iOS 5.0.1 Battery Fix Is Coming

Apple has finally acknowledged that some users are having battery life issues with iOS 5. The company announced that it would be delivering a new patch to fix the issue in a few weeks. IOS 5.0.1 will also contains  multitasking gestures to the original iPad, improved voice recognition for Australian accents, and fixed bugs with documents in Apple's iCloud.

While the battery life fix is of big interest to iPhone users, the re-inclusion of multitasking gestures to original iPad owners is noteworthy on its own. The feature lets iPad users take advantage of multi-finger gestures to navigate between apps, and access certain features--notably pinching together the screen to go back to the home screen. Apple originally included the feature in an earlier developer beta, though removed it entirely in the final version of the software that went out to consumers.

iOS 5.0.1 beta contains improvements and other bug fixes including: 

• Fixes bugs affecting battery life
• Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad
• Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud
• Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation
• Contains security improvements
• iOS 5.0.1 beta introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations.