Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Everything you need to know about iOS 5

After months of speculation and rumors the WWDC 2011 Monday launched. Besides the wonderful stories about Mac OS X Lion and icloud, we were of course particularly curious about the iPhone iOS 5 and 5. The latter will still take in coming, but here you'll find everything you need to know about the new iOS 5.

Key new features of iOS 5

Scott Forstall, senior vice president of IOS Software at Apple, told the WWDC keynote that more than 200 new features in iOS 5 anyway. In the presentation, the 10 most important explained.

1. Notifications

Notification Center (iOS 5) The notifications in IOS 5 are substantially improved. No intrusive pop-ups that you interfere with other things, but a subtle alert bar at the top of your screen. Apple comes with the Notification Center: an overview of all messages appearing as your finger from top to bottom swipet. In addition to the notifications are stock prices and weather in a nice way included in the Notification Center.

2. Newsstand

Newsstand (iOS 5) With News Stand, Apple released its own magazine kiosk in IOS. In a slick overview includes all newspapers and magazines together. New editions are downloaded automatically in the background and you can then read offline. In the separate App Store section for newspapers and magazines you subscriptions to participating expressions. Magazines such as National Geographic, Elle and Glamour are already present.

3. Twitter integration

Twitter (iOS 5) Twitter is well represented in the new IOS. The service is already embedded in commonly used apps like Camera and Photos. This allows you using single sign-on from any app directly Twittering. Link tweet from Safari, a photo from your gallery or a video from YouTube: in iOS 5 is a piece of cake. A nice touch is that your photos directly from Twitter Profiles can be imported into your address book.

4. Safari

Safari (iOS 5) 64% of mobile browser usage occurs in Safari. This popular browser in iOS 5 is still better. Frequently Requested features like tabbed browsing finally come to the mobile. Even more innovative features such as the Reading List are added. This allows you to save articles for later reading. The Safari Reader button displays the page a new layout, making it easier to read on the iPhone and iPad.

5. Reminders

Reminders (iOS 5) Reminders help you organize your life, using to-do lists. IPhone reminds you of your duties at the time and location where it should. Reminders work with iCal, Outlook and icloud, so changes are automatically synchronized to all your devices and calendars. Never a knot in your handkerchief and a more structured existence with this handy new IOS feature.

6. Camera

Camera (iOS 5) The popular iPhone camera gets a few small new tricks in iOS 5. So you can take pictures later by pressing the volume button. The app itself gets a shortcut on the lock screen, giving you quick to take pictures without a PIN. Auto focus and auto exposure are put down by your finger on the image to keep. Minor editing is possible by editing red-eye, fast optimization and cropping.

7. Mail

Mail (iOS 5) Even the widely used Mail app could be even better, with some much needed additions. Searching can now in addition to the subject also in the entire message. -Rich text formatting is possible to create a message, like indentation. A nice feature is the splittable keyboard, which you can type with two thumbs. Companies is also expected, with S / MIME support for better encryption.

8. Free PC

PC Free (iOS 5) The functionality for the post-PC era: PC Free. To iPhone or iPad using it, you have from iOS 5 no PC needed! Installation and setup is complete on the device itself, then software updates over the air. With better editing and more e-mail functions can be more on your iPhone or iPad itself. Backing up and restoring automatically start using icloud.

9. Game Center

Game Center (iOS 5) In Game Center you in iOS 5 photos of yourself and friends. The system displays your own suggestions for friends that suit you. This recommendation feature also works for games, which now directly from Game Center to download. You share your own records on the leaderboard with the other 30 million users of Game Center. Turn-based games are now directly from Game Center coordinated.

10. iMessage

iMessage (iOS 5) iMessage What's the killer app from Apple. With iMessage send your texts, photos, videos and contact information to other iOS 5 devices. The service works on iPhone, iPhone and iPod Touch. You can see when a message is delivered and, optionally, whether the message is read. All posts include encryption and be pushed to all your devices. To start a discussion on your iPhone, you continue on your iPhone.

Impressive figures at WWDC
  • So far there are 200 million iOS devices sold
  • IOS is the most used mobile operating system (44% market share)
  • 15 billion songs sold via iTunes
  • 130 million books are downloaded via iBooks
  • There is $ 2.5 billion paid to farmers for the app store app

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