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iOS 5

Apple brings notifications, iMessage, reminders, newsstand, twitter, and more to iPhone and iPad

iOS 5: Apple introduces iMessage, Notifications, Newsstand, Twitter, and more.iOS 5 is the fifth generation iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple TV operating system. Based on the same core as Mac OS X but optimized for mobile, the latest version adds Notifications, iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, Twitter, Siri and a boatload of other new features.

It ships with iPhone 4S and is a free update available for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, iPod touch 3, iPod touch 4, and Apple TV.

White iPhone 4 showing off prototype iOS 4 fast app switching, folder UI? [Updated]

By , Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:50 am
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Vietnamese site Tinhte might just have gotten their hands on an official white iPhone 4 from Apple... running a previously unseen version of iOS! While it could also just be

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Apple working on new multitouch gestures for iOS 5, illuminated smart bezel for iPhone 5?

By , Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:03 am
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PatentlyApple has uncovered some interesting patent applications from Apple involving new multitouch gestures and smart bezels aimed at making interaction more simple and gestures more memorable.

Apple's patent introduces us

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iPhone Live 145: Yanked

By , Friday, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:22 am
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iPhone 5 not coming until Fall, iOS 5 not being previewed until June, would an iOS 4.4 take away some of the

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What does Apple have to do to re-revolutionize the iPhone?

By , Friday, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:55 am
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Lessien, writing on DiogeneX, asks what Apple has to do, not to catch up with things like notifications or cloud services, not to keep up with things like apps

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TiPb Asks: Will there be an iOS 4.4?

By , Tuesday, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:53 pm
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If, as rumor suggests, iOS 5 won't be previewed this spring as it has in years past, and is instead only shown off at WWDC 2011 in June and released

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iPhone Live 144: No new iPhone

By , Friday, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:20 am
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Rene, Chad, and Georgia discuss WWDC 2011, the sellout and the fallout, no new iPhone 5 in June, no iOS 5 event

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Momentum

By , Friday, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:07 am
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In January 2007 Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone. Summer 2007 he announced its release date and "sweet" web apps to go with it. In Fall 2007 he introduced the iPod

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Apple to include system-wide, artificial intelligence-powered voice control in iOS 5?

By , Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:25 pm
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TechCrunch has been told that Apple will be integrating system-wide voice control technology into iOS 5 derived from their purchase of Siri last year. Apple is reportedly putting the finishing

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Why would Apple "delay" iPhone 5, iOS 5 to fall or 2012?

By , Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:07 pm
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People with good sources at Apple are saying there will be no iOS 5 preview this April and no iPhone 5 in June and that might be so. However, many

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Apple confirm WWDC 2011 will be June 6-10, future of iOS to be revealed, iPhone 5 to debut?

By , Monday, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:24 am
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Apple has just confirmed, via a press release that the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event will take place June 6 through to June 10 at San Francisco’s Moscone West.

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Could iOS 5 only be coming this fall?

By , Saturday, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:48 pm
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Instead of keeping to the last 3 years of tradition and showing off iOS 5 at an April preview event and releasing it with iPhone 5 this June, could Apple

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When will Apple preview iOS 5?

By , Tuesday, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:27 pm
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Apple will most likely preview iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in early April. This isn't based on a "source familiar with the matter" but on simple history.

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Imagining iOS 5

By , Tuesday, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:47 pm
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While in previous years Apple has debuted products like iPhone, MacBook Air, and iPad in January and done an iOS preview in March, this year's iPad 2 launch event is

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iOS 5 to be previewed next week alongside iPad 2?

By , Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:38 pm
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Engagdet is updating their previous iPad 2 rumors, saying the SD card and hi-res display didn't make the cut but the sleeker, slimmer form factor did -- along with

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TiPb Asks: Will the iPad 2 event also be the iOS 5 preview event?

By , Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:16 pm
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Will the iPad 2 event also be the iOS 5 preview event? 2 years ago Apple did Macworld in January and the iPhone 3.0 (iOS 3) preview event in mid

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iPad competitors: Will the true multitasking please stand up?

By , Sunday, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:41 pm
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One of the most persistent complaints levied against the iPhone and iPad were/are the lack of multitasking. This, of course, has always been silly. However, now that BlackBerry QNX PlayBook

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Apple looking to improve iOS notifications... by buying an iPhone app?

By , Friday, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:46 pm
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According to a Cult of Mac source, Apple might be buying an App Store app developer in order to improve iOS notifications. This... sounds a little strange. Notifications are certainly

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Tracking your Verizon iPhone 4, Give-away, Battery management, iOS 5 - From the Forums

By , Monday, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:00 am
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The TiPb forums are naturally a great place to talk, commiserate, celebrate, get help, and offer advice to your fellow iPhone users. In order to create a new thread of

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iOS 4.3 beta contains references to iOS 5 Media Stream, Photo Streaming

By , Friday, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:26 am
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Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac applied his ninjary skills to the latest iOS 4.3 beta and came away Media Stream and Photo Streaming, which could just be Apple's next big iOS

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iPad Live podcast #37: Eleventies

By , Monday, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:42 pm
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Rene, Chad, Georgia, and Chris discuss iPad 2 rumors, Verizon iPad, will it get a new version of iOS, what Jailbreak concepts

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iPad 2 will ship with... which version of iOS?

By , Sunday, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:27 pm
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Apple is widely expected to introduce iPad 2 sometime in the next few months and, if they follow the same yearly cycle they have for iPhone and iPod touch, ship

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TiPb TV 11: What do we want for iPhone and iPad in 2011?

By , Saturday, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:22 am
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2010 is over, 2011 is upon us, and there's just a few things we want from Apple and Steve Jobs when it comes to iPhone and iPad next year. Hardware,

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Top 8 jailbreak concepts Apple should implement in iOS 5

By , Wednesday, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:41 am
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TiPb list the best, most must-have Jailbreak features we'd love Apple to add to iOS 5

Next Spring Steve Jobs will walk out on the stage and preview the latest

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Dear Santa Jobs, all we want for iPhone 5 and iPad 2 is...?

By , Saturday, Dec 25, 2010 at 12:19 pm
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If Steve Jobs were Santa and you were sitting down to write out your Christmas wish list for iPhone 5, iPad 2, and iOS 5, what would you ask for?

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iOS 5 wants: Game sync via Game Center

By , Thursday, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:57 pm
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I'm playing Infinity Blade on my iPhone 4 but if I switch to my iPad I have to start the game over, fresh, as if I'd never played before --

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