Tag: iOS 5

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To Apple Store, Boise Towne Square. Sorry for hogging your bandwidth.

I went to Apple Store, Boise Towne Square to download iOS 5 for my iPhone. I could try downloading iOS 5 through Virgin Mobile Mi-Fi or AT&T 3G, but it would be slow and seriously deplete my data quota. As I arrived, I immediately proceeded to download iOS 5 for the iPhone and iPad 2. While enjoying close to 5Mbps download, my colleague told me that he was having terrible Internet speed on other Mac in the store. Is it possible that I just hogged the bandwidth at the Apple Store? After finishing the download, my colleague told me that the Internet was usable again.

To Apple Store, Boise Towne Square, please accept my apology. I did really download iOS 5 for my iPhone and iPad 2.

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iPhone 4S: The missing “Enable 3G” switch.

The “Enable 3G” switch is no longer present in iPhone 4S.  The purpose of disabling the 3G radio is to conserve battery life or forcing the iPhone to connect to EDGE network where 3G signals are weak.

iPhone 4S

The “Enable 3G” switch still present in iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS running iOS 5.

iPhone 4 running iOS 5

UPDATE:
Threads about the missing “Enable 3GS” switch on Apple Support Communities.

Please let Apple know that you want this feature back, regardless if it was a bug or design decision.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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iOS 5 is now available.

iOS 5 is now available for download.

You should make some preparations before updating to iOS 5 such as installing iTunes 10.5 and backing up your devices.

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 Center
◦    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 cellular network and Wi-Fi*
•    Newsstand
◦    Automatically organizes 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
◦    Organize 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
◦    Customize 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 autocorrection accuracy
◦    Improved Chinese and Japanese input
◦    New Emoji keyboard
◦    Personal dictionary for autocorrection
◦    Optionally create keyboard short cuts 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 labeling 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

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