Upgrade Your iPhone to iOS 5: 200 New Features and a Headache - Shelly Palmer

I don39t always look forward to software updates from Apple Most of the time I can39t take advantage of major upgrades because the software I use the most will not be ready Companies like Adobe Digidesign and Intuit generally do not have enough time with major upgrades before they are released to the public and therefore cannot make required modifications in time This problem is well known and well understood You just wait until you get a notification from your key software vendors and then upgradeiOS upgrades are different Apple usually takes great care to make sure that pure consumer upgrades to its devices work flawlessly I have never had a problem so I was dueUpgrading to iOS 5 on my Verizon iPhone 4 was a slow painful process with several error messages and a general lack of emotionally satisfying communication The download to update iTunes and get the required files took more than 20 minutes on a very robust broadband connection And backing up my iPhone 4 took the usual five minutes The oneclick update started a long convoluted process that included the deactivation of my phone and a full screen error message with a Verizon customer service number There was no documentation about this and calling the number yielded a 10 minute long voicemail tree that ended by telling me to visit a website for more details or on a 3G iPhone quotPress 228 send to activate your phonequot UghAbout 45 minutes into this experience and after several quoterror 3200quot messages I was able to restart the process and restore my iPhone When it restored the iPhone had iOS 5 installed To say that the process is counterintuitive would be the nicest way I could say it BTW quoterror 3200quot is Applespeak for network congestionWARNING If you plan to upgrade your iDevice to iOS 5 make sure you back it up first Remember you were warnedWith my new iOS 5 operating system installed I was anxious to explore the 200 new features The first one was pretty obvious There is a completely new notification system You will like itThe new OS also lets you automatically download music videos and apps from the iTunesApp Store if you configure the feature in the settings menuiMessage is Apple39s new version of free txt messaging between iDevices Free is very proconsumerIf you live your life on your iPad and iPhone you are going to think that the new reminder task management system is awesomeiOS 5 has much improved Twitter integration If you are a serial tweeter you will love itYou no longer need a computer to own an iDevice And you can now do all of your syncing without cablesFor business people with AppleTV installed in conference rooms or for teachers with Apple TV installed in their classrooms you can now wirelessly mirror your iDevice What does that mean If your AppleTV is connected to a big flat screen monitor you can wirelessly show what39s on your iPad2 or iPhone screen on the big flat screen through AppleTV I tried it in my living room it39s really coolThere are some nice tweaks to Mail Calendar Safari and 190 other things you may or may not care about Overall iOS 5 once you get it installed is pretty greatI instantly noticed that my iPhone 4 works slower than it did before the upgrade iOS 5 must put pressure on the processor This will not be the case with your iPad 2 or your new iPhone 4S when you get it Certain processes are more sluggish than others but it39s only mildly annoyingAllinall I really like what Apple has done with iOS 5 and once you get it installed I think you will tooShelly Palmer is the host of NBC Universalamp8216s Live Digital with Shelly Palmer a weekly halfhour television show about living and working in a digital world He is Fox 5 New Yorkamp8216s Onair Tech Expert WNYWTV and the host of Fox Televisionamp8217s monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Livingamp160 He also hosts United Stations Radio Networkamp8216s MediaBytes a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology media and entertainment He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group LLC an industryleading advisory and business development firm and the President of the National Academy of Television Arts ampamp Sciences NY the organization that bestows the coveted Emmyamp174 Awards Palmer is the author of Television Disrupted The Transition from Network to Networked TV 2nd Edition York House Press 2008 the seminal book about the technological economic and sociological forces that are changing everything and the upcoming Overcoming The Digital Divide How to use Social Media and Digital Tools to Reinvent Yourself and Your Career York House Press 2011 For more information visit shellypalmercomRead all Shelly39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Shelly Palmer ReportCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not 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