Conclusion
What can we say? Steve may have been a little prescient when he said we live in a post-PC world, but not by much: iOS 5 proves that the cord can be cut between the PC and your iPhone, and iCloud is the scalpel. With iOS 5, your iPhone and iPad finally becomes a fully realized, independent device. And that’s the future.
When Steve Jobs first released the iPhone, he was trying to reboot computing. In the post-PC world, a computer isn’t a bulky piece of electronics in your home. It isn’t an appliance. It’s part of you, always connected to the astonishing, vibrant digital frontier. An iPhone shouldn’t be tethered to your PC… it should tether you by infinite invisible strands to the entire world.
From the very first Apple computer, connecting us was always Steve’s vision… and it’s fitting that iOS 5 finalizes that dream. Your iPhone? Your iPad? They aren’t second-class citizens to your computer anymore. They are the bright future, and iOS is that future’s vista.
And jeez, none of this even touches upon Siri, Apple’s incredible new artificial intelligence and voice recognition system. We’ll check out Siri at length in our iPhone 4S review.
iOS 5 is the update that changes iOS’ fundamental DNA. It’s probably the most important update to iOS since iPhone OS 2.0 brought us the App Store. Short of keeping jailbreaks, there are no compelling reasons not to upgrade.
Do it for Steve. This is the operating system he always thought your iPhone deserved.
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