iOS 5 Probably Won’t Be Released Until the Fall

According to MG Siegler over at TechCrunch, the next iteration of iOS, the operating system that powers the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, won’t be announced this spring to coincide with the year’s iPhone model. Instead, iOS 5 will start making its way onto the iPhone and iPad sometime in the fall. There’s no need for doom and gloom, however, because the reason iOS 5 is being delayed is that Apple’s potentially rolling out some important new features that it needs more time to develop.

iOS 5 is rumoured to be a “major revamp,” and its launch will likely coincide with the release of a new type of iPad. It will be heavily cloud-based, and several new services may launch with this new iteration, including a “music locker” service which could allow for remote storage of your songs, and “a location service that focuses on finding friends and family members.”

Siegler speculates about the unannounced-but-likely iPhone 5, saying that even if iOS 5 isn’t ready for the standard iPhone launch window, it should itself be announced on schedule, with a summer launch date.

via TechCrunch

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