Following the Media Event for “the new iPad” Apple officially released iOS 5.1 with some new features packed in. Remember though, if you are jailbroken and download this update you will loose your jailbreak. There has not been a jailbreak released for this version as of yet. So hang tight.
“The new iPad” will ship with iOS 5.1 and everyone else can download it now via the OTA update in your iDevice settings. Meanwhile, heres a list of some of the cool features packed into iOS 5.1:
- Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout)
- Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream
- Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
- Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces
- Redesigned Camera app for iPad
- Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers
- Audio for TV shows and movies on iPad optimized to sound louder and clearer
- Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30 second rewind for iPad
- Updated AT&T network indicator
- Addresses bugs affecting battery life
- Fixes an issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls
