iOS 5 Secrets

Preface

All that I am about to say is based on running iOS 5.0.1 on the 2011 iPod Touch w/ 32 GB flash RAM. No phone features will be covered in this article since I personally do not own an iPhone, hence no Siri goodies.
 
System Settings

The System Settings have had a few significant improvements. Most notable is the notifications settings. Many apps allow you to choose the alert style you receive on the device (banners, alerts. or none). Badge notifiers can be enabled/disabled and also choose the number of recent items as well (even in locked mode). This is all set per application. Which means you have a great deal of  customization that can be performed.

App Switching

One of the most elegant features of the iOS is the ability to switch to previously used apps. If you double tap the home button, it will reveal a list of the last four applications you’ve used. That comes in really handy when you have dozens of apps (especially when the apps are in subfolders). What makes this even better is that if you swipe this list to the right you can access the music controller icons. Swipe again to the right and control the volume. If you swipe to the left you begin to see list of previous used apps in groups of four with each successive swipe. The last used app immediately populates to the top of the stack and will appear as the leftmost icon. I absolutely love this feature.

Snapshots

Pressing the home and power buttons simultaneously, creates a snapshot of the current screen 

Wireless Sync

Should your USB connection ever fail, you can still sync using a wireless option now available. This is certainly not the most efficient way of syncing, but it is an available option.

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