IOS 5: smart assistant Siri, the initial growth of iOS

Like iOS 3, iOS 5 also met the iPhone with "S" in the name, iPhone 4S, like iOS3, iOS 5 also added a lot of functionality, but can not keep. Apple's hardware is the cutting board, and iOS5 is the hammer. At that time, Apple was still dominant and could "Forge" the market as needed.

Siri.In iPhone 4S, Siri replaced voice control in the form of a "virtual assistant. Siri allows you to ask questions. Siri is a voice control function applied by Apple on its iphone 4S. Siri can transform the iPhone 4S into an intelligent robot. Using Siri, users can read text messages, introduce restaurants, ask about the weather, and set alarms through voice. Siri supports natural language input, weather forecasts, schedules, search materials, and other applications that come with the system. It also keeps learning new voices and tones and provides conversational answers.

This is a unique feature, but Siri sometimes cannot connect to the network, sometimes identifying errors, and sometimes giving incorrect results. This is an exploration of Apple's natural user interface and remains to be improved.

Notification center.Integrates SMS, email, call, and other native program notifications, and supports third-party program notifications. Similar to Android, you can press "X" to display the drop-down menu. The notification center provides apple with daily information, from weather to stock micropieces.

You can adjust the settings to allow those applications to provide notifications. With the option, you can decide to unlock the notification displayed on the screen. This modal window is much better.

IMessage.Starting from iOS 5, Apple began to intrude into the communication field, revolutionizing BlackBerry's user base. IMessage can send and receive multimedia information. Unlike SMS, iMessage is completely free. It is an iPhone embedded application and has an iTouch and an iPad version. Either bind with the Apple ID or the phone number. IOS can automatically convert text information to iMessage information. This application is very convenient and does not disturb users' daily use of the iPhone. At this moment, iMessage is catching up with the BBM of blackberry.

No PC required.In theory, iPad and iPhone can be activated without connecting to a PC. This significant change indicates that the iOS platform is "adult" and can operate independently.

ITunes Wi-Fi synchronization.Users with ios5 on the mobile end can get rid of data lines and synchronize with iTunes through Wifi.

Wireless upgradeYou can update software wirelessly without having to connect your computer to the shared network.

ICloud.IOS5 provides the iCloud cloud service to replace MobileMe. However, synchronization can only be performed in the last 30 days. With iCloud, you don't have to connect to your computer.

IOS5 also integrates Twitter, which uses the volume key as the shutter, Redminder application, and magazine subscription application "Newstand ". The mobile Safari "Reader" function makes web pages easier to read.

At the same time, the iPad also has a multi-task processing function, added the separation keyboard function, finger input becomes easier.

AirPlay has also been upgraded, so that the operations and effects of iPad 2 and iPhone 4S can be mirrored to other devices without the need to provide one-to-one license for each application.

The biggest problem with iOS 5.0 is battery life. So Apple released the bug fix upgrade, iOS 5.01, and ensured that more bugs will be corrected in future versions.

Many people think that the significance of iOS 5 lies not in those new software, but in defining the future trend of iOS. PC-Free wireless synchronization, Siri is still in the license phase, and iCloud is still not accepted by users until today.However, iOS is truly "independent" and can be replaced by computers.

For IOS 5.0	Device	Function
Released 10/2011	IPhone 4S. IPhone 4, IPhone 3GS, iPad, IPad 2 IPod Touch 4th Gen, IPod Touch 3rd Gen	Siri notification center PC-freeiTunes Wi-Fi synchronization iMessageiCloud