This week’s featured profile is… iOS 5!As of October 12, the newest iOS version has been publicly available to download. Many users experienced some trouble while trying to upgrade to the much anticipated upgrade, but the issues seem to have died downsince the initial backlash.Among the new features in iOS 5 are: Twitter integration, improved camera functions (including camera access from the lock screen, pinch-to-zoom capabilities and using the volume-up button to take a photo), as well as the infamous iCloud functionality. While I wasn’t convinced to break my current contract to upgrade to the iPhone 4s, the upgrade to iOS 5 makes my iPhone 4 feel like a new phone to me!
Here’s a quick look at some of the social media activity about the new OS over the past week leading up to its release:
- Over the past 7 days, there have more than 74,986 mentions posted about iOS 5 across the social Web.
- There were 56,453 unique authors on Twitter with a total potential impact of 17,557,829 people.
- 58% of mentions on Twitter expressed positive sentiment, 18% neutral and 24% negative.
- The top influencers by impact on Twitter were @RWW, @tinch, @washingtonpost and @gmanews based on number of followers.
- @viralheat identified 9,824 leads with its Human Intent feature.
- On Twitter, 42% of mentions contained links and the top day for posting was Saturday.
- The top six countries sharing on the real-time Web were United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Spain.
- Here are some iOS 5 tweets, just for fun:
- @AdrianSousa: BBM not working on the day #iOS5 is being released with iMessage… RIM is making it too easy for Apple.
- @jaw_3: Photo: #Siri knows me so well. #apple #iphone #ios5 #tech (Taken with instagram) http://tumblr.com/ZRuIYyAxYaVi
- @mickjddc: I’ve started saying “Thank you” to #Siri when “she” does something for me. The future is now. #iOS5 #iPhone4S #geeks
- @darlingbuds: Can someone go from Android to iOS 5 and feel no pain? I’m about to find out
- @RonnyKrz: The #iOS5 update for the iPhone is so different! I don’t know if I love or hate it.
Leave us a comment telling us whether you like/dislike iOS 5, and what features you love/hate!
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