iOS 5 Review

Akhirnya Apple merilis generasi lanjutan keluarga iOS, yah iOS 5 akan segera hadir. Di WWDC 2011 ini Apple telah memperkenalkan iOS 5 Beta 2 yang bisa di unduh para developer dan mencicipinya. Banyak fitur2 baru yang dibenamkan di iOS 5 Beta 2.

Mari kita lihat fitur-fitur yang ada di iOS 5.

Fitur baru :

• Notifications - real time on-screen notifications, lockscreen notifications and pull-down Notification Center
• iMessage service in the Messaging app enabling instant messages to other iOS users
• Reminders - including location-aware options
• Customizable notification sounds - email, voicemail and calendar alerts
• Twitter integration
• iCloud service integration
• Enhanced Camera app - viewfinder grid, hardware shutter key
• Integrated photo editing - crop, auto enhance, rotate and red-eye fix
• Updated Safari - tabbed browsing (on iPad), private browsing mode, integrated Reader, Reading list and optimized performance
• Dictionary lookup throughout the interface
• Computer free operation - independent activation, OTA updates, iCloud backup and restore
• Wi-Fi synchronization with iTunes with automatic operation
• New features in the Mail app - Bold, Italic, Underline and Quote options, extended Search, mass Mark as Read/Unread and Flag setting, Add/Delete mailbox folders
• Updated Calendar and Game Center apps
• Newsstand app combining all of your magazine subscriptions
• iPod player now called Music, has new icon
• Separate Video app for iPhone
• AppStore purchase history (already available for iOS 4 too)
• New Storage management options (list and info of all installed apps)
• Multi-tasking gestures for iPad
• AirPlay mirroring for iPad
• New accessibility options involving the LED flash and custom vibrations

Tapi, masih banyak fitur yang belum tersedia di iOS 5 ini.

• No Flash support in the web browser
• No quick toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G
• No Facebook integration
• No proper widgets for the lockscreen
• App folders still are limited to 12 apps tops
• No DivX/XviD video support out of the box (though there're lots of players in the App Store)
• No USB Mass storage mode for uploading content to the device
• No haptics for the touchscreen
• No Bluetooth file transfers to other phones
• Contacts lack a swipe-to-delete or mass delete feature.

Mungkin fitur-fitur yang ada di atas akan berubah pada saat peluncuran resminya, karena semuanya masih dalam versi beta dan masih memungkinkan untuk Apple melakukan perubahan.

Gak sabar nunggunya nih..

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