Expected iOs 5 features

[lefty]

Apple iOS 5 for iPhone & iPad: What features to expect


For starters, widgets. Just like what we've grown accustomed to on Android phones and tablets, iOS 5 is expected to deliver widgets to Apple devices so users no longer need to always launch apps to get the information they need.
Another popular rumor suggests that Apple will finally be doing away with the need to connect your iPhone or iPad to iTunes in order to receive updates. That's right, iOS 5 may bring OTA (over the air) updates.
Then there is features like iCloud (cloud based storage) which Apple has confirmed will be making its way to WWDC.
Lastly there is talk of built-in voice navigation, something we've been hearing about for sometime now.
With WWDC just around the corner, we will soon find out.

[leemajors]

The rumor I heard that is most promising is revamped notifications.

[lefty]

The rumor I heard that is most promising is revamped notifications.
That and OTA iOS updates

[leemajors]

I don't care one way or the other about that :lol

[lefty]

I don't care one way or the other about that :lol
Well I'm super lazy, and I'm tired of having to plug my iphone to my laptop to make an iOS update


As I said, I'm a lazy ass

[leemajors]

Well I'm super lazy, and I'm tired of having to plug my iphone to my laptop to make an iOS update


As I said, I'm a lazy ass

i work in front of a desktop all day

[lefty]

i work in front of a desktop all day
Ah, in this case...

[DJ Mbenga]

ota is desperately needed, widgets unlikely. apple likes to do things way slowly with battery life in mind

[lefty]

ota is desperately needed, widgets unlikely. apple likes to do things way slowly with battery life in mind
It's gonna be interesting to see how they are gonna integrate widgets in the iOS architecture.
But I agree, and even though I'm a lazy ass, widgets are not needed; emails, calendar, weather etc are easy to access anyway

[hater]

fuck Apple. Please refer to my thread for further info.

[hater]

Here's a feature. How about making my Iphone 3G a usable phone once again?

:pctoss

[lefty]

Here's a feature. How about making my Iphone 3G a usable phone once again?

:pctoss
Still with the IPhone 3G? :lmao

[hater]

Still with the IPhone 3G? :lmao

buying phones every 2 years to make Steve Job's ass richer :lmao

[lefty]

buying phones every 2 years to make Steve Job's ass richer :lmao
I can afford it :eyebrows

[hater]

I can afford it :eyebrows

And Steve Jobs loves you for it :lol

[Venti Quattro]

So basically what they're going to do is make it look like Android.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Wow. I'll believe OTA updates when I see it. You can't download an app over 10MB unless it's through wifi. OTA means OTA, not *if wi-fi available. At least that's how I see it. It's OTC drugs, not OTC drugs iff It's done over a marble counter.

[Cry Havoc]

Still with the IPhone 3G? :lmao

Why upgrade if there's no need? The 3G is a capable smartphone. Sure the iP4 does more, but how many people actually use an old smartphone to the full extent of their capabilities?

[Cry Havoc]

Oh, and OTA upgrades over a 3G connection would be a nightmare.

[Venti Quattro]

Why upgrade if there's no need? The 3G is a capable smartphone. Sure the iP4 does more, but how many people actually use an old smartphone to the full extent of their capabilities?

Exactly...........

[lefty]

Why upgrade if there's no need? The 3G is a capable smartphone. Sure the iP4 does more, but how many people actually use an old smartphone to the full extent of their capabilities?
THe problem is that the IP3G has a hard time supporting the most recent iterations of iOS

Other than that, it's still a super phone

[hater]

THe problem is that the IP3G has a hard time supporting the most recent iterations of iOS

Other than that, it's still a super phone

then why is itunes popping up the message "update your phone" to OS 4 even on you iphone 3G???

I tell you why, Apple lazy asses do not want to maintain multiple OS.

most users are dumb and will update their phones. Especially to get the latest security patches.

Apple fucked up

[leemajors]

No one really maintains different versions of os' for phones, there is no reason to. If you keep your phone for more than two years with any manufacturer you will be left behind. I have no problem with buying a new iPhone and selling my old one hacked at the cost I paid for the new one.

[hater]

Microsoft does. Microsoft releases security updates/bugfixes for their older OSs for a long time until they get desupported. And the decission to desupport something was based on how many clients were still using the OS. I'm pretty sure this includes Windows phones.

I am pretty sure Google will follow the same model.

Apple's model is complete failure. You want bugfixes and security updates? upgrade your OS! what the fuck we care if it slows down you phone to a crawl

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Someone isn't grasping the concept of a new OS and an update of an iOS

Yes, apple gambled on people buying new phones. Some people were going to get cornholed. I'm sorry for your cornhole. Fwiw, I have a 3GS and will not update to iOS 5.

"minimum"

"recommended"

My phone probably could run it, but it's probably not "recommended".

[leemajors]

How can a model that sells millions of phones be a failure? Lol microsoft phones.

[hater]

Someone isn't grasping the concept of a new OS and an update of an iOS

Yes, apple gambled on people buying new phones. Some people were going to get cornholed. I'm sorry for your cornhole. Fwiw, I have a 3GS and will not update to iOS 5.

"minimum"

"recommended"

My phone probably could run it, but it's probably not "recommended".

someone is not grasping or not wanting to grasp the concept that Apple fucked up. A "regular user" connects their phone and gets a message "upgrade me to the latest" of course they click yes. Next day their phone is a hot piece of shit that doesn't do shit.

The "regular user" calls apple and that starts a round of phone calls, conversations, phone reset after phone reset. Weeks turn into months with no improvement.

This same thing happens to thousands of users.

Can you grasp that Apple fucked up now???

[Nathan Explosion]

Someone isn't grasping the concept of a new OS and an update of an iOS

Yes, apple gambled on people buying new phones. Some people were going to get cornholed. I'm sorry for your cornhole. Fwiw, I have a 3GS and will not update to iOS 5.

"minimum"

"recommended"

My phone probably could run it, but it's probably not "recommended".

Every phone maker is upgrading their OS and it will leave older phones behind. My 4 should handle iOS 5 nicely, and I'm looking forward to some of the rumored new features. Don't care either way about the widgets though. It doesn't take long to check the weather really, and I actually check the weather more to see the forecast over the next few days, than what the temp is outside.

[lefty]

http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/06/live-from-apples-wwdc-2011-keynote-with-steve-jobs/

[lefty]

1:53PM:Next feature: Safari. Nearly 2/3 of all mobile web browsing is done with Safari.
1:53PM:Other apps that have twitter integration are Safari, Maps, and YouTube. Also, contacts features contact integration — contact photos will automatically be pulled from Twitter.
1:52PM:Twitter is now integrated with the Camera and Photos apps in iOS. Photos can be tweeted from either app now.
1:51PM:Twitter is now built into the Settings app in iOS. Every twitter app will work with the new single sign on feature!
1:51PM:Third feature... Twitter integration.
1:50PM:Newspapers and magazines can take advantage of newsstand.
1:50PM:Background downloading is supported!
1:50PM:Newsstand lets users access magazines through a new, separate interface. It is accessible in the App Store and there is a new newsstand on the home screen where all of the magazines are accessible (it works like a folder).
1:48PM:Second feature: Newsstand
1:48PM:A swipe brings you right to the relevant message, by the way, as longer as the developer makes full use of the notifications APIs.
1:47PM:The lock screen displays recent notifications as well, and a swipe on a notification will open the applicable app.
1:46PM:Notifications are no longer disruptive — they appear at the top of the display and they do not interrupt usage.
1:46PM:Stocks and weather sit at the top of the notification center.
1:46PM:Apple has completely redesigned the push notification system for iOS. Notification Center is the big addition. It combines all over your notifications into one panel that is accessed by swiping down from the top. Oh hi, Android.
1:45PM:Apple has served more than 100 billion push notifications so far.
1:44PM:The first new feature being covered... NOTIFICATIONS!
1:44PM:iOS 5 is a MAJOR release, Forestall stressed. There are more than 1,500 APIs and more than 200 new features!
1:43PM:Apple now holds more than 225 million accounts on file, all with credit cards and one-click purchasing enabled.
1:42PM:The iOS App Store has served more than 14 billion downloads, and more than .5 billion has been paid out to devs.
1:41PM:There are now more than 425,000 apps in the App Store, with more than 90,000 of them built for the iPad.
1:41PM:More than 130 million books have been downloaded through iBooks.
1:40PM:Apple has sold more than 15 billion songs through the iTunes music store across all platforms.
1:40PM:In the first 14 months, Apple has sold more than 25 million iPads. That's iPad and iPad 2 combined.
1:39PM:That makes iOS the No.1 mobile operating system with over 44% of the market.
1:39PM:To date, Apple has sold over 200 million iOS devices total.
1:38PM:Next up... iOS 5! Scott Forstall is coming up on stage

[lefty]

http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/iOS-5-notifications-widgets110606175245.jpg

[ElNono]

it has da twitters! :lol

[lefty]

there is now flagging support in email (hyperventilating), rich text support, and even S/MIME support for enterprise customers. There’s a split iPad keyboard for people who like to thumb-type… interesting. There is no longer a requirement for a PC to use an iOS device — iCloud, it is. Software updates are over the air, and there’s a setup screen on power up now as opposed to an iTunes logo.

[leemajors]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet the notification overhaul is way late but I love it.

[lefty]

Apple hired a webOS senior designer a while back and the dude who makes MobileNotifier on Cydia, and it clearly shows.

[lefty]

iMessage. Messages, photos, group chat, over 3G and Wi-Fi to all iOS 5 devices, and you can even pick up your conversation where you left off from any device. Wi-Fi syncing, and even an iTunes Tone alert store for custom notifications tones. Seriously, we couldn’t make this up, almost every gripe with iOS is being addressed in a major way.


Steve Jobs took the stage at WWDC 2011 to talk about Apple’s iCloud service: “Keeping these devices in sync is driving us crazy. We’ve got a great solution to this problem… We’re going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device. We’re going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud.” iCloud will store all of your content and automatically push it to all of your devices, its integrated with all of your apps, and everything is seamless. MobileMe is out, and iCloud is going to be free — amazing. Steve Jobs is now demoing the next three apps in iCloud besides Mail, Contacts, and Calendar, and the first one is App Store to redownload all purchases and keep them in sync across all devices. Backup is next, and once daily, your devices will backup important information to the cloud, and when you get an Apple device, just sign in, and all of your information will be there, like photos, settings, etc. Documents in the cloud are next up, Jobs is talking about editing a Pages document and how it will automatically be uploaded to the cloud and available from any of your devices, all iWork apps have this including the new ones Apple released last week for iOS. Photo stream is Steve’s favorite, he says. “How many times have we taken photos on our iPhone, maybe of our kids, and when we got home to share them on an iPad, we had to go through the process of moving them over.” All photos are uploaded to the cloud automatically, and then synced with all devices including your computer. The last piece? You guessed it! Music.




Developers get iOS 5 today, customers in the Fall (obviously to time up with a new iPhone).

:pctoss

:lol


BUT

Adios iTunes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

[Dex]

"It just works."

[lefty]

iOS 5 Beta Has Been Jailbroken (http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-firmware/ios-5-beta-has-been-jailbroken/)

By Ex (http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/author/mr-ex/) on June 7th, 2011 2 (http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-firmware/ios-5-beta-has-been-jailbroken/#disqus_thread)
Well that was fast! A tweet (https://mobile.twitter.com/#%21/MuscleNerd/status/78032693262168064) from MuscleNerd reports that the iOS 5 beta on a fourth generation iPod touch has been jailbroken.

iOS5 jailbroken on ipt4g: http://is.gd/7GxIcK http://is.gd/BwPvfh via limera1n + tethered boot..not too many surprises http://cdn.iphoneincanada.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
While this is great news for jailbreakers, it is still too early to make any conclusions about the iOS 5 jailbreak tool. So, if you require/enjoy having your iOS device jailbroken, avoid iOS 5 for now.

[hater]

Apple protection is a joke. And they don't even enforce it. But they do that on purpose as they don't want to upset the hacking community. They now assign iphone jailbreaking tasks to new recruits I hear.

In other news, Samsung is opening up their new phones and even sending samples to hacking communities so they can mod the fuck out of them even before they are released.

[lefty]

Apple FTW