Apple has done it again.
Just when customers thought smartphones couldn’t get any better, the new iOS 5 operating system has taken one of the most advanced operating systems on the market to new levels.
The new operating system offers features that go further for not only Apple’s most recent product, the iPhone 4S, but for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and third- and fourth-generation iPods and iPads.
Apple makes a substantial improvement to the system with 200 new features in iOS 5.
The notification center is one of the new features that gathers alerts for e-mails, texts and Facebook friend requests all in one place.
Alerts no longer interrupt what the user is doing on the device since notifications appear at the top of the screen. Notifications can also be accessed from the lock screen with the swipe of a finger.
“I like the drop-down notifications on the lock screen,” said chemical engineering sophomore Courtney Rome. “I like how you can slide them from the top. It’s really convenient”
The iMessage app is another new feature in iOS 5. Consumers can now see when other iPhone users are typing a reply and can cover their digital tracks with secure encryption for text messages.
“My favorite new feature is the new texting app,” biology sophomore Laura Kushner said. “I like how I get to know when people read my text messages, even though I’m not a huge fan of people seeing when I have read