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Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by artursapek »

jonknee wrote: post #19
artursapek wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh okay, I misunderstood its implementation. Still though, it will definitely not be any sort of SMS killer.

Why not? All it would take is for Apple to standardize the spec and all of a sudden your BlackBerry/Android using friends are on board. My SMS usage is going to plummet with just iPhones on board, but add in the others and I'm down to reminders that are sent programmatically.

I agree with jbondeson and in addition to that, Apple probably won't want to standardize and share this, it's a new incentive they've created to buy an iOS device.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by there »

AdamGibbins wrote: post #6

Also OS X 10.7.2. Among other things, finally gives the ability to rearrange spaces.

the three-finger swipe up and down once again scroll to the top and bottom of the page in firefox after the 10.7.2 update.

the cursor movement seems to be faster at the same set speed, i had to turn it down a notch after the update.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by smackfu »

glhaynes wrote: post #22

List of things Apple is releasing today (perhaps incomplete?): iOS 5 (iPhone, iPad) Mac OS X 10.7.2 (and maybe 10.6.9?) Apple TV 4.4 Update updates to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iOS iPhoto 9.2 Aperture 3.2 Safari 5.1.1 (Mac, Windows) iCloud Control Panel for Windows the iCloud web apps Cards (and associated print/delivery service) Lion Recovery Update iTunes Movie Trailers app Find my Friends app AirPort Setup u…

New phone isn't today, so there's that.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by ceejayoz »

bluelu wrote: post #11
ugh wrote: post #10

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You don’t “use” iMessage and you don’t have to keep “track of” anything. If for friend has an iPhone you will automatically send her an iMessage, if not you send a text. You won’t even notice. (The “Send” button changes color. That’s all.) (Yeah, TechCrunch is exaggerating but iMessage is very clever.)

Nice. So now all my private messages get routed (and logged) through an US company?

And how are you imagining SMS messages work currently?

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by jonknee »

artursapek wrote: post #32
jonknee wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not? All it would take is for Apple to standardize the spec and all of a sudden your BlackBerry/Android using friends are on board. My SMS usage is going to plummet with just iPhones on board, but add in the others and I'm down to reminders that are sent programmatically.

I agree with jbondeson and in addition to that, Apple probably won't want to standardize and share this, it's a new incentive they've created to buy an iOS device.

I think it was more of a power move with their carrier partners, the user experience is nearly the same.

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by bryanh »

Various errors when trying to install iOS5 on my iPhone 4. I'm getting everything from error 3194 "This device is not eligible for the requested build" to a generic error 3200 "Unknown error".

Coupled with some crazy Lion crashes lately, my anecdotal experience is that Apple software is not "just work[ing]".

Re: Apple’s iOS 5 Update Now Available For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

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Post by cj »

jbondeson wrote: post #23
jonknee wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not? All it would take is for Apple to standardize the spec and all of a sudden your BlackBerry/Android using friends are on board. My SMS usage is going to plummet with just iPhones on board, but add in the others and I'm down to reminders that are sent programmatically.

The iPhone has 4-5% market share of worldwide mobile phones. Even if you could get every smart phone manufacturer to convert that still would only get you to a ~20% market share. SMS isn't going anywhere soon.

The fact that the iPhone has a 5% market share does not mean it represents 5% of all SMS messages sent. Smartphone users text message more frequently than your grandmother with an LG handset.
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