iOS 6 release date set for Fall, beta available today

Apple unveiled iOS 6 today, and as is probably only with Apple in the industry - it makes the beta available to developers as early as today, and says the iOS 6 release date is set for this Fall.

The new iOS 6 will support:

- devices starting from the iPhone 3GS and later,

- and the second generation iPad, the new iPad and upcoming models.

It packs 200 new features, among which huge improvements to Siri, deeper Facebook integration, tweaks to basic functionalities like the phone app, photo stream and camera app.

You can learn more about new iOS features here while flexing your fingers if you’re a developer, or keeping your fingers crossed iOS 6 is coming earlier in the Fall!

source: Apple

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posted on 11 Jun 2012, 15:03 2

1. tward291 (Posts: 559; Member since: 14 Feb 2012)

around the same time as windows phone 8

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 15:10 2

2. thedarkside (Posts: 654; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

yay competition!

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 15:39 3

3. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

All of this new iOS6 info is too exciting.

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 16:27 1

4. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)

wha, wait, you're serious? You're excited watching the Androidification of iOS! I thought you were being /s but then again you are using an iPhone (I assume), so all of this must be new to you. Breathe deep, use a paperbag if you must, your apple brain will eventually process all these new features that I was enjoying on my Droid 1 in 2009....

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 17:05 1

5. danieru.05 (Posts: 9; Member since: 24 Feb 2012)

mr battlebrat are you accusing apple to copy CHEAP ANDROID PHONES??ARE YOU INSANE???android FIRST COPY MAJOR FEATURES IOS HAVE ESPECIALLY THE MULTI TOUCH FEATURE THAT OTHER HANDSETS DONT HAVE..pirated android os???android os = modifies IOS.. ^_^

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 18:18

7. QinEmpire (Posts: 145; Member since: 16 May 2012)

lol wait, so you are enjoying Droid 1 that's laggy ? lol

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 20:39

9. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)

huh, wow, how did my droid razr become less laggy than my wife's iphone 4S? Come on striker, answer the question...

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 22:33

11. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)

My Droid 1 was a good phone, I use it as an alarm clock now. My current phone is a RAZR and it wipes the floor with the 4s I returned for it.

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 19:26

8. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)

You guys are all being really annoying with this whole copying thing. Android did not create Facebook integration. Android is an open platform, and thus Facebook is the one that the developed the deep integration. Thank Android for being an open platform, but thank Facebook for the integration. Now Facebook integration is on iOS. I'm sure Facebook wanted to do this a LONG time ago, but Apple never allowed it until now.

turn by turn navigation? Once again Android didn't create that and also iPhone had plenty of alternatives already available in the app store.

There's nothing that was legitimately copied from Android. I think you guys already know that though.

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 17:15 1

6. glentomas123 (Posts: 70; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)

@danieru.05: According to Jobs, concerning Apple stealing ideas from others, I quote him: "We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

* Voice control has always been a part of Android.
* Pull down notification, Android
* Touch screen phones, Microsoft

Apple is hardly original!!! What they are is incredibly fantastic at marketing! I like some of the ways Apple improves on things like bringing multi-touch to touch screen phones.

posted on 11 Jun 2012, 20:40

10. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)

dude, I appreciate someone who posts the truth, but some of these iZOMBies will never care....

posted on 12 Jun 2012, 02:22

12. biophone (Posts: 1994; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)

Stealing great ideas from the people who work at apple. As in they caloborated. God that video clip gets old.

posted on 12 Jun 2012, 07:41

13. maryaaadil (Posts: 146; Member since: 07 Apr 2012)

I think i didnt get that much that i expected from ios6....... i think now i have to buy a s2 instead of iphone 4.