1. Notification Center – Can swipe down form top to enter notifications on your iPhone. This is a much needed feature. Apple claims they have solved the notifications issue by directing all app notifications to the notifications center.
2. Newsstand – Newsstand will be your quick access to the Magazines and newspaper subscriptions on the iPhone and iPad.
3. Twitter Integration – The new iOS 5 will include built in Twitter support. This brings integration to camera, apps an more.
4. Safari – A new better Safari delivers a better browsing experience with tabs on the iPad and iPhone. Included in the new Safari are tabbed browsing, Reading list and Reader. These last two features will allow you to sync your reading list across browsers.
5. Reminders - iOS 5 includes a to do app that allows you to check off items you need to do. This will repalce all yoru scraps of paper, as well as a good number of third party apps. Sync to iCal and Outlook.
6. Better Camera – The new iOS 5 will bring faster camera access and will finally make the volume rocker activate the shutter. You can also pinch to zoom and set focus with a tap.
7. New Mail App - in OS 5, you can control indentation, draggable addresses, message flagging, search entire message, swipe to your inbox and more. Also, iPad will have a new portrait thumb typing system.
8. PC Free – With iOS 5, you won’t need to connect the iPhone or iPad to a PC or Mac, you will be welcomed with a new landing page and OTA software updates.
9. Game Center – Game Center gets an update that allows you to add photos, play friends of friends and recommended friends and recommended games. Game Center is Apple’s second stab at social networks. The OS now supports turn based games right in the OS.
10. iMessages – Messages comes to all iOS 5 devices. On the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users will be able to send messages, photos and videos to other iOS 5 apps.
Well, except for the iMessages, Game Center, and Newsstand, I say that Apple has 'REVOLUTIONARILY' copied the other seven from other hard-rocks of the tech-world such as RIM, Android, etc. I own a BlackBerry, and ever since I've had it, that is from OS 5, RIM brought the notifications, reminder, tasks, etc. to the growing market and popularized it. And before I forget, the Twitter integration to share whatever you do in your phone such as post a video, photo, or link, or location directly, RIM has had it all along ever since the Twitter app was introduced in the mobile. And finally the BlackBerry has introduced the swipe notification center for all its mobiles in the OS 6. Here's a snapshot:
Thereby, ALL these features are not entirely new to the market. Its only new for Apple.
Adithya Siva
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