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iOS 5 Mix: Panorama, 1080p video, Custom alerts, more
By Charles Starrett
Contributing Editor
Published: Thursday, June 9, 2011
News Categories: iPad, iPhone, iPod
Code within the new iOS 5 beta suggests that Apple is planning to enable a built-in panorama function into the Camera app. 9 to 5 Mac reports that various panorama-related code snippets, including PANO_OPTION = “Take Panorama”, SAVING_PANORAMA = “Saving Panorama”, and CANCEL_PANO_BUTTON_TITLE = “Cancel”, have been found in the beta code. Apple has in the past included code in iOS beta releases that didn’t appear in the initial release; it is also possible that the code pertains to a feature that will be specific to some yet-unannounced device. In addition, the publication has found that iOS 5 has the ability to setup an Airport base station from within the Wi-Fi Networks menu, and also supports playback of 1080p video files on the iPad 2.
iLounge has discovered that in iOS 5, users can customize the alert sounds for New Mail, Sent Mail, and Calendar alerts, and that the prior “Syncing” progress screen has been replaced by a status bar indicator. Images of both can be found below.


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I quite curious about the 1080p function new to the new software, i know this may not relate but is the 1080p recording on the new software, equivalent to the new samsung galaxy 2, im trying to dive deeper into this topic on my blog http://www.samsungchat.com, you help would be much aprreciated. thanks.
Posted by julian on June 9, 2011 at 10:35 PM (PST)