Apple To Release An AirPort Utility iOS App Once iOS 5 Goes Live?
by Joe White
October 8, 2011
Back when Apple released the first developer beta versions of iOS 5, it was noted that the software update added the ability to configure AirPort stations from an iOS device. Now, when users attempt to do this in iOS 5 GM, a pop-up notification notes that an application (called "AirPort Utility") is required, and directs users to an iTunes link that is not yet live.
Apple has noted that one of its aims in developing iOS 5 is to make iOS devices "PC free," and this feature obviously meant that iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners running iOS 5 could set up an AirPort station without needing to use a computer.
Now, it would appear that Apple fans will require a dedicated iOS app in order to configure AirPort stations from a mobile device. If this is indeed the case, we would expect the application to launch around the time iOS 5 goes live. Though as of this moment, nothing has been confirmed by Apple.
We'll keep you posted.
[via MacStories]
