Apple announces iOS 5 at WWDC 2011

Apple today officially announced the next version of their popular mobile operating system, the iOS 5 which will be available to you iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch this July.

Changes include over 200 new features to the current line-up of iDevices, some of which were even ~~copied~~ inspired from Microsoft’s Zune and Google Android. They’ve even integrated Twitter into the OS so you can Tweet almost everywhere.

The notification system is now similar to the one on Android (which slides down from the top) and Apple also introduced wireless synching, a feature popularized by Zune players for years now (you no longer need to hook it up to a PC/iTunes to activate or synch files).

iOS5 also introduced iMessage, Newstand, Reminders, multi-tasking gestures and Airplay mirroring (for iPad2).

Check this keynote video of iOS 5 for a more complete and detailed coverage.

The new OS will be rolled out this Fall (sometime in ~~July~~ September). iOS 5 will be compatible with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2 and 3rd and 4th gen iPod Touch.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

35 Comments

hey says:

14 years ago

IT’S AWESOME. BBM watch out :))
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Anonymous says:

14 years ago

Ayos! Kaso wala masyado update..matagal na available yung features sa ibang OS..
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Denz D Naitawei says:

14 years ago

@Yuga
Fall is supposed to be around last week of September in the US right?

No new iPhone as expected. Maybe on the iPod event on September it will be announced.
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RaGe says:

14 years ago

at last they found their own OS’ deficiency…
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qosmio says:

14 years ago

cant wait to use the new features,
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iCopy says:

14 years ago

iOS 5’s best feature is iCopy.
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Ben says:

14 years ago

July is mid-summer, fall is September, October …
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Carlo says:

14 years ago

Oh yes they will leave my old 2nd gen iPod Touch rotting in some sad corner.
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Mat says:

14 years ago

All good news from an Apple perspective, but nothing new industry wise.
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John says:

14 years ago

Boring.. meron na lahat nito sa android and wp7. ZZZ
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lawrence says:

14 years ago

Apple gives up innovating, starts copying Microsoft and Google:

http://wmpoweruser.com/apple-gives-up-innovating-starts-copying-microsoft/
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scandid says:

14 years ago

iCloud is AWESOME!!!! can’t wait!
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daniel says:

14 years ago

iOS 5’s newest features are SO-ANDROID. haha
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iCloud is AWESOME?? says:

14 years ago

for itunes philippines users, one cant really buy music from that store. so, there is no such thing as iTunes in the cloud for us. that sucks.

for others, iCloud is good only if you have REAL high speed internet with NO DATA CAP. does it exist in the philippines? that sucks again.

of course for telcos, iCloud is great. its a welcome addition to their source of revenue.
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Teknisyan says:

14 years ago

It’s been proven before.. it’s now who implemented it first… it’s who can make it better. That’s what facebook did they’re the first to create a social network site but they’re the one who made it better for users.. that’s the reason why they’re the king of the “social” hill!!

With Apple, so far almost every product that they roll-out are a hit to consumers, so expect Lion, iOS 5 and icloud to be a winner as well. Unless of course some disgrunted Apple employee sabotage something here.. lols.
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hey says:

14 years ago

Honestly. I like the new features. But i think, it’s still not enough. Apple can pull something better than this, we all know that. But the new updates works great with the iOS UI. And iMessage is the answer to every iPhone owners that envy BB users. :)
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friend.com.ph says:

14 years ago

the notification is really the same on android OS…new features are really great!!!
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Jay says:

14 years ago

I thought they would be launching new machines. yun lang pala
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mr. bogus says:

14 years ago

haist!!!! meron na sa android to ehh!!!! something new?????

as a said before: apple is only the first, but there not the best!!!!!!
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CliffRosario says:

14 years ago

it’s future proofing their gadgets and these added features would keep them in the game for sometime..

@RaGe .. nicely said.. a lot of the features added were raised by the iPhone community.

@Mat .. sadly, that’s true. But all the better for the consumers as we see that all are competing for the best OS.

@rica.. exactly the point!.. finally someone understanding the game that these industry giants are playing.
@iCloud is AWESOME?? valid point raised.. sucks living here in the ph a bit when it comes to internet bandwidth/speed

trolls. trolls. trolls.
You do make valid points at times but as the saying goes.. why waste time for something you don’t really care for or have..

ry / John / cass / Pro RH Bill / mr. bogus
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no_label says:

14 years ago

Why did Yuga cut off the Engadget watermark on the first pic?
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threatened-apps-IOS5 says:

14 years ago

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/which-apps-are-threatened-by-apples-upgrades/

interesting list from the new york times.
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unknown says:

14 years ago

I’m already using iOS5 beta.

iMessage – i guess its better compared to BBM no need to subscribe to BB services 3G/WIFI will do. one disadvantage is that if you have multiple iOS device, it sends to all of your iOS device and you have to read/open it in all of your iOS device, i hope apple fix it that when you read it in one of your iOS device it will be marked as read in all of your idevice.

Notification Center – kind a cool although its already integrated in Android OS.
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12 years ago

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