
Sadly, not all of iOS 5's amazing features could be shoehorned into the iPhone 4. You still use the standard text messaging application, but iMessages are displayed in a different colour.īy keeping iMessage as part of the standard iOS messaging service, Apple has avoided the annoyance of having to skip between apps when receiving the two different message types. Instead of having a separate iMessage application, iOS 5 simply detects people on your contact list that are capable of receiving iMessage communication. Multi-tasking and folders are two existing features of iOS that help make it efficient and user-friendly. Early accounts seem to suggest that it's working, to a certain degree. This is basically Apple's effort to reinvigorate the ailing magazine industry. Our only gripe is that Apple hasn't seen fit to include quick sharing to more networks, but we imagine that future updates to iOS 5 will bring what we desire.Īnother new addition in iOS 5 is Newsstand.

This is a real time-saver and makes things much more intuitive. That means no more having to fire up your stand-alone Twitter client to post images or links - you can do it directly from within the iOS 5 interface. While iOS 5 doesn't quite take the sharing ethos that far, it does at least allow you to post directly to Twitter. Whenever you install a new app with sharing capabilities, it's added to this list. This allows you to effortlessly post your image. So if you're looking at a photo, you can click the share option and a list of all relevant apps - such as email, text message, Facebook and Twitter - is displayed. One big plus that Android has over iOS is the fact that you can share pretty much anything using the built-in share menu.

If the 5GB isn't enough, you can purchase larger storage space directly through your phone. If you switch phones or - heaven forbid - lose your precious handset, iCloud handles backups of your device.

You can then pull this information down to your device without having it clogging up your phone's internal storage. Apple gives every iOS users 5GB of personal storage, into which they can upload music, photos and other data. The App Store is full of great downloads and iOS 5 now allows you to see what you've purchased in the past, and re-download.
