Thursday, October 13, 2011

iOS 5 for Apple Update is Now Available For iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

After 128 days, 7 beta, and a gold master, has finally arrived. iOS 5 has just been released for all (or at least, anyone with a compatible iOS device).

For those who have no funding slipped their way into the beta developers

1) you are the man more patient than a normal human and
2) you are in for a treat. It is the largest update to IOS has seen since the addition of the App Store and it's packed full of goodies.

The iOS 5 upgrade is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (GSM and CDMA), 3rd/4th generation of iPod touch, iPAD / iPad 2 it will also come pre-installed on 4S, of course, when device will be launched later this week.

Here's a brief summary of some key features

iCloud

 Apple cloud-based service for synchronizing content / data. Backing up your content, images, etc. in the cloud for safe storage, provides access to click redownloading all the programs you have already purchased, etc.

iMessage

Apple's free iOS messaging system (iOS-to-iOS). No more SMS!
Notification Center: Apple has completely revamped their old obsolete system alarm. Now you can pull down the top of the screen to display all the notifications.

Newstand

The management of all your subscriptions as a Smart Folder towards e-magazine/newspaper

Notifications

To-do/reminder the new system, with location-based alerts

Twitter integration

Much better camera UX (You can use the camera by double tapping the home button on the homescreen, and use the volume key to take photos)

Crazy simple image processing (cropping, rotation, red-eye reduction) within the photo app
Over-the-air updates, and activation of the device without a computer

Download the update is pretty simple

Just plug in the pop on iTunes, click the name of your device in the left navigation bar and click the "Update" button on the page that appears. If you do not see the update, give it a few minutes - the servers are getting hammered hard at the moment.

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