Dang guys. With all of the updates we're doing today, you have no idea how much my Mac is suffering. I can't get the iOS 5.1 update right now, but I can tell you what it's coming with and why it'll make your iPad awesome.
The new iOS 5.1 update features Japanese language support for Siri, which will be slowly rolled in Japan bit-by-bit. The update will also enable users to delete photos directly from Photo Stream, and add a Camera shortcut on the Lock screen for the iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS, and iPod touch 4th generation.
The Camera also gets a bit of a makeover, with the ability to highlight all detected faces rather than just one at a time. And the app has a complete new makeover.
iTunes Match subscribers will also be able to get Genius Mixes and playlists with iOS 5.1, and the iPad will have enchanced audio for TV shows and movies. AT&T has also included an updated network indicator, probably to reflect its new 4G capabilities, and the software update also fixes an issue that occassionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls.
schwartzpm
March 09, 2012 at 10:38am
I got the update yesterday and the camera icon does indeed show up on my lock screen, but it doesn't work! When you push it the home screen just "jumps" a few mm and teases you with a view of the camera interface under it. Is it operator error?
bamarshall79
March 11, 2012 at 1:21am
Actually Schwartzpm if you slide/flick it up toward the power button instead of tapping it will open the camera
wkelly24
March 08, 2012 at 7:19am
Really, the 4S has the hardware to support 4G? Will I notice a speed increase in data transfers with AT&T?
bigdogdaddy
March 07, 2012 at 5:21pm
Actually rob1976, I have tried it out. Deleting a photo from the Photo Stream DOES remove it from all devices that access the Photo Stream (e.g. Apple TV). Of course, the original remains on the device that created it but it is removed from the Photo Stream for good. It works as advertised but may take a couple of minutes to propagate out to your other device's photostream.
BTW Maclife: The Facebook login button is broken. It does nothing on IE and Google Chrome on Windows 7, even when I'm logged in to Facebook in another window. I had to create an account on your site, which I have never visited before, in order to comment. Maybe that's why this is only the 3rd comment to this post. Please fix the code. Thanks!
rob1976
March 07, 2012 at 4:10pm
The 'Delete From Photo Stream' function only deletes the photo on that particular device, not the Photo Stream itself.
chuff03
March 07, 2012 at 3:58pm
if you have an new iphone with iOS 5 you can do the software update from there
