“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.]