamer/techie gives a ****.

I'll go ahead and say, wrong.

Some of that stuff looks interesting. I would bet most of those 'ideas' were in fact borrowed/stolen from the jailbreak community, which could likely do most of that stuff already.

You would be right, they even hired a guy from the jailbreak community to work on the notification system.

[UtidaBrar]

Are they going to time this release with Phone5? Or just release it for 4 (and 3GS) early?

[vosteglog]

Are they going to time this release with Phone5? Or just release it for 4 (and 3GS) early?

There was no announcement of a new handset thus far so it might just be for the phones and iPads.

[gogoleanylinkfo]

No love for Lion? Chaz is a sad panda!

It's all about the iToys today.

$29 upgrade (Probably equates to £29 knowing Apple ) is epic. Would love to see Microsoft do such a thing.

[Michmant]

It was boring is why. The cloud services are compelling but not really news. They've been the industry's worst-kept secret since Apple bought Lala and started building a mega data center. The notifications system is the biggest news of the day and it's nothing really innovative, just a long overdue evolution. Lion was a joke.

Apple's in coasting mode right now.

[CaseyFan]

Notification system, as in a drop down menu like we've had on Android since the first handsets, oh bravo Apple.

To quote Jobs, Good artists copy, great artists steal.

[adactthrd]

iMessages is going to be pretty interesting.

I like the new notifications, but what if you're using an app or a game that requires you to swipe from the top down, the last thing you want is the notifications window coming up by accident and taking up a full screen.

I can see Newsrack being a huge hit, especially with failing newspaper companies today.

iOS 5 not coming out until fall? It's going to be a long summer... I guess they want to bring it out on their new iPhones at the same time, if they are still slated for this year.

[SallythePearl]

Nothing wildly exciting. iCloud was predicted but it doesn't appear to be an actual streaming service. WiFi sync is long overdue. iOS5 seems like a minor-ish evolution.

[LianneForbess]

It was boring is why. The cloud services are compelling but not really news. They've been the industry's worst-kept secret since Apple bought Lala and started building a mega data center. The notifications system is the biggest news of the day and it's nothing really innovative, just a long overdue evolution. Lion was a joke.

Apple's in coasting mode right now.

Wow, I thought you'd be enthusiastic about this as well. [rofl]

[GrolmangHat27]

Apple has brought the iphone features inline with other current phones, long overdue updates.

[Theariwinna]

Apple has brought the iphone features inline with other current phones, long overdue updates.

Yeah, and as nice as these updates are, it doesn't really make for exciting reading/viewing. It's like reading the changes list for my new TV firmware update. So this is why no thread.

[GrolmangHat27]

Yeah, and as nice as these updates are, it doesn't really make for exciting reading/viewing. It's like reading the changes list for my new TV firmware update. So this is why no thread.

No, of course. The updates are incredible especially for current users who have been wanting them for years but compared to the status quo of phones, it's just satisfying.

And the IPhone 4 is looking pretty dreary next to all these new dual core android superphones.

Unless the iPhone 5 gives blowjobs on demand or something, I'm skipping over to android next time round.

[Theariwinna]

No, of course. The updates are incredible especially for current users who have been wanting them for years but compared to the status quo of phones, it's just satisfying.

And the IPhone 4 is looking pretty dreary next to all these new dual core android superphones.

Unless the iPhone 5 gives blowjobs on demand or something, I'm skipping over to android next time round.

I think the iPhone 5 is going to be a couple of months too late for my upgrade. Unelss like you say, in the next few weeks we get promise of oral sex on demand, I won't wait.

A lot of these updates, as 'incredible' as they might be, are essentially stollen from RIM, Samsung or whoever else. Sometimes it's hard not to borrow each others good ideas though.

[fedelwet]

I think the iPhone 5 is going to be a couple of months too late for my upgrade. Unelss like you say, in the next few weeks we get promise of oral sex on demand, I won't wait.

A lot of these updates, as 'incredible' as they might be, are essentially stollen from RIM, Samsung or whoever else. Sometimes it's hard not to borrow each others good ideas though.

I'd get the Galaxy S2. I prefer it to my iPhone 4 but there are still a few niggles with things not being quite as polished as iOS. But then, iOS only has to work on a couple of hardware configurations.

Apps still aren't quite as good quality on Android either (the ones that were actually good on the iPhone in the first place I mean).

[WhiliaStelt]

Apple fans demand perfectly designed box for iCloud

[rofl]

[GrolmangHat27]

I'd get the Galaxy S2. I prefer it to my iPhone 4 but there are still a few niggles with things not being quite as polished as iOS. But then, iOS only has to work on a couple of hardware configurations.

Apps still aren't quite as good quality on Android either (the ones that were actually good on the iPhone in the first place I mean).

Yeah, iOS is more polished but that's no excuse for lacking a hundred features other phones have had for ages.

The fall release of the software is ridiculous as well. The features promised sound quite nice now but will be much less appealing 4 months down the line. iOS devices need the features now.