Some news has surfaced concerningiOS 5and Apple’s roadmap for the coming year. According toM.G. Siegler of TechCrunch, Apple is going topush back the release of iOS 5.0 to this fall, and theiPhone 5will launch with a version of iOS 4.x.
Speculation has been that Apple would hold a media event next month for aniOS 5 previewandMobileMe revamp, but TechCrunch’s sources claim otherwise…
“If our sources are right, this would break the pattern of Apple unveiling the latest iOS iteration in the early spring, leading up to a summer launch alongside new iPhone hardware. The spring timetable usually reserved for an iOS roadmap event is why some were hoping Apple may just rope the details into the iPad 2 event. When that didn’t happen, rumors quickly spread that there may be another event in April to talk iOS 5 (and MobileMe). But it’s looking like that will not be the case this year.”
MobileMe is no longer available for purchase, and all signs have been pointing to a revamp of Apple’s cloud-based service in April. Perhaps Apple will address MobileMe before the next event, but a media announcement in April is now looking unlikely.
Major releases of iOS are usually previewed at the beginning of the year (February, March, April), addressed again atWWDC in June, and then launched alongside the newest generation iPhone. This report claims this year’s release roadmap will look a little different, and that iOS 5 will not launch until the fall.
Here’s what TechCrunch has found out from its sources:
It makes sense for Apple to release the iOS 5 SDK to develepors at the Worldwide Develepors Conference, but it will be different for Apple to launch the next gen iPhone without the new software.
We’ve heard plenty of corroborating stories on the cloud integration with iOS 5, and themusic “locker” serviceis something we thought Apple would release with MobileMe next month. It isn’t a stretch to think that Apple would end up releasing such a service at their music-themed event later this year, but the looming fact that MobileMe is in astate of limboquestions that claim.
The biggest news from this report is that theiPhone 5 will most likely not have iOS 5 at ship date. Apple will definitely push some type of update to iOS with the new device’s release, but the mysterious features of 5.0 will not be present with the iPhone 5 at launch.
Whatever happens, Apple is definitely planning something huge for iOS 5. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as this news develops!
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