After the Keynote: iOS 5.1 update
Just few hours after the keynote and the presentation of the new iPad, Apple
has released the new iOS update. While I thought, this might not work by now
the update however finished successfully and in a reasonable time. No long
waiting times for the download and the installation process passed by quickly!
So… any improvements felt so far? Cannot say much about it. Of course the official update list doesn’t read spectacular:
About iOS 5.1 Software Update
This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
- Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout)
- Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream
- Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
- Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces
- Redesigned Camera app for iPad
- Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers
- Audio for TV shows and movies on iPad optimized to sound louder and clearer
- Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30 second rewind for iPad
- Updated AT&T network indicator
- Addresses bugs affecting battery life
- Fixes an issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls
For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
For more information on: How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623
What they don’t mention is that you can now update and download Apps via 3G with a total size of 50 MB!
However I noticed something new: While the iPhone 4S had no direct slider (unlike the iPhone 4) to disable the 3G network, it now does! Earlier it was a tale that Apple has not set the slider in the settings page as the chip might not allow a dedicated switchoff of anyone of the both network types as they’re in the same chip! However thanks to the iOS update, you’re now able to control the behaviour of the iPhone 4S the same way as you kew it from the iPhone 4…
Oh… one more thing: It’s said that the battery uptime shall improve with this update… let’s see if that’s true!
As soon as I detect other things that have changed, I’ll post about these.
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