The particulars of any new iPhone Apple may or may not herald next Tuesday continue anyone ’s guess . But we can say with confidence thatnext week ’s iPhone - related Apple eventwill almost sure as shooting feature an coming into court by the finished version of iOS 5 , the next major update to Apple ’s nomadic operating organization that ’s been slated for a fall release .
Of naturally , we ’re hardly going out on a arm there : Apple alreadypreviewed iOS 5 back in June , at its Worldwide Developers Conference , where it showed off a handful of novel major features and alluded to slews of smaller improvement .
New details about the OS update that we did n’t see in June may get some clip in the spotlight Tuesday . But just to make certain that you ’re caught up to speed by the metre CEO Tim Cook bring the leg Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT , here ’s a refresher course on what Apple has planned for iOS 5 . ( For an even deeper dive , consult ourlist of frequently require iOS 5 questionsfrom June . )
Notifications
The most - hyped and most - awaited improvement in iOS 5 is probably the unexampled telling system , which has find a significant overhaul since push telling were first introduced in the 3.0 iPhone software program update . No longer are you limited to those blue average dialogue boxes that drink down up when you ’re necessarily in the middle of something important .
There are several different section to iOS ’s new notification coming :
Notification Center : We ’ve all had the frustration of trying to deal with a pile - up of notification on our gadget , only to realize that we ’ve forgotten what one of them was after we dismissed it , or had it wiped off the screen by a subsequent warning signal . Now , all those telling will be collected in a individual localisation : Notification Center . Just swipe down from your equipment ’s menu Browning automatic rifle , and you ’ll get a inclination of presentment , sorted by the app issuing them . On the iPhone , you may even get a quick aspect at your current weather condition and how your stock are doing .
banner : Instead of get those plaguey duologue boxes , you may now configure alerts to seem as banners . They “ flip ” into existence at the top of your screen , with an icon that discover the app , and a short message . Tap on one and you ’ll be taken to that app — leave it alone , and it ’ll thumb around and disappear again , leaving you to bear on your game , web browsing , or electronic mail composing in peace of mind .
Lock screenland : Instead of collect your lock - cover telling into one unhelpful blue blob , iOS 5 will ply you a handy list of messages you ’ve gotten , without even requiring you to unlock your speech sound . skid the icon next to any notification and you ’ll be launched powerful into that app .
iMessage
Apple ’s shooting at create a BlackBerry Messenger - style service is iMessage , which allow you send free textbook , depiction , and video messages to anybody else on an iOS gadget . Built like a shot into the Messages app , iMessage works over Wi - Fior3 GiB and let you pass on via text message , for the first time , with drug user of iPads or iPod mite .
In improver to being free , iMessage adds some other nifty lineament , such as delivery reception , optional read revenue , and the ability to see when your conversation better half is in the midst of tapping out a subject matter ( you ’ll see a dialog house of cards with an ellipsis in it ) . Plus , the whole conversation is cypher , and you may even break up up a chat you started on your iPhone on your iPad , or vice versa , without miss a beat .
Reminders
At long last , Apple will includea task - direction app in iOS . As the name suggests , Reminders lets you create to - dos and check them off when you ’re done . you may regard reminders by date , or make a list for a specific chore , such as grocery shopping . Plus , the reminder sync with iCal and Outlook .
And while you’re able to get reminded at a particular date and time , the neat feature that Apple has most bluster is the ability to get your notification depending onwhereyou are . So when you actually go to the market store , your earphone will prompt you of all those thing you wanted to call back to get while you were there .
Newsstand
While Apple rolled out the iBookstore alongside the original iPad in 2010 , furnish a home plate for book , in 2011 the company has been sharpen on periodicals . Apple ’s controversial subscription rules surfaced in February withthe launch of The Daily , and in iOS 5 , Apple is putting periodicals front and center with Newsstand .
And if you want to summate newspaper publisher or cartridge holder to your collection , you could just rap the Store icon in Newsstand to be take to a special section of the App Store that caters to just that eccentric of content .
The iPhone and Twitter gained popularity around the same metre , so it ’s little surprise that they often seem so intertwined . That special relationship is even strong in iOS 5 , thanks to system - level Twitter integration . Now you’re able to enter your login entropy once and have the ability to tweet photos , radio link , or locations , justly from various iOS apps , let in Safari , YouTube , Photos , Camera , and Maps .
In addition , you’re able to refresh your inter-group communication ’ information with their Twitter usernames and even sum picture for them establish on their avatars .
Camera & Photos
mental picture - pickings gets a bump in iOS 5 , with a handful of much - request modest features . For example , you may now get to the iPhone ’s camera from the lock cover by double - clicking the Home button and tapping the new camera release , which appear next to the lock skidder . And once you ’ve set up the camera , you may snap a depiction by crusade the iPhone ’s Volume Up button , which should please those who like tactile feedback as well as frequent ego - portrayal taker .
There ’s also the power to lock autofocus and exposure by tapping and bear on the part of the image you want , as well as a skidder to display grid lines , which help cast your guesswork right . If you want to zoom in on part of the image , it ’s as easygoing as using the speech sound ’s tried - and - true emergency - and - rapid growth .
Once you ’ve snapped a image , you could habituate the Photos app ’s raw redaction cock — such as red - eye removal , auto - enhancement , crop , and rotary motion — to tweak it to your liking .
Mail & Safari
Two of the iPhone ’s basic apps get modest upgrades in iOS 5 . Mail gains the ability to flag messages , robust - text formatting , rearranging address in the headers by pull - and - dropping , searching the full - textbook of an electronic mail , and tot and deleting mailboxes .
Safari , meanwhile , adds Reading List , to let you rapidly track articles and varlet you want to read ( and , with iCloud , sync them between equipment ) ; full tabbed browsing on the iPad ; and the same Safari Reader purpose that exists on the desktop interlingual rendition already , which let you remove the formatting of a page to get to just the authoritative part — the content . Apple ’s also promised improved performance for the iOS web browser .
PC Free
Perhaps most authoritative , iOS 5 will finally cut the corduroy — to utilize Apple ’s turn of idiom — between the society ’s mobile gadget and the personal computer . No longer will you need to plug an iOS gadget into iTunes to start using it — now you could set up your iPhone , iPad , or iPod touch from the gadget itself . Plus , you ’ll be able to download iOS software updates over the air , and even backup your twist to iCloud , without any pauperism for syncing .
Hodgepodge
There ’s enough more in iOS 5 , of class , including Wi - Fi media sync ; improvements to Game Center , such as drug user photos and supporter recommendations ; a split keyboard on the iPad ; a novel week survey for Calendar on the iPhone ; multitouch gestures for switching apps on the iPad ; and AirPlay video mirroring for the iPad 2 .
Apple ’s also beefed up its world - year Accessibility features , adding impost vibration patterns , the ability to blink the iPhone 4 ’s LED flash for alerts , and melioration to VoiceOver .
What devices are supported
Apple said back in June that the new iOS will lead on the iPhone 3GS , the iPhone 4 , the iPad and iPad 2 , and third- and fourth - generation iPod signature — the same modelling that support iOS 4.3 , in other words . Older hardware , like the iPhone 3 G , get close out .
Of naturally , you could expect that any new iPhones or iPod touches announce Tuesday will not only plunk for iOS 5 , but ship with it pre - set up . That sham that Apple does herald unexampled computer hardware Tuesday , which brings us right on back to where we started when we began this clause .
No surprises?
All of this cover what Apple hasalreadytold us about iOS 5 — but could there be something more lurking in the wing ? Rumors have suggested a better spokesperson control organisation , perhaps even with the ability to order text . Naturally , Apple ’s keep its habitual tight lid on any news from next week ’s event , but rest see that whatever announcements the company make , Macworldwill have full details and thoroughgoing investigation of them .
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