It took several attempts to get the new iOS 5. I was told that there was no network connection and that I needed to connect to the Internet first. An attempt to shift the blame when the problem was Apple’s server capacity.
After five attempts i was told that I needed to upgrade to the latest version of iTunes to do the upgrade. iTunes seems to require an upgrade every week. There is never a patch, always a full download and replace the whole thing. I have never detected a difference with the new version.
Several hours later, thew iPad was loaded with the latest operating system - iOS5.
New features include Twitter integration, improved calendar, notification service, iMessage and a new version of Safari (the Apple browser). Also new to the platform are reminders and Newsstand. Safari now has tabbed browsing in the iPad and about time too! Even the unmentionable MS have had tabbed browsing for a number of years already. Unfortunately, there are still way too many sites that don’t work properly on Safari lazy developers of an Apple issue?
Apple has done nothing to improve the document editing experience which I still rate as poor. No, change that to very poor. Getting back to correct a word or sentence is a slow, cumbersome, clumsy and time-consuming endeavour. The auto-correct still changes the spelling to American even though my language of choice is genuine English.
iMessage is a rather belated attampt by Apple to compete with Blackberry’s BMS. It is rather redundant ans What’s app is universally available - except of course for the iPad!.
The most noticable change following the upgrade was the dissapearance of over 60% (yes, sixty percent) of my apps. They have simply vanished - no fairwell, no explanation, just gone. That means wasting more time searching for and installing the same apps again. And all this ohn a device that is supposed to save me time.
The iPad camera now has an Options button. In the past you could simply shoot. Press the option button and you have the choice of using a grid. That is it. One option. The grid divides the screen into thirds horizontally and vertically. The idea is that it is easier to compose using the rule of thirds.
So what has been promoted as a major OS upgrade buys very little!
After five attempts i was told that I needed to upgrade to the latest version of iTunes to do the upgrade. iTunes seems to require an upgrade every week. There is never a patch, always a full download and replace the whole thing. I have never detected a difference with the new version.
Several hours later, thew iPad was loaded with the latest operating system - iOS5.
New features include Twitter integration, improved calendar, notification service, iMessage and a new version of Safari (the Apple browser). Also new to the platform are reminders and Newsstand. Safari now has tabbed browsing in the iPad and about time too! Even the unmentionable MS have had tabbed browsing for a number of years already. Unfortunately, there are still way too many sites that don’t work properly on Safari lazy developers of an Apple issue?
Apple has done nothing to improve the document editing experience which I still rate as poor. No, change that to very poor. Getting back to correct a word or sentence is a slow, cumbersome, clumsy and time-consuming endeavour. The auto-correct still changes the spelling to American even though my language of choice is genuine English.
iMessage is a rather belated attampt by Apple to compete with Blackberry’s BMS. It is rather redundant ans What’s app is universally available - except of course for the iPad!.
The most noticable change following the upgrade was the dissapearance of over 60% (yes, sixty percent) of my apps. They have simply vanished - no fairwell, no explanation, just gone. That means wasting more time searching for and installing the same apps again. And all this ohn a device that is supposed to save me time.
The iPad camera now has an Options button. In the past you could simply shoot. Press the option button and you have the choice of using a grid. That is it. One option. The grid divides the screen into thirds horizontally and vertically. The idea is that it is easier to compose using the rule of thirds.
So what has been promoted as a major OS upgrade buys very little!
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