Saturday, 29 October 2011

iOS5 Feature - Wireless sync and activation

New iOS devices no longer need to be connected to a PC to be activated, so no more annoying USB cable to iTunes image on your brand new iDevice. This is something long overdue. 

New activation screens replace the old USB to iTunes image
With an internet enabled wifi connection you can now backup and sync to iCloud and iTunes. Even better is that iOS5 now supports OTA (over the air) updating which means you don't have to sync to iTunes for iOS updates again (this makes my 1st post obsolete).

Most of these features however only work when the phone is plugged into power. For some users this means that they will plug the iDevice into the pc to charge, but the syncing will occur over the wifi not the USB cable ;)

Another upgrade is that the iDevice is now no longer locked while syncing, users are able to be make full use of the device while it syncs.

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