iOS 5 Software Update
This update contains over 200 new features, including the following:
• 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
Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad 2
• iPad
• iPod touch (4th generation)
• iPod touch (3rd generation)
* Normal carrier data rates may apply. Messages will be sent as SMS when iMessage is unavailable; carrier messaging fees apply.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222