One the night of iOS5.0 release, I downloaded the software release with a great anticipation. I have come to trust Apple software releases so, I downloaded and installed the new iOS on my iPhone and iPad overnight. Then two things struck me morning after:
Dude, where are my Apps!
All my downloaded Applications, including purchased ones have disappeared from both the devices. In fact, I found an article on internet (http://recombu.com/news/apple-ios-5-where-has-all-my-stuff-gone_M15518.html) discussing iOS5 beta testing experience. It clearly identified occurrence of this issue and recommendation that one should reconnect their device to iTunes to synch up. So much to PC-Free promise of Apple!
Consumer experience gone extreme
iMessage which is widely spoken as great replacement for Blackberry messaging, left me confused. It is so seamlessly (http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-imessage/) integrated that, we have no control on choice of sending a message as an iMessage or a SMS.
If you want to add ‘Instant Messenger’ ID (an Apple ID) for a contact, it is very cumbersome journey. Even after adding a new field to your contact, you cannot choose the Instant Messenger User ID / Apple ID (like one chooses a mobile number or email ID to compose a SMS or an email) to send an iMessage. This baffles me, because if I want to send a message (e.g. big text, images, & video) as iMessage, I have no control to ensure it will not go via a mobile network and won’t cost me substantially.
Then, I experimented with friend’s contact. I composed a new message, but instead of typing a mobile contact number, I copy pasted the Apple ID. The message title changed to ‘iMessage’ and after clicking send, the Blue bubble appeared indicating it was delivered via internet/iMessage service. When my friend started typing his reply back, I could notice he was replying.
At this moment, this is cumbersome way is the only way I know to send the message to iPad!
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