Is iOS 5 inspired by Windows Phone7 ?


Apple's fifth major release of their operating system,iOS 5 was previewed to the public on June 6, 2011. Sudden after the preview, Microsoft VP in charge of Windows Phone development, Joe Belfiore tweeted that he was flattered that iOS was borrowing some of the ideas his team came up with.
These are some of the new features added to iOS5 which are already available for Windows7 users from day one.
1.Non intrusive pop-up notifications feature has similarities with that of Windows Phone7. New notifications show in a notification bar which appears at the top of the screen every time a notification is received; SMS, missed phone calls and regular notifications from every 3rd party app.

2.Apple is fully supporting Twitter in iOS5, something that already exists in Windows Phone 7.
3.The Apple phone will now be able to syncronize wirelessly with iTunes over Wi-Fi.This feature is already available in Windows Phone7.
4. mobilecrunch has reported that Microsoft has patent for some of the new features of iOS5 Camera.

So in nutshell experts form tech world have an opinion that Apple's latest OS version is overcrowded with existing features of Android,Blackberry and Microsoft features. iOS5 will be released for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation, iPad, and iPad 2 sometime in Fall 2011.

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