At last week’s iPad 2 launch event, Apple surprised many of us by failing to announce anything in regards to iOS 5 or the forthcoming MobileMe revamp. In retrospect, it makes sense: although comparatively modest an update, the iPad 2 event was jam packed as it is with sales figures, new software, new accessories and hardware improvements, all of which needed their presentation time. iOS 5 is going to need an entire event all to itself.
So when will Apple debut iOS 5 and MobileMe? German site Macerkopf is citing a source that says Apple plans an early April media event to introduce iOS 5 and the new revamped MobileMe.
The easiest way to tell what Apple is going to do in the future is look at what they’ve done in the past. Last year, Apple held their event debuting iOS 4 on April 8th, 2010, giving developers two or three months to get on board with changes in the operating system before the release of the iPhone 4 in late June pushed it out to end users. It would make a lot of sense if Apple did the same this year with iOS 5 as well.
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.
20 responses to “Report: iOS 5 To Be Revealed At Early April Event”
Is that real, I think it is a big news!
Is that real, I think it is a big news!
I am so sorry that I have posted two comments here and they are the same, cuz I click the mouse twice.
mmhh I would love to get my hands in the new IPAD. I have the previous one!!!! Great device.
Why not wait for WWDC? Or are they going to scrap WWDC?
They won’t scrap WWDC. They have never PREVIEWED iOS during WWDC. Since 2008, Apple has always previewed iOS in March / April so that way they can get it out to developers ahead of WWDC. This gives developers time either 1)develop brand new apps or 2)update existing apps, so that by the time of the public release of iOS, which is about a couple of weeks after WWDC, there are apps that take advantage of the new version of iOS.
April –> June == 2 months, not 3 months
Another OS our Facility Information Technology Specialist (FITS) won’t put on the facility’s 3G S’s ?
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great.