iOS 5 is here. For all that waited what are your initial thoughts????

[BIG CAT 7]

Let's hear what everyone has to say after playing around with iOS 5 for a few minutes...

Likes???

Dislikes???

 

[alphasportstv]

I like it but as a few insiders have mentioned, the changes are not as obvious as we might have expected. There are a TON of changes but many of them are quite discreet, behind the scenes.

LIKES
- Notifications
- works absolutely fine on iP4, no performance issues like some geniuses have assured us

UNLIKES (not enough to Dislike!)
- LED notification is only for phone calls
- Newsstand app can't be hidden in an app folder, it stays on top, so I have to shove it over to a blank page to get it out of my face (seems everything on Newsstand requires $ subscriptions)
- iCloud interesting but requires a .ME email account, last thing I need is more email addresses
- continuing inability to fundamentally change the "look": no themes, skins, or other ways to get beyond the 4 year old standard gray-blue background (I know I know, I should have an Android...)

 

[cardfan]

I like it but as a few insiders have mentioned, the changes are not as obvious as we might have expected. There are a TON of changes but many of them are quite discreet, behind the scenes.

LIKES
- Notifications
- works absolutely fine on iP4, no performance issues like some geniuses have promised

UNLIKES (not enough to Dislike!)
- LED notification is only for phone calls
- Newstand app can't be hidden in an app folder, stays on top, so I shove it over to a blank page to get it out of my face (everything on Newstand requires $ subscriptions)
- iCloud interesting but requires a .ME email account, last thing I need is more email adresses
- continuing inability to fundamentally change the "look": no themes, skins, or other ways to get beyond the 4 year old standard gray-blue background (I know I know, I should have an Android...)

iCloud doesn't require a me.com address to get most functions. You only need me.com if you want to use icloud for sharing email.

As for the performance issues, i'd say spend a week with a 4S and then you'd notice going back. It's all relative to your experience.

 

[zackawee27]

Like: The new Notifications and SIRI.
Dislike: They didn't make Multi-Tasking better, like such as webOS.

 

[Dean211284]

Don't like the fact that my friends have to be updated to iOS 5 to use iMessage. Many are jailbroken on 4.33 and not planning on getting iOS 5 yet.

 

[BIG CAT 7]

Like: The new Notifications and SIRI.Dislike: They didn't make Multi-Tasking better, like such as webOS.

I thought SIRI wasn't coming in the iOS5 for the iPhone4?????

If it does then that is a nice bonus!!!!

 

[vthokies]

I thought you could access the camera on the lock screen with iOS 5. I downloaded, installed it, and I can't access it from the lock screen.

 

[BIG CAT 7]

I thought you could access the camera on the lock screen with iOS 5. I downloaded, installed it, and I can't access it from the lock screen.

While the phone is locked double tap the home button. I think it should pop up then..

 

[ame]

I don't care for the fact that Newsstand cannot be put in a folder.

 

[BIG CAT 7]

I don't care for the fact that Newsstand cannot be put in a folder.

Maybe that will be addressed in a future update???

 

[anon(4742831)]

Besides the notification center, not really impressed at all. Nothing GROUND BREAKING at all. The camera app on lock screen is nice, but other than that, it's "meh"

 

[iTreHayes]

I like it but as a few insiders have mentioned, the changes are not as obvious as we might have expected. There are a TON of changes but many of them are quite discreet, behind the scenes.

LIKES
- Notifications
- works absolutely fine on iP4, no performance issues like some geniuses have assured us

UNLIKES (not enough to Dislike!)
- LED notification is only for phone calls
- Newsstand app can't be hidden in an app folder, it stays on top, so I have to shove it over to a blank page to get it out of my face (seems everything on Newsstand requires $ subscriptions)
- iCloud interesting but requires a .ME email account, last thing I need is more email addresses
- continuing inability to fundamentally change the "look": no themes, skins, or other ways to get beyond the 4 year old standard gray-blue background (I know I know, I should have an Android...)

LED's aren't only for phone calls. It happens for texts too, I don't pay attention to them for anything else thought.

 

[ame]

Maybe that will be addressed in a future update???

better be!

 

[vietalogy]

Now we can hide keyboard and view whole SMS conversation now.

 

[vthokies]

Likes:
Notifications / weather
Camera and photo apps
Tweeting photos and articles
Synching
iCloud (even though I wish it had a lot more space than 5 gb)

Dislikes:
Newsstand
Annoying passcode prompts
No variety of themes

 

[iSurf]

The only thing i do not like is that when you get a text you can easily forget its there because theres no icon at the top after it clears

 

[P0stalTek]

Hey guys, so Siri does work with an ip4 with ios5? I heard a rumor it would be 4s only. Good to hear!


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[isrararrafi]

soemthing annoying about newstand is when i click on it just to look at the list of magazines i am subscribed to but dont click on any of the magazines and turn off it still is "running" behind the scene. i can see it if i click the home button twice. thats just lazy of apple engineers. basically the newstand app which is nothing but a piece of shelf is apparently an "app" too.

if i click on the magazines and then get out...now there r two apps running...the newstand and the magazine