COMMENTARY | Apple is set to release the latest version of its operating system for its iPad, iPod Touch and iPhones -- iOS 5. With more than 200 new features, Apple's iOS 5 offers users a multitude of new and updated applications for organizing, playing and messaging. Even with all the new and updated features, it was easy to pick my favorite apps from the iOS 5 release because these features will make my life more manageable.
Multitasking Gestures
As someone who cannot survive unless she is multitasking, this feature excites me more than any of the other features of iOS 5. I love being able to swipe up to get the multitasking bar or pinching with my hand to return home. However, the shortcut to switch between apps on my iPad is the best part of this feature. Use four or five fingers and swipe left or right to switch between apps quicker and easier than before.
Reminders
A better way to handle your to-do lists and reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Reminders lets you organize your life in to-do lists, complete with due dates and location-based reminders (reminders that pop up when you get to a certain location). The reminders feature will work with iCal, Outlook, and iCloud, and changes update automatically on your calendars and electronic devices.
Notification Center
I hate pop-up notifications that interrupt what I am doing and then disappear faster than I can read them. Now you can get all of your alerts and notifications in one convenient place, and they will even appear on your lock screen (if you want them to). Emails, texts, friend requests and alerts from other apps that use notifications are now located in the Notification Center. To access the center, swipe down from the top of any screen, chose the notifications you want to deal with right now and you are immediately taken to the application.
PC Free
PC Free gives your iPad, iPod touch or iPhone independence. Even though most owners of an iPad or iPhone also have a computer, iOS 5 makes it easier to activate and set up your device wirelessly the moment you remove it from the box. Instead of connecting to your computer to download free iOS software updates, you can now do this directly on your device. Manage photos, download software and do more with applications without connecting to a Mac or PC. For users who hate taking time to back up their files, iOS 5 uses iCloud to back up and restore files easily without connecting to your home computer.
Split Keyboard
You may not think the new split keyboard is anything to text home about, but for those of us who text with our thumbs, this is a great addition to the iPad with iOS 5. The split keyboard allows users who type faster in text than they type on a keyboard to keep flying down the electronic highway.
Apple's iOS 5 is a free download and available from the iTunes store.
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