“When Apple presented iOS 5 — the latest version of its mobile operating system — we couldn’t help but point out how many features and elements it seemed to borrow from other platforms and apps,” Rosa Golijan reports for MSNBC.com’s Gadgetbox. “But as we started examining the software we realized something: The combination of those features with Apple’s special touch should have Android — the biggest competitor to iOS — shaking in fear.”
“Yes, we realize that when it comes to a lot of features — notifications, in particular — it seemed like Apple was playing catch up with Google’s baby,” Golijan reports. “But with iOS 5 Apple isn’t just catching up — it’s leapfrogging Android.”
Golijan reports, “Of course, not everything we’re about to list will make everyone’s jaw drop as the earth shakes, but, along with the nearly 200 other new features found in iOS 5? They form the most compelling mobile operating system available today.”
Full article – recommended – here.
MacDailyNews Take: We’re using iOS 5 on iPhone 4, iPad, and iPad 2 units and the Notifications are wonderfully executed. Check out Apple’s info regarding iOS 5’s new Notifications and more in this video:
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “JD” for the heads up.]
Reason #1: iOS 5 just ripped the ass out of Android with a superior notification system that Fandroids will rant was copied but Karma’s a bitch.
Yes, and my Groid fanboys will be iOS haters no matter how good iOS is.
Competition had their chance…they better bring it now. iCloud+iDevices is going to be deadly.
Since it hasn’t been mentioned yet, please allow me to vent on an unrelated topic. Some maroon at “First Global”, who’s obviously drinking the same water as Mr. Alex Bat Guano, has downgraded AAPL to Mkt Perform From Moderate Outperform, Is this guy as clueless as he appears to be? Market manipulator? Idunno. Geeze…
Nobody is shaking in their boots – there is a huge market for inferior product. Just visit Wal-mart. They actually require their suppliers to cheapen their product in order to sell it.
50 percent of the population actually prefers crap.
Cheapsters. Yes, there will always be cheapsters. Lower the price of a device enough and no matter how crappy it is, they’ll consider it a bargain. There are always those that will sacrifice ease of use and customer support for the lowest initial price. Better to have two crappy devices than one good one. Android has little to fear from losing market share. They’re safe and secure with that. Apple will merely sell more devices and that’s good enough. For those that use Apple devices, things will be easier manage.
At least most Android users aren’t iHaters, they just choose the cheapest platform and have no loyalty. Maybe Apple can sway a few of them through word of mouth.
There’s an old business rule that out of 3 aspects–Best Quality, Best Service, and Best Price–the most you can ever do is 2 out of 3. The PC industry is a great example, where $400 junk PCs abound–best price yes, but not best on anything else. You are right that these kinds of cheap products populate Wal-mart shelves.
The remarkable thing about the iPad is it wins on all 3 aspects: Best Quality, Best Service, AND Best Price. That’s very rare.
Generic PCs (anything that doesn’t run OS X) only hit one: PRICE.
The rest is garbage, including, of course the OS that they run, which is the epitome of mediocrity as a goal.
In my industry the saying goes: “you can have fast, you can have it cheap, or you can have it right: pick any two”. Any I’ve found it to be true 99% of the time.
Probably more than 50%.
Yes, more in the range of 60~70%. But Apple dominating upper 30~40% would mean something like 60~70% of revenues and profits.
By definition, 50% of the population is below average, intellectually, that is.
You mean 50% don’t vote the way you do?
Apple sells iPods and iPads at Wal-Mart.
What does that mean?
Apple does not copy…apple IMPROVES
For Golijan to say the iOS “borrows from other platforms,” she has to ignore the fact Apple invented the true smartphone and all other platforms are racing each other, slavishly trying to copy everything about it.
A couple of beta-ish features does not qualify as putting Android ahead in any sense. Apple prefers to deploy their stuff when it’s actually ready. In any event, just as with computers, the entire wannabe sector lacks the inventive genius to do anything but try to find some gimmicks after clumsily copying Apple.
It looks a lot like the notification dropdown in android, just arranged by ‘type’ vs. a single list.
I expect a future release of Android to ahem, *borrow* this layout if users deem it that big of a deal.
I don’t care who copies who as long as the good stuff hits the OSes that we all as consumers are running.
Hell yeah.
MacDailyNews… I read posts on your site several times a day. This is the first time I’ve been really, really envious of you. I know, I know. You’re a developer, so you get early access to iOS 5. But must you flaunt it so leaving the rest of us drooling?
There are ways for mere mortals to get it as well. 😉
Without stepping over any bounds, could you elaborate?
1. Do you have to have a jailbroken device?
2. What about iPad 2?
3. Is this something that’s seen on various places that Jack Sparrow might visit or is it available elsewhere (I leave it for you to correctly interpret that)?
Thanks. really.
Register as a developer. $100. Easy.
I’m running iOS 5 too on my 3GS. First time I’ve installed a beta on my iPhone. Hasn’t broken anything yet.
I this the first iOS update where Eric Schmidt didn’t get to peek at it before release?
Google should buy Dropbox and implement a cross-platform cloud solution that is not limited to one brand of hardware. That’d give Apple some competition with the iCloud.
Android will hardly be shaking in their boots. More likely laughing. They’ve had most of the features iPhone fanboys are having an orgasm over features Android has had since 2008. All Apple has done with IOS 5 is plug up one hole in the Titanic to keep themselves floating a bit longer in the smart phone ocean.
Is that you, ZuneTang? Did you change your name and get less clever all of a sudden?
And the single biggest reason iOS5 has android shaking is IT HAS PINSTRIPES !!! Take that android. Let’s see if Google can copy that!
He may be good at his job, but Scott Forstall really bugs in presentation.
He tries way to hard to be Jobs like.. I just wish he be more natural.
“read is phenomenal” –so forced..
His presentation is just fine thevway it is!
Apple is amazing they arn’t coping, they are making vast improvements.
Oh, and the volume button to take a picture, sheer genius I tell you!!! On the downside though, you will unfortunately have to have three fingers surgically removed so you can’t accidentally cover the camera lens. Personally I’m prepared to make that sacrifice cause I absolutely adore those brilliant pinstripes.
The only thing I wish it did is place some sort of icon in the menu bar reminding you that you have notifications that are still in the notification center. that would make me complete. 🙂
“…along with the nearly 200 other new features found in iOS 5? They form the most compelling mobile operating system available today.”
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Excuse me, but I’ve farted around with Android enough to know that iOS 1 was better than ANY version of Android. Apple is not playing catch up. And it’s not playing pass up. It’s playing what it always plays: “Stay very far ahead and make the competition eat your dust with unrelenting mercy.”