We’re living in the post PC world, according to Steve Jobs, so why do you still need a computer to use your iPad or iPhone?
No longer: iOS 5 is going PC Free. Now, instead of starting up an iOS device and saying to connect to iTunes, you get a Welcome Screen.
And guess what? You know what else you get now? Wireless updates over the air, which Apple is calling Delta Updates.
This is great news for most, but I’m guessing this is going to be a huge fly in the ointment for jailbreakers.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
12 responses to “iOS 5 Goes PC Free, Gets OTA Updates [WWDC 2011]”
How are we supposed to sync songs and music without a computer? Are you able to connect it to a PC, or will iOS devices come without usb connectivity?
just to clarify – it’s just software updates ota, not actually syncing your own files right?
iCloud!! :D
going to be a huge fly in the ointment for jailbreakers
whats that means?????????
It means that this system could screw up a lot of the ways that jail breakers actually break the software AND with the updates OTA it’s possible they will update your phone in the background and screw up your phone if it is jail broken
Given that Apple isn’t legally obligated to support jail breaking they are likely not really bothered
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