Apple Announces iOS 5.1, Now Available for Download

[JMcEntegart]

It wouldn't be a new iOS device if there wasn't also an iOS update to go with it.

Apple Announces iOS 5.1, Now Available for Download : Read more

 

[captaincharisma]

added face detection eh? i wonder what else they ripped off of ICS?

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]added face detection eh? i wonder what else they ripped off of ICS?[/citation]
pretty much everything else. Don't worry, they'll patent that and sue Android phone makers over it.

 

[omega21xx]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]added face detection eh? i wonder what else they ripped off of ICS?[/citation]

Well how about unlocking straight into the camera? They claim HTC stole their lock screen and other UI features, however this is something they are taking from HTC Sense 3.0 in Android phones.

 

[shmung]

I thought windows 7 had unlock to camera first?

 

[omega21xx]

[citation][nom]shmung[/nom]I thought windows 7 had unlock to camera first?[/citation]

Not 100% sure on this, but WP7 got this around june last year, Sense 3.0 had this back before April. Not sure who announced the feature between them first, but it's not a new feature by any means.

 

[silver565]

Wait? there was a bug in iOS?

I thought it "just worked" ?!

 

[opmopadop]

[citation][nom]omega21xx[/nom]Not 100% sure on this, but WP7 got this around june last year[/citation]
WP7 had this at launch which was November 2010.

 

[TheKurrgan]

Any one notice that at least the iPhone 4S now reports "4G" next to the signal indicator?
Guess they figured if AT&T themselves can call a 3G network a 4G one, they can call their phone a 4G phone too.

 

[jldevoy]

It's only stealing if its not apple doing it, otherwise its innovation.

 

[ben850]

The butthurt flows strongly ITT

 

[danwat1234]

How big is the download?

 

[ben850]

[citation][nom]danwat1234[/nom]How big is the download?[/citation]

About 130MB on my 4S

 

[Guest]

Face detection is when you are taking pictures... not sure why you are think Facial recognition unlocking or something.

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]added face detection eh? i wonder what else they ripped off of ICS?[/citation]

Because ICS invented face detection?

 

[watcha]

[citation][nom]silver565[/nom]Wait? there was a bug in iOS?I thought it "just worked" ?![/citation]

None of the bugs stopped it working.

 

[pharge]

"iOS 5.1 adds face detection"
Jane, your article is misleading. On iOS 5.01, the camera app on iOS has face detection (for focusing) on one face. Now iOS 5.1 add "face detection focusing" on multiple faces..

I like your articles, but this part is quite misleading.

Original wording on the iOS5.1 update message:

"Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces"

http://gizmodo.com/5891367/ios-51-is-coming-today-heres-what-to-expect

 

[eddieroolz]

[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]added face detection eh? i wonder what else they ripped off of ICS?[/citation]

I wonder what ICS ripped off of other face-recognition mechanisms in place on many phones as far back as 2007.

 

[omega21xx]

[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]I wonder what ICS ripped off of other face-recognition mechanisms in place on many phones as far back as 2007.[/citation]

Android phones had face detection before ICS, besides something like "face detection" in cameras really shouldn't be a feature to fight over as any modern phone has it. Yes you are right about face detection being out before android and iPhone so I'm not sure how it's a rip off from either android or iphone.

 

[IncinX]

Umm... Dictation and Diction are two different words meaning two different things (look it up in the dictionary if you don't believe me) yet the article uses it interchangeably in the first two paragraphs.

Does anyone proofread? That should be an easy catch.