Apple Modernizes iOS 5 With Android-like Notifications, BBM-like Messaging, and PC Free

That's almost as amazing as their revolutionary cloud service! What a concept!

LOL@ "with iOS5, we've taken an operating system that was already years ahead..."

This is a god send!!! All hail to Steve & Co. for giving us the feature enjoyed by android all along, on the most advanced mobile os that is the ios which didn't even have copy/paste and multi-tasking until the revolutionary evolution. Not to mention for the first time people can own an apple gadgets without needing a mac or pc! This is what I call innovation! ios 5 is gonna be awesome!

I like how in the video they are so proud and full of themselves. Wifi sync is cool though, if you own a mac and use itune.

Yeeouch. BB is now totally obsolete.

And android remains a beautiful work in progress.

Some neat ideas. Some big brother ideas. Some false statements.

Some of this I do with my Touch Pro 2 with Windows Mobile 6.5. That's pretty disappointing if you're an Apple fan.

Okay I have only 2 real replies to this news. Cloud service is NOT revolutionary for Apple and is in fact archaic and grossly costly. For example Mobile Me is how much for a year? For the price of roughly Mobile Me for 1.5 years you can get a 1TB external hard drive with cloud storage service from Iomega with the cloud service being free in contrast to how much Cloud storage from Mobile Me? As far as contacts, Google does it better and for free. Nice Apple, your actually BEHIND in the market place for cloud storage and the cost alone is ridiculous.

Secondly, shouldn't we be seeing in the news tommorrow from Google about a lawsuit against Apple for infringing on its user~interface. I mean isn't this what Apple does? What's to say Android won't go "Oh hey you're copying us, we're gonna sue your a@@ now". Wait for it people... On the bright side this is a hint to Tom's to get on top of this and beat endgadget to a story for once LOL! J/K

..yeah 30% market share means they are obsolete. BB will always rule the business sector because iOS and Android aren't secure enough. Plus I like not having to charge my device 2-3 times a day. I'll stick with BB.

But, does it play flash???

Um...MobileMe is actually free and has been for a little while now.

Everything we do at crapple is original...well as original as android. Sad thing is how many sheeples will be totally amazed at this and hail it as "revolutionary" and of course "magical." Yes..if you exclude the rest of technology I *guess* it's revolutionary...

I really like how awesome is that now you can even have a tabbed browsing. Who would ever guessed that it can be possible? /s

I love how the song they choose for the background is "I'm Your Prostitute, You Are Going To Get Some (Lykke Li)", what message are they sending us?

Would somebody PLEASE think of the children!??!

sdeleon515 : I don't get it ... while are you keep holding Apple hostage with MobileMe. Jobs admitted it ... it failed, so he's introducing iCloud. Let's compare Apples to Apples, so to speak.

Your constant whine and complaining makes you look weak. iCloud DOES provide something that Google cannot offer without signing a deal with the labels. Whether you like it or not, the iCloud services DOES look more convenient than what Amazon or Google offers.

People like convenience for a small feed. It might not be for everyone, but it sure looks like there's going to be mass adoption. Let the market decide. They will be the ultimate judge of that. Not me, not you ....

No one cares who came out with what first .... at the end, it's about who's got a better product. Consumers are buying the product/service ... not something intangible like innovation or patents or first movers advantage.

Right now, it looks like Win8 better be kick ass or Lion is going to be a step ahead once again ...

Guess what the minute windows 8 comes out, I'm burning my ipad 2, and getting a real tablet that has java and flash and the worlds biggest largest software platform. The iphone was cool, after I got the ipad 2, I learned iOS simply sucks a$$$$$ for any real type of web experience , I'm not even talking for power usage. I honestly can't wait to throw this thing on ebay for the next sucker.

PS my blackberry torch puts my iphone to shame. What a sham. This is a rant I get more frustrated my iPad Waste of Money every time I go to a site I can't view because Steve Jobs thinks his ***k is so large, that he can rule everything. The same reason why apple got it's a$$$$$ kicked by the PC in the 80's will be the same reason why I'm never buying another IPAD , and now that MS has turned it's attention to doing it the right way and giving me the openess I'm accustomed, I'm mean seriously, java and flash you don't like as technologies so what, it's ubiquitous, it's like saying I don't like high ways so everyone should fly instead, bottom line highwas get the job done and have a place.

Too bad all these feature are available already to Jailbroken iPhones. FAIL!

at least five of these 'new' features already exist on my original n95 which was released in 2007. They ARE improving iOS but it should have happened way back in the past really. The keyboard is interesting though. I think a keyboard that can shift around the screen would be useful. If they became more open and became truly innovative I might think that android has competition.

I own an ipad and an iphone 4. I got them both as gifts from my wife. I would gladly trade them for an android or a windows based solution.
Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things I love about them, mostly the resolution, color, and touch screen, and the camera, but i'd still much rather have a phone that is hmmmm.... Less proprietary.
With that, here is a list of things I hate and would like to see different.

1. Hate Syncing... What a pain... Can I please have drag and drop.

2. App Store... I understand why everyone likes it, because it's one place to search for everything, but, can I please have an app store that remembers what I was looking at last time I was on there, or some pages I can select through? Every time I download an app, I have to scroll through 10 pages and wait for loading to get back to where I was.

3. There is nothing I hate more then a developer "DECIDING" what I need on the phone. PLEASE ADD FLASH!!

4. Is it really the most popular game platform (I really doubt it)? Hate being forced to use the gyroscope or the touchscreen to play games. Can I please have some "REAL" buttons, in the form of pushbuttons, D-pad, or analog stick like the PSP. Or at least have the ability to use a controller with it some how. I've given up hope of playing any "REAL" games on the ipad or iphone.

5. Hardware I'd love to have: HDMI, USB, Micro SD slot, Removable battery, 4G.

6. Hardware i'd love to have, in the next generation: 3d screen, 4g.

7. Maybe in the next O.S. it would be nice if it was more "Open Platform" so that I can edit the files system on my phone and use non apple apps, and be able to use third party apps, instead of being forced to only buy apps with "APPLES" aproval. (I know that will never happen).

8. One thing I really hate is the iphone "Dock" connector. I'm sick being forced to use a propriety connector when there are better solutions out there. Again, hdmi, instead of paying $60.00 on a special cord to do wi-fi out, usb for chargin and "OTHER THINGS".

9. Multi-tasking... I want real mult-tasking, not close one window, then open up another window, and go back to a loading screen. Just hearing music or taking a phonecall when your on the internet does not qualify for multi-tasking.

10. Can I please have free Wi-fi hotspot, I already pay for my data plan, so why charge me to use hardware already built into the phone?

11. Hopefully the next ver. of IOS will have more customizing, Instead of just being able to change the background.

Sorry for the rant... Next phone is definitely gonna be android or windows, most likely windows phone.
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Wow iHaters flocking to another Apple article...shocking!!! lol Good to see iOS and Droid feeding off each other to make better product for the consumers. Win 7 mobile is not a bad OS but too little too late and I expect the same for Windows 8 tablet.

Also people tend to forget what battery hogs flash is and there are reasons Apple is trying to stay away from it until Adobe seriously optimizes Flash!

I love how he calls an OS that was years behind "Years ahead". Propaganda Much?

You know whats will make ios a lot better? try putting flash on it!!!

Congratulations apple, you have successfully copied Android 2.2, added integrated twitter, stuck an apple on it, and called it iOS5.

I am sure all of the AT&T customers on 200MB plans just love hearing "And now you can activate, sync. and update over 3G!" Yeah its like magic how these things suck the money out of you.

AT&T's thinking, "Thanks for the 500 million dollars Apple."

Two thumbs up for being a moron

yes the Android slideshow experience with 1GB of RAM min requirements. Lol you guys are a freakin joke. Google is sweating their ass of trying to get close to what the iOS is. If you know anything about programing, you'll know how much Google needs to catchup in order to come close to the iOS's performance.
Now keep trolling .... aparently you get some kind of self gratification from it

Honestly... I agree. All of the smartphone OSs feeding off of each other is a good way to help make the products better for the consumers. So not sure why there is so much Apple bashing on this website. If you don't like it just don't buy it, simple, no need to complain. Sometimes I feel like people takes the time to bash Apple to get the most thumbs up they can as virtual green thumbs up gives them some self-satisfaction.

Also agree about Flash and battery life. I actually have an Android instead of an iPhone, but I have disabled Flash on my phone and I found I get an extra one to two hours of battery life out of my phone. I first I thought I would miss Flash, but now I can honestly say I do NOT miss Flash at all. So I completely agree with Apple's choice not to include Flash on the iPhone.
BUT, having said that, not sure if I agree about not including Flash on the iPad. Seems like the iPad should at least have Flash. But then again I have absolutely zero use for a tablet, Windows, Mac or otherwise, so I could care less.

This is all good news to me. I love the iTunes match streaming service - at roughly $2/month it quite affordable. Off topic - Snow Leopard and Lion (Ultimate Edition) updates together cost $60.00 - Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Ultimate Edition) updates together cost $468.00. Macs are more money up front, but the total cost of ownership is roughly the same, that's quite interesting.

So funny that an article about Apple product upgrades attract more haters and Android fans than Apple fans. Even funnier to see so many people who don't care about Apple take the time to read an Apple article and waste even more time to comment on it.

You know Apple has done something right with these updates since there are so many pissed off people whining about it.

No one is I hating, I have both iPad and iPhone, and they were innovative for making touch easy, but overall they suck in terms of features, I can't wait to have a proper os on a tablet thank you windows 8, real multitasking, java, flash a real web experience, if I want to drain my battery in 1 hr it shouldn't be up to apple it's my time, like I said come 2012 I'm throwing this thing on eBay.

well you tell me " why are you trolling?" "why are you hating?" "If you dont like the product dont buy it then!"

well i gotta troll hard cuz if i find that the product sucks hard then im not buying the product. you see when you own an iphone u cant do what ever you want is like you are limited some how :\ they telling what you should have in your phone intead of what you want on your phone :\

i will stick with android for now because all the features iphones has i already have it on my android and well inproved thx and yes i can do what ever i want on my phone and have what ever i want too

that may be true but its not close to the reason that it is not included in iOS, it may be the reason apple give out becuase it sounds nicer than the real answer
the main reason is all the crappy apps you can get on iOS are just crappy apps that for the normal person would be in flash and you would go to a web site and use them for free. but then how is apple going to make money out of that?

Just send your iPad 2 my direction, I'll gladly take it.

I think we need to start a fight club, for both the iHaters and Android Haters. I think it would be productive to get all this anger out and realize the actual benefit of both OS(s) coexisting, rather than trying to phase each other out. It's all about competition. Sure the iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry initially and now the flood of android devices made by several manufactures have made one company's (Apple) devices obsolete (depending what you're focusing on). I think people expect devices to do more than what they were initially designed to do. If Apple comes up with new tech and Android builds upon it no one notices. When Android comes up with new tech, people get angry and expect an iPhone to do the same, which is unrealistic.

I have an iPhone 3GS, do I want and iPhone 4, no. I think that generation is junk and not worth using my 2-yr contract on. Do I want Android? No, I had a 14 day trial with Android (as well as a friend's phone) and the Marketplace is full of dull & junk apps. They are not optimized to conserve battery or system resources. My brother has a Evo 4G, it has sweet hardware and software but there's again the Marketplace (Get your underutilized apps here!). Sure an iPhone is behind hardware wise, but it's getting the most out of the hardware with the great AppStore apps..

Like the South Park: Humancentipad episode, "You didn't read the terms and conditions?"

If I were to drop $400+ on a device I would be at an Apple Store or Android carrier demoing out the device to justify my purchase..

"Magazine and newspaper publishers and readers have fallen in love with the iPad. . . "

Last I heard, Apple closed down any side-sales of magazines and newspapers, forcing the publishers to 'loose' 30% to the App Store - which means they will either pass that cost on to the consumer or choose not to make this product.

Also, knowing that my magazine 'app' could be subject to removal at the whim of a corporation who has already demonstrated fickle enforcement of its policies does not put my mind at ease - could you imagine if everyone got their news through such a device and the government coerced the company to 'undo' all the copies (or any news source featuring negative views on Apple products suddenly got de-listed, much like certain posts frequently disappear from Apple's forums)?