After testing the device iOS 5 star, ie the iPhone 4. now comes the turn to do the same with his older brother, ie, the iPad.
In our case, we decide to try iOS 5 on a first-generation iPad by simple curiosity to see how far Apple was keeping a good performance in the team.
The surprise is capitalized because the device has not been damaged in almost any way. Still retaining some lag in some areas compared to the new model, but is perfectly usable and except for some detail, the experience is more than satisfactory.
If anything has surprised me in general terms is a post I published a few days ago. It commented that iOS 5 could be the first system to distinguish between iPhone and iPad to integrate some different characteristics depending on the device.
In this analysis we mentioned that the widgets, if integrated into the new system would make much more sense in the iPad (for space and use) than the iPhone.
Well damn if we were wrong, and that things would be fulfilled but surprisingly the opposite.
And now that we have Widgets on the iPhone, it is true that they are only two and also not having much use (so far), goes and removes these Widgets Apple iPad. And is that the notification center of iOS 5 for the iPad not have the ability to display the time and the stock market, as do small household devices.
It is rather strange as the solution and only makes me think again, again, in this issue about the differences between the two systems: Apple is planning a center of "widgets"fuller iPad?
In all other important points about the notifications and new sections are maintained and function identically. It is also interesting to see that Apple has kept the proportions of the iPhone and has not expanded the panels and in other system options.
Thus, the notification center and the home screen that shows them maintain a similar size to the iPhone (slightly larger, but not expanded to fill the size of IPAD).
I also really liked the new iPod feature, a deep facelift brings a new design radically different and very attractive, but still have to polish the odd control, as the songs progress, it is quite difficult to control.
