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Over four months have passed since the first presentation of iOS 5 on WWDC 2011 held annually in San Francisco. During this time, Apple released several beta versions of the new mobile operating system, so developers had enough time to prepare their applications. The first final version is now available for download, so don't hesitate to update your iPhones, iPod touches and iPads.

Cut the cords! Syncing with iTunes on your PC is all you need over the air. Yes, wires will continue to be better for transferring larger files, but with iOS 5 you won't need to connect your iDevice with a cable as often. It will also be more convenient to update iOS itself, which can be done directly in the iDevice within iOS 5 versions. As for system applications, Reminders, Kiosk and iMessage (integrated into Messages on iPhones) have been added. And since man is a forgetful creature, it was necessary to completely overhaul the notification system. A new element in iOS has thus become the notification bar, which you pull out from the upper edge of the display. In addition to notifications, you will find weather and stock widgets on it. You can of course turn them off. Mobile photographers will be delighted to be able to launch the camera immediately from the lock screen. You can then edit the photos taken and sort them into albums. Twitter users will be delighted with its integration into the system.

read: How does the first iOS 5 beta work and look?

The Safari browser has undergone many pleasant changes. Apple tablet owners will be pleased to switch between pages using tabs. Also useful is the Reader, which "sucks out" the text of the article from the given page for undisturbed reading.

read: Another look under the hood of iOS 5

If you own multiple Apple devices, including Macs running OS X Lion, your life is about to get a little easier. iCloud will ensure the synchronization of your data, applications, documents, contacts, calendars, reminders, emails across your devices. Also, the iDevice backup no longer needs to be stored on your local drive, but on Apple's servers. You have 5GB of storage available for free, and additional capacity can be purchased. Along with iOS 5, Apple also released OS X 10.7.2, which comes with iCloud support.

An important note at the end – you need iTunes 5 to install iOS 10.5, which we are about they wrote yesterday.

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