iOS-5 battery fix here- and more fuel for Apple rumour mill


Apple surprised users this week by delivering its battery-life-fixing update to iOS 5 sooner than expected.
The update arrived a little more than a week after Apple first acknowledged that some users were, in fact, running into problems with battery life after upgrading to the newer version of iOS. Apple then promised to deliver a software update to fix the issue, which the company said would be here "in a few weeks."
Instead the update came just eight days later, on both iTunes and as the first over-the-air update on devices--a feature that was added as part of iOS 5.
Besides tackling the battery-life issue (or maybe not tackling it), iOS 5.0.1 brings multitasking gestures to owners of the original iPad, fixes a security issue for iPad 2 users with a Smart Cover, and brings an improved iPhone 4S dictation feature to Australian users    (CNET)

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