iOS 5 likes and dislikes

boxst

I've been playing with iOS5 for a week or so now and thought I would start some likes and dislikes.

People saying that it is just playing catch-up with Android, need not read any further.

Likes:

iMessage is very good, free and quite quick

Wireless Sync with iTunes is spooky, quick and useful

iCloud with 5gb/data is pretty good

Notifications. I like the way I can pull down the messages from any screen and that I get notified even when playing games / full screen app.

All of the above makes the iPad a bit more useful

Dislikes:

Notifications in the lock screen. Doesn't show as much as it could/should. Go look at LockInfo Apple...

HappyChappy84

You can alter what is shown and what is not shown in the lock screen.

I personally like iOS5. I've been using the GM version for a few days now and it's still a little buggy. I can't wait for iCloud to be fully up and working.

WiFi Sync can be a bit slow if transferring large files to my iPad...

I_luv_cats

how comes you have IOS5 already??

I am lead to believe it is released on 12th October 2011.

Just checked and my Ipod is on 4.3.5 and says up to date

HappyChappy84

App developers have access to beta versions so they can test their apps on actual devices. I believe developers can add 100 devices to their developers accounts. I have a friend that is a developer who added my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to his account so I could test his apps.

wba31

my friend emailed me a cheeky way of getting it, i have decided to just wait until tomorrow to get it.

the new stuff ive seen is great, it seems a lot quicker and smoother than ios4, which is a positive step because ive seen some Android phones run very very quick and smooth (HTC Sensation).

Syncing calendars will be good (with the wife) so i know what im doing and when, and also the gps reminders will make my wife's life easier with me...

boxst

The latest version of iTunes Beta and iOS 5 were both open and you didn't need a developers ID to download / install them. Not worth it now of course as it is officially released tomorrow.

boxst

iTunes 10.5 now available to download ... http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

HappyChappy84

boxst wrote: »

The latest version of iTunes Beta and iOS 5 were both open and you didn't need a developers ID to download / install them. Not worth it now of course as it is officially released tomorrow.

I didn't know that.

I've been running iOS5 for nearly 2 months and even the latest GM release is not as smooth as it should be, either that or my reconditioned unit I got from Apple is yet another duff!

I_luv_cats

boxst wrote: »

iTunes 10.5 now available to download ... http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

I've picked up Itunes 10.5 on both computers, One computer took 2 attempts.


No sign of IOS5 yet - better to do it now before TM kicks in later in the day.

DUTR

boxst wrote: »

I've been playing with iOS5 for a week or so now and thought I would start some likes and dislikes.

People saying that it is just playing catch-up with Android, need not read any further.

Likes:

iMessage is very good, free and quite quick

Wireless Sync with iTunes is spooky, quick and useful

iCloud with 5gb/data is pretty good

Notifications. I like the way I can pull down the messages from any screen and that I get notified even when playing games / full screen app.

All of the above makes the iPad a bit more useful

Dislikes:

Notifications in the lock screen. Doesn't show as much as it could/should. Go look at LockInfo Apple...

Great feature which has been on other OS for a long time :cool:
As is the sync facility

alanrowell

boxst wrote: »

iTunes 10.5 now available to download ... http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Anyone know why you have to sign in again and accept new contracts?