Most Apple fans have mixed feelings after yesterdays press conference, mainly because intead of iPhone 5 Apple will serve a slihgtly updated iPhone 4S. But fear not, iOS 5 and iCloud are coming soon. Scott Forstall did not say much about the new system itself, but we know when it arrives in iDevices: 12 of October. Golden Master release has already been released for developers.
Most important features of the new iOS:
- Notification Center (non-disruptive notifications)
- Reminders (time and location based)
- iMessage (instant messenger for all iDevices)
- WiFi sync (no need for cables anymore)
- Newsstand (for those who like reading newspapers on iPad)
- split keyboards (great for thumb-typing on iPad)
- AirPlay mirroring for the iPad 2 (and for iPhone 4S too)
- Siri voice recognition (for iPhone 4S only)
- Wireless activation (no need for iTunes)
- OTA iOS updates
iCloud storage will provide a free 5GB (which is now a de facto standard for most personal clouds – same as Windows Live Mesh and Ubuntu One). The most important feature is however automatic push synchronistation between all iDevices.