Tag Archives: iOS 5
The floodgates are open: Apple launch a barrage of updates and new apps
I hope your broadband data cap is in good standing, because it won’t be by the end of the day! As well as the long-awaited iOS 5, Apple have released a barrage of updates for both Mac and iOS apps as well as launched some brand new ones. Keep reading for a summary of what’s new.…
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Today’s iPhone 4S announcement and what it means for New Zealand
After all the hype and the months of insufferable wild speculation, it pains me to say that if today’s announcement could be summed up in a word it would be: yawn. This will certainly go down in history as one of the least exciting iPhone keynotes (in my opinion at least), but for New Zealand in particular there is even less to be excited about. Why? Keep reading.…
Read MoreiOS 5 beta 6 now available to developers
Apple has seeded iOS 5 beta 6 to developers this morning, along with iTunes 10.5 beta 6. The update is available as either a full download or OTA delta update (which appears to be nice and easy this time around, unlike beta 5) and appears to be a bug-fix release rather than one that adds any major new functionality.…
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iOS 5 beta 5 now available with slightly messy OTA option
Apple has release beta 5 of iOS 5 to developers this morning which can be applied as either a full build or an OTA delta update. The OTA update for beta 4 was incredibly convenient, but it’s a different story for beta 5 as in order to begin the update you’ll need to head into the Settings menu and erase and reset all of the content on your device. Icky! There’s also a new iTunes 10.5 beta to go with it. Have fun!
(Thanks, Blair!)…
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iOS 5 beta 4 OTA Delta updates available now
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iOS 5 Beta 4 available for download now
Well that went fast, I can’t believe it is time for a new beta! Hot on the heels on multiple other updates Apple have released iOS5 beta 4 for download. Reports are coming in that it is a really slow download however it has dropped pretty quickly for us.
Those of you that are a paid developer can sign in with your Apple developer ID and download this here, but you already knew that.
Note: The Apple TV has remained at beta 3 whilst all others have been updated to beta 4.
Update 2: OTA seems to be working now…
Update: There maybe issues with installing…. see below before updating.…
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iOS 5 beta 3 released to developers
Apple have just begun seeding the third beta of iOS 5 to developers along with updated betas of iTunes and XCode. Unfortunately there’s no OTA update as previously hoped but we’ll keep you posted if we find any new goodies. You can do the same in the comments.
UPDATE: You can finally add your own custom text tones. 9to5mac has the full change log here.
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Posted in iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
iOS 5 puts a newsreader in your pocket
One of the lesser-discussed but frankly downright amazing additions to iOS 5 is the addition of a new ‘speak selection’ option which will literally read out any selected text in an incredibly life-like newsreader-style voice. From a cheap-thrills perspective, this is a great novelty addition that will provide a few giggles (yes, it will read out swear words, too), from a more sober point of view it can work as a great convenience tool (by reading your emails for you as walk to work), and from a perspective that the lucky majority of us will never need to consider, this will be an absolute life-line for the visually impaired.…
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Could Delta updates OTA be seen as early as iOS 5 beta 3?
One of the new features of iOS 5 is Delta updates OTA and knowing that you’d need iOS 5 for this to work we knew that it wouldn’t happen when upgrading to the first beta. And although hopeful for some delta action when going to beta 2 we kinda new that wouldn’t happen either, but could we see it for beta 3? Maybe… keep reading to see why.…
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Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2
Slightly later than the usual 2 week beta cycle, Apple just a few minutes ago released iOS 5 beta 2 to developers. Despite rumors, this is a regular download and not the first over the air software update some were expecting. We are downloading this at the moment and will of course bring you anything new and noteworthy. If you are a developer head on over to the dev center now and get your download going, oh and don’t forget to let us know your findings in the comments.…
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Hands on with iOS 5 beta… Part 6: Some not so talked about features.
Next up on our first taste of iOS 5 in the form of beta 1 is a few not so talked about features that for the most part slipped under the radar at the WWDC Keynote. With allegedly over 200 new features in iOS 5 it’s going to be hard to cover them all but in our next look at iOS 5 beta 1 we have picked out a few for your viewing pleasure. Carry on reading to take a look.…
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Hands on with iOS 5 beta… Part 2: iMessage and Custom Tones
Next up on our iOS 5 tour is the new iMessage service and a look at the new options for Text Tones. iMessage allows you to send “text” messages to any device running iOS 5, think of it as being like WhatsApp or another instant messaging service (such as iChat) but baked in to the regular messages app. And talking of the regular message app you can now customise the text tones by buying more (on the iPhone) or use one of the other new Custom Tones that are available.
Keep reading for more…
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Hands on with iOS 5 beta… Part 1: Notification Center
So as we all know at WWDC on Monday Apple announced the latest version of iOS, iOS 5. Apple stated there are over 200 new features in iOS 5 and touched on 10 of them at the keynote, and what a keynote it was.
Clearly the first thing we did once the Keynote finished was start refreshing our browsers that were pointed to developer.apple.com and a short while later iOS 5 had arrived here at iPhonewzealand HQ (in beta format for developers, iOS 5 will be released to the public “this Fall” – which is Spring for us) and we got straight down to installing it.
Unfortunately as you know I am still without my iPhone, but fortunately Paul has his and I have my iPad so over the course of a few posts we are going to be taking a look at some of the new features in the iPhone and iPad versions of the new iOS, what we like and what we don’t like.
First up of course is everyone’s biggest gripe with the current OS ….Notifications.…
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Yesterday’s iCloud introduction leaves lots of questions, few answers
Yesterday in the delirium of the WWDC keynote, iCloud seemed like the business – the all-syncing, all-dancing digital nirvana that we could have only dreamed of a few years ago. And we have a feeling that it will pan out this way in the long run, but right now the web is starting to fill up with questions from concerned Apple customers whose current modus operandi doesn’t seem to fit in with the way we currently understand iCloud to work. Questions like “Will my MobileMe account migrate to iCloud?”, “Can I still share my Apple ID with my family for app purchases and still use iCloud?”, “What happens to iDisk?” and “What about MobileMe Gallery?”. The perception is that Apple are suddenly telling us that the way we use our accounts and sync our phones has to change. Unfortunately, while Cupertino have given us lots of information about how wonderful iCloud is, they’ve neglected to provide answers to important questions like these that would inevitably be on people’s minds. So what answers do we have? Read on.…
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AppStore updated with Purchase History and iCloud buttons
Well that was quick. Hot off the announcement of iCloud and iOS 5 the AppStore has had a small makeover and you can now view your purchased content and re-download them to your device(s).…
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iOS 5 announced: new feature round-up
Steve Jobs’s WWDC Keynote has wrapped up and I have to say that this is probably the most exciting and feature-packed non-hardware keynote I’ve ever seen him do. There are some incredible new features being packed into iOS 5 that will really wipe the smug smile from any face that might have been claiming that iOS was getting stale and falling behind the competition. After the break we’ll have a quick round-up of what’s new so read on.…
Read More24 hours til WWDC: Time for a rumour roundup
We’re just one little day away from WWDC 2011 and while we now know for a fact that Steve Jobs will introducing iOS 5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion, we know very little more than that in terms of what these new products will actually do (with the possible exception of Lion). And we all know that when facts are scarce, that’s when the rumour mill gets its cogs turning so keep reading for a round-up of what we might see tomorrow and what we would be announcing were we in charge in Cupertino!…
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