After having spent a full day with the latest iOS update on my iPhone 4, I can honestly say that this is, by far, the best iOS update. Why wouldn’t it be, right? There are “over 200 new features” that iOS 5 comes with, but there are a couple in particular that I’d like to talk about, both of which fall under the iCloud umbrella; “Photostream” and “Find my iPhone/Mac”.
First of all, let’s talk about iCloud. In a nutshell, iCloud is this mysterious datacenter that can be accessed with all of your Apple devices. iCloud can store all your important data like email, contacts, calendars, documents, pictures, and more.
While the storable items I mentioned make iCloud a slick new feature in iOS 5, I think “Photostream” is the slickest! Basically, you can take pictures with any of your mobile Apple devices and your pictures will be “automagically” uploaded to Apple’s iCloud service and shared with ALL your other Apple devices. No more cables and no more external storage devices required to transfer pictures.
“Find my iPhone/Mac” is another really cool part of iOS 5. This is basically a security feature that allows you to do what its name says — find your iPhone, iPad, iTouch, or Macbook. By enabling this, you can pinpoint and locate your device(s) on a map if it’s lost or stolen. After locating your device, you can either send a message to that device, lock it, or wipe it clean and render it useless.
Finally, the tight Twitter integration in iOS 5 is one more favorite that I’ll highlight. I tweet a lot so being able to tweet from any iOS App makes tweeting even quicker and easier.
As advertised, iOS 5 has a ton of new features. The best part? I didn’t have to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S to enjoy the best new features of iOS 5. The aforementioned ones are only a few of my favorites. For a complete list of iOS 5 features in more detail, visit the iOS page on Apple’s website.
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