iOS 5 contains over 200 new features
apparently iOS 5 contains over 200 new features but i havent noticed any of them yet !
- • Notifications
- ◦ Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Centre
- ◦ New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen
- ◦ View notifications from lock screen
- ◦ Slide the notification app icon to the right on the lock screen to go directly to the app
- • iMessage
- ◦ Send and receive unlimited text, photo and video messages with other iOS 5 users
- ◦ Track messages with delivery and read receipts
- ◦ Group messaging and secure encryption
- ◦ Works over mobile networks and Wi-Fi*
- • Newsstand
- ◦ Automatically organises magazine and newspaper subscriptions on Home Screen
- ◦ Displays the cover of the latest issue
- ◦ Background downloads of new issues
- • Reminders for managing to-do lists
- ◦ Syncs with iCloud, iCal and Outlook
- ◦ Location-based reminders when you leave or arrive at a location for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
- • Built-in support for Twitter
- ◦ Sign in once in Settings and tweet directly from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari and YouTube
- ◦ Add location to any tweet
- ◦ View Twitter profile pictures and usernames in Contacts
- • Camera improvements for devices with cameras
- ◦ Double-click the Home button when device is asleep to bring up a camera shortcut on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
- ◦ Volume Up button to take a picture
- ◦ Optional grid lines to line up shots
- ◦ Pinch to zoom in the preview screen
- ◦ Swipe to camera roll from preview screen
- ◦ Tap and hold to lock focus and exposure; iPad 2 and iPod touch (4th generation) only support exposure lock
- • Photo improvements for devices with cameras
- ◦ Crop and rotate
- ◦ Red-eye removal
- ◦ One-tap enhance
- ◦ Organise photos into albums
- • Mail improvements
- ◦ Format text using bold, italic or underlined fonts
- ◦ Indentation control
- ◦ Drag to rearrange names in address fields
- ◦ Flag messages
- ◦ Mass mark messages as flagged, read or unread
- ◦ Customise mail alert sounds
- ◦ S/MIME
- • Calendar improvements
- ◦ Year view on iPad and new Week view for iPhone and iPod touch
- ◦ Tap to create an event
- ◦ View and add event attachments
- • Game Center improvements
- ◦ Use personal photos for your Game Center account
- ◦ Compare your overall achievement scores with your friends
- ◦ Find new Game Center friends with friend recommendations and friends of friends
- ◦ Discover new games with custom game recommendations
- • AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S
- • Multitasking Gestures for iPad
- ◦ Use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen
- ◦ Swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar
- ◦ Swipe left or right to switch between apps
- • On-device setup, activation and configuration with Setup Assistant
- • Software updates available over the air without tethering
- • iCloud support
- ◦ iTunes in the Cloud
- ◦ Photo Stream
- ◦ Documents in the Cloud
- ◦ Apps and Books automatic download and purchase history
- ◦ Backup
- ◦ Contacts, Calendar and Mail
- ◦ Find My iPhone
- • Redesigned Music app for iPad
- • Hourly weather forecast
- • Real-time stock quotes
- • Wireless sync to iTunes
- • Keyboard improvements
- ◦ Split keyboard for iPad
- ◦ Improved auto-correction accuracy
- ◦ Improved Chinese and Japanese input
- ◦ New Emoji keyboard
- ◦ Personal dictionary for auto-correction
- ◦ Optionally create keyboard shortcuts for frequently used words
- • Accessibility improvements
- ◦ Option to light LED flash on incoming calls and alerts for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
- ◦ Custom vibration patterns for incoming calls on iPhone
- ◦ New interface for using iOS with mobility-impairment input devices
- ◦ Option to speak a selection of text
- ◦ Custom element labelling for VoiceOver
- • Exchange ActiveSync improvements
- ◦ Wirelessly sync tasks
- ◦ Mark messages as flagged, read or unread
- ◦ Improved offline support
- ◦ Save a new contact from a GAL service
- • More than 1,500 new developer APIs
- • Bug fixes