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.
One week from today, Apple will finally release iOS 5 to the public, after seven betas and one GM version were made available to developers. However, if you really, really want to begin using the next OS now and aren’t a developer, we’ve got some news for you, courtesy of 9 To 5 Mac.
Apple is officially notifying developers to submit their apps in anticipation for next week’s iOS 5 launch. In an email, Apple asks developers to “Submit your iOS 5 apps today.”
Although Apple hasn’t officially announced its first NewsStand participants, they are a secret no longer. During today’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event, the company presented a screenshot of the upcoming service that launches on October 12.
Apple has just announced the release of iOS 5 at its iPhone event in Cupertino, CA.
Great news, jailbreak fans: The popular tweak "SBSettings" has recently received an update, adding support for Apple's iOS 5 mobile operating system (which is expected to launch in the coming weeks).
Rumors show that the next iOS will not only be intuitive, but be more like a personal assistant, Camera+ After Effects shouldn't be more than an after thought, plus one app that will have you flipping for more.
It has been a couple of months since 9to5Mac began teasing us with information on an unreleased "Assistant" feature for iOS that Apple is keeping warm for the launch of the iPhone 5. Born from Apple's acquisition of Siri, the personal assistant app, and an alliance with Nuance, the new Assistant feature is rumored to be very similar, but built right into iOS and with more options. Today, in a well-timed post, 9to5Mac details what they claim is everything they know about it.
Ever since the WWDC, Apple has been very discreet about Newsstand and what it really will be like. This week, Apple finally released, to some developers, a special FAQ document detailing how the feature will work and affect them. We have received a copy of these details, here they are.
Jailbroken iDevice owners may want to check out Gesturizer, a new hack that lets you control apps using gestures. Priced at $2.99, the download is available now from Cydia’s BigBoss repo, according to iDownloadBlog.
Hackers have found a way to put what looks like OS X Lion onto an iPhone. Ultimatum is a new beta iOS mod for jailbreakers that attempts to bring the Mac desktop experience to your mobile, according Lifehacker.
Apple has recently announced that this Thursday, iCloud backup data will be reset, and that throughout the day users of the service will be unable to backup their iOS device to the cloud. The news suggests that both iCloud and iOS 5 are nearing competition, and that we may see a Gold Master release in October, as expected.
Just how good is Windows 8 versus iOS 5? Take a look for yourself.
A piece of code found within OS X Lion's iChat framework suggests that Apple is planning on adding iMessage support to iChat.
Apple has released its eighth iTunes 10.5 beta for developers and also iWork for iOS beta 3. Both updates, which are available now, offer additional bug fixes and performance updates.
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that its Adobe Digital Publishing Suite customers will be able to create magazine and newspaper applications that appear in the Apple Newsstand, which is coming with iOS 5.
Now that we are moving into fall, all the anticipated summer rumors about Apple’s new lineup are about to be exposed. We are beginning to get more concrete evidence of an upcoming Apple event.
Remember the big AT&T/T-Mobile merger? Well, it looks like it might not happen. And neither are $180 iPads (at least now). These and other topics made news in the week that was.
Last January, we reported that some sort of Find My Friends feature was discovered in the iOS 4.3 beta. Of course, once released to the public, the iOS contained no such feature. Now, similar code is being found, but this time within HTML code from the recently launched iCloud.com website, according to 9 To 5 Mac.
The iPhone Dev-Team recently updated its jailbreak tool "redsn0w" to add support for iOS 5 beta 7. Importantly, the recently updated redsn0w "explicitly supports" the seventh beta version of iOS 5 (as noted by @MuscleNerd), meaning users don't have to point the application at iOS 5 beta 6 when jailbreaking iOS 5 beta 7.
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about iOS 5 and its new features. One of those is a Siri-based Assistant feature for voice-navigation. Now, 9 To 5 Mac is claiming the new feature will look a lot like Google’s own iPhone Voice Search application. Meanwhile, we now have proof that a Nuance speech-to-text feature is also coming to Apple's next iOS.
In a note to developers, Twitter's Jack Dorsey (@jack) described Twitter integration in Apple's iOS 5 as "an opportunity for us, together, to take the ecosystem to a new level."
Apple today released the seventh beta iteration of iOS 5 to registered developers of the iOS program. As usual, this new version is available to all developers running the iOS 5 beta 5 or 6 over-the-air as a delta update, and you should be prompted automatically to install it any time now. Otherwise, make sure to plug your iDevice to a power source and connect to Wi-Fi before prompting a manual update in the settings app.
