Apple have confirmed that the Official Launch of IOS 5 will be post 5pm tonight, with mounting numbers of Apple fans getting revved up in anticipation for what has been described as one of Apple’s most enhanced and feature-rich updates to the OS yet.
iOS 5 is sure to fascinate consumers as it comes with a number of cutting edge features – Apple claim it comes with as many as 200 new features! From the much-hyped iCloud, cloud-based media service to an advanced Safari browser. iOS 5 has a lot to stand up against.
News of the iOS 5 update wasn’t unexpected, given the launch of Apple’s new iPhone 4S on Friday the 14th October - already being reported to have sold 4 Million in less than 24 hours. Pre-loaded with the new iOS, it seems only logical to release mainstream prior to the new device being delivered although we look forward to testing the performance of iOS 5 on an iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S…
Meanwhile accross the battlefield ‘that is the smartphone market’, Blackberry’s RIM service has been reported down for the third consecutive day. The problems, reported Monday; continued Tuesday with only intermittent access to email, BlackBerry Messenger, and the Web. At first the problems only affected subscribers mainly in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa but it seems Research In Motion’s equipment in its data centers appears to now be affecting North American subscribers as well.
The architecture behind the Blackberry service means that when there is a major infrastructure failure or disruption it can quite literally affect entire regions, leaving tens of millions of users without access. In contrast however the iPhone and Android devices have a completely different design with no single point of failure, it’s a truly tragic event for RIM.
We do have to question how many consumers will be driven to the new iOS and new iPhone 4S after these recent events.
Posted by Kris Haynes on 10/12 at 03:48 PM
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