IOS 6 released today

[KaptKaos]

Who's getting it?

And why?

[gr8fl4porsche]

No jailbreak released yet - I will stick with 5.1 on the 4S.

I will be using iOS6 Friday when my 5 shows up.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by gr8fl4porsche

No jailbreak released yet - I will stick with 5.1 on the 4S.

I will be using iOS6 Friday when my 5 shows up.

Yep, I'll wait for a reliable jailbreak to be released before I upgrade. Doesn't look like major differences anyway.

[JavaBrewer]

Attended a large conference dominated by Apple users when iOS 4.0 was released and was one of a handful that did not download the update. Result - I retained a functional 3GS iPhone

Apple just works! LOL. (typed on my MacBook pro)...

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

Attended a large conference dominated by Apple users when iOS 4.0 was released and was one of a handful that did not download the update. Result - I retained a functional 3GS iPhone

Yep, if you don't update, your old device will work fine (though you can't update your apps or download any new ones). Once you go to the new iOS, your old equipment slows to a crawl. I can't imagine trying to load this on an iPad1.

I've got no plans to load it on my iPad3 at this point. Maybe, if other owners don't see any degrading of performance, sometime down the line...

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by epbrown

Yep, if you don't update, your old device will work fine (though you can't update your apps or download any new ones). Once you go to the new iOS, your old equipment slows to a crawl. I can't imagine trying to load this on an iPad1.

I've got no plans to load it on my iPad3 at this point. Maybe, if other owners don't see any degrading of performance, sometime down the line...

iOS 6 will give you Siri on the iPad 3, among other things. That makes it worth it for me. But I will wait a week or so to see if there will be a iOS v. 6.1 released shortly, due to battery issues, bug fixes...etc. with v. 6.0 ...

IF all is well with the new os, I also plan on upgrading my iPhone 4, though the new firmware won't make much of a difference on that phone, IMHO.

More info on the iOS 6 update here

-Z-man.

[Ronbo]

Originally Posted by epbrown

Once you go to the new iOS, your old equipment slows to a crawl. I can't imagine trying to load this on an iPad1.

I've got no plans to load it on my iPad3 at this point. Maybe, if other owners don't see any degrading of performance, sometime down the line...

I just downloaded it and am using it on my iPad3 now. I haven't noticed any degraded performance whatsoever. Regarding the iPad1, iOS 6 isn't supported.

[techweenie]

More important release today is OSX 10.8.2

Will stand by on iOS6 for a week or so. Likely getting a 5 next month anyway and when I sell off the 4, it will likely be of more value if I don't upgrade the OS.

[RedBaron]

Upgrading my iPhone 4. Hopefully there will be a jailbreak out soon to enable Siri, turn by turn navigation and facetime using the cellular network.

[Hugh R]

I'm using a 3Gs with IOS 4.3.3. If I buy a 4G is there a jail break software for it to allow me to teather my iPad 1?

[KaptKaos]

Installed on my ipad3 and iphone 4s. iphone had a problem, had to do it twice. No data loss, and perfromance seems ok.

New Maps seemed slow at first, but used the GPS directions for the ride home tonight. Worked fine, except for a little hiccup at the end. Say good night tom-tom and magellan.

Siri is much better.

The busy send a text message function on the phone is very nice. Android has had that for years.

Do Not Disturb is really helpful, and will get lots of use from me for sure.

[Maxim S]

Actually, reviews are all saying that the iPhone4 and especially the 3GS are noticeably faster with the new update. I updated my 4, but hopefully it'll be gone on friday in favor of a 5 so it's kinda pointless.

[LWJ]

Doing my 4s currently. I am curious about the maps and Siri.

Larry

[red-beard]

Updating my 3GS. I will wait a couple of days for the 4S.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

I'm using a 3Gs with IOS 4.3.3. If I buy a 4G is there a jail break software for it to allow me to teather my iPad 1?

I thought it was Data plan dependant. I have a 4S and it has built in Data sharing, if you pay for that in the data plan aith AT&T

[rattlsnak]

I don't get the Siri thing. My wife uses it constantly, but I have found no reason that I have ever needed it. Everything she does with it, I can do faster on my own. But anyway, I'm going to wait a week or so on the new release also, but the Tango app has allowed face time over 3/4g/cellular for a few quite some time now and it works great.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

I don't get the Siri thing. My wife uses it constantly, but I have found no reason that I have ever needed it. Everything she does with it, I can do faster on my own. But anyway, I'm going to wait a week or so on the new release also, but the Tango app has allowed face time over 3/4g/cellular for a few quite some time now and it works great.

The only time I try to use Siri is in the car. And it never works correctly

[Don Plumley]

I used siri at least a dozen times today to generate reminders. I love it.

I don't use her too much to send emails, but she is great to respond to text messages when I'm in the car (using a headset). I use the dictation feature to compose emails when I'm walking.

The killer feature is the new "Do Not Disturb", that caused me to start downloading it right now.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Updating my 3GS. I will wait a couple of days for the 4S.

The downloading JUST finished....

Updating...

[gprsh924]

Updated my iPhone 4 and my iPad. So far so good, really haven't had enough time to play with either to notice too many of the changes. But at least it worked properly this time, unlike my upgrade to ios5 that wiped my phone.