Apple bringing OTA software update and more to iOS 5

June 6, 2011

Apple has finally taken additional steps to cutting the cord between the iPhone and iPad and iTunes. iOS 5 will pack the following features:

A new on-phone Welcome screen for activation (no more “Connect to iTunes”
OTA software updates
Said updates are now delta updates — gone are the days of downloading a whole iOS build. Now, users will just download the changes.
Calendars can be added and deleted on-device
Email folders can also be added and deleted on-device
“iTunes Wi-Fi Syncing” showed up on a later slide… but no details yet.

Apple did not mention media syncing or backups during this part of the keynote. Perhaps in the iCloud section…

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Stephen M. Hackett

Stephen Hackett, formerly a Lead Mac Genius at Apple, now spends his days running the IT department of a large non-profit in Memphis, TN. He writes about Apple, design and journalism at forkbombr.net. Like all twenty-somethings, you can find him on Twitter. Oh, and he has a dogcow tattoo.