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Mark your calendars, guys. iOS 5 will be available October 12, iCloud launching the same day. We all know that iOS is the operating system developed for the iPhone by Apple. It is mainly for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. But the new ios is really great which is the version we had long expected. This will be the first time the general, non-tinkering public gets to taste its 200-plus new features -- a list that includes Newsstand, Reminders, iMessage, WiFi sync, Find My Friends, split keyboards, AirPlay mirroring for the iPad 2 (and iPhone 4S!) and the Notification Center. (And, you know, greeting cards, if you're into that sort of thing.) iOS 5 will be free for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, while iCloud's standard 5GB of email / storage will come gratis to folks already using iOS 5 and Lion. Take note that if it's iTunes Match you're after (and you live in the states), you'll have to sit tight a few more weeks yet.
We can see that Apple has been working to develop more features associated with the mobile device, we are very happy to see a new version of the iOS will bring more new features. Let's get more details about iOS 5. And below you will find some tips and tricks to help you master iOS 5, and maybe even allow you to show off a bit to your friends.
iMessage
Apple now boasts a BBM-style group messaging client that allows you to send pictures, video, text, audio and contact information for free over Wi-Fi and cellular networks to other iOS 5 users. The service checks to see if recipients are iMessage compatible, and automatically sends content using your network’s standard texting plan instead if they aren’t. You can also set up email addresses to receive iMessages, which is especially useful for iPads and iPod touches. Delivered and optional read receipts for messages are also part of the bargain.
Notifications
As previewed, Apple’s new notification system resides in its own screen, accessible by pulling down the status bar portion of your iPhone’s screen. You can either reorder how notifications will appear in the overall list, or set them to be ordered automatically according to time received. You can also manually choose which apps appear in the notification center (including Apple’s built-in Weather and Stock widgets) and which don’t.
Twitter
You can now sign in to your Twitter account in the Settings app, which opens system-wide sharing options. Settings also provides a direct link for installing the free, official Twitter app. One more strike against third-party clients. With the most recent round of updates, a new option to control which apps have access to your Twitter account has been added. In the past, iOS users had to rely on third-party apps to edit their photos on the device.
Newsstand
This is where Apple will be centralizing all digital subscriptions, including magazines like Popular Science and newspapers like the New York Times. Having your magazines and newspapers all in one place should keep your app screens more free of clutter, and also help you see what’s new at a glance — covers update to reflect the most current issue available to download. Plus, a Store link directs you to a special section of the App Store dedicated to subscription-based publications.
Reminders
Camera and Photos
Hardware shutter and lock-screen camera access: two things which will make it way easier to take a picture with your iPhone in iOS 5. The hardware button is actually the volume-up button, but I don’t think people will have too much of problem keeping that straight. Other new camera features include pinch-to-zoom, single-tap focus, exposure locks and grid overlay. In the Photos app, you can perform edits like cropping, auto-enhance or red-eye removal, and create your own albums.
PC Free and Wi-Fi Sync
You can now setup and manage your device completely from the device itself under iOS 5. No need to connect to iTunes, and with Wi-Fi Sync and iTunes Match, you won’t even have to make a hardware connection to transfer your iTunes music from your computer to your device. This may be the biggest step iOS 5 takes in terms of cutting ties with computing’s past.
Mail and Calendar
HTML-formatted composition makes its way to Mail in iOS 5, as does message flagging and mailbox folder management. Search body text of emails for keywords, too. These are more contributions to the Post-PC nature of iOS devices. Calendar also boasts new adding, renaming and deleting features for PC-free management.
Game Center
New Game Center additions in iOS 5 include achievement points, photo sharing, friend recommendations and more, making it feel much more like Xbox Live, the gold standard in online gaming. Apple says 67 million users currently are active on Game Center. And here is the recommended iphone war games.
AirPlay Mirroring
This is iPad 2 and iPhone 4S-specific, but it’s almost worth the upgrade. It lets you broadcast the entire contents of your iPad, including home screens and all apps, live to your TV via a connected Apple TV. The potential applications for watching video, doing presentations and gaming are endless.
iCloud
A huge part of iOS 5 is iCloud, which replaces MobileMe and provides free syncing of email, contacts, calendars and more for all iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion users. Later, iCloud will also provide the ground work for iTunes Match, Apple’s cloud music service. Maybe this mac video converter for icloud will help you a lot.
Also, iOS 5 includes some new options that allow users to control which system services can access their location information. We take a look at the new Private Browsing feature in Mobile Safari. iOS 5 adds the capability to view the hourly weather forecast to the native Weather app; this video shows you where to find it.
We can see that Apple has been working to develop more features associated with the mobile device, we are very happy to see a new version of the iOS will bring more new features. Let's get more details about iOS 5. And below you will find some tips and tricks to help you master iOS 5, and maybe even allow you to show off a bit to your friends.
iMessage
Apple now boasts a BBM-style group messaging client that allows you to send pictures, video, text, audio and contact information for free over Wi-Fi and cellular networks to other iOS 5 users. The service checks to see if recipients are iMessage compatible, and automatically sends content using your network’s standard texting plan instead if they aren’t. You can also set up email addresses to receive iMessages, which is especially useful for iPads and iPod touches. Delivered and optional read receipts for messages are also part of the bargain.
Notifications
As previewed, Apple’s new notification system resides in its own screen, accessible by pulling down the status bar portion of your iPhone’s screen. You can either reorder how notifications will appear in the overall list, or set them to be ordered automatically according to time received. You can also manually choose which apps appear in the notification center (including Apple’s built-in Weather and Stock widgets) and which don’t.
You can now sign in to your Twitter account in the Settings app, which opens system-wide sharing options. Settings also provides a direct link for installing the free, official Twitter app. One more strike against third-party clients. With the most recent round of updates, a new option to control which apps have access to your Twitter account has been added. In the past, iOS users had to rely on third-party apps to edit their photos on the device.
Newsstand
This is where Apple will be centralizing all digital subscriptions, including magazines like Popular Science and newspapers like the New York Times. Having your magazines and newspapers all in one place should keep your app screens more free of clutter, and also help you see what’s new at a glance — covers update to reflect the most current issue available to download. Plus, a Store link directs you to a special section of the App Store dedicated to subscription-based publications.
Reminders
Camera and Photos
Hardware shutter and lock-screen camera access: two things which will make it way easier to take a picture with your iPhone in iOS 5. The hardware button is actually the volume-up button, but I don’t think people will have too much of problem keeping that straight. Other new camera features include pinch-to-zoom, single-tap focus, exposure locks and grid overlay. In the Photos app, you can perform edits like cropping, auto-enhance or red-eye removal, and create your own albums.
PC Free and Wi-Fi Sync
You can now setup and manage your device completely from the device itself under iOS 5. No need to connect to iTunes, and with Wi-Fi Sync and iTunes Match, you won’t even have to make a hardware connection to transfer your iTunes music from your computer to your device. This may be the biggest step iOS 5 takes in terms of cutting ties with computing’s past.
Mail and Calendar
HTML-formatted composition makes its way to Mail in iOS 5, as does message flagging and mailbox folder management. Search body text of emails for keywords, too. These are more contributions to the Post-PC nature of iOS devices. Calendar also boasts new adding, renaming and deleting features for PC-free management.
Game Center
New Game Center additions in iOS 5 include achievement points, photo sharing, friend recommendations and more, making it feel much more like Xbox Live, the gold standard in online gaming. Apple says 67 million users currently are active on Game Center. And here is the recommended iphone war games.
AirPlay Mirroring
This is iPad 2 and iPhone 4S-specific, but it’s almost worth the upgrade. It lets you broadcast the entire contents of your iPad, including home screens and all apps, live to your TV via a connected Apple TV. The potential applications for watching video, doing presentations and gaming are endless.
iCloud
A huge part of iOS 5 is iCloud, which replaces MobileMe and provides free syncing of email, contacts, calendars and more for all iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion users. Later, iCloud will also provide the ground work for iTunes Match, Apple’s cloud music service. Maybe this mac video converter for icloud will help you a lot.
Also, iOS 5 includes some new options that allow users to control which system services can access their location information. We take a look at the new Private Browsing feature in Mobile Safari. iOS 5 adds the capability to view the hourly weather forecast to the native Weather app; this video shows you where to find it.