Apple Delivers iOS 6

As expected, Apple yesterday began pushing out iOS 6 to iPods, iPhones and iPads. According to Apple, the update adds over 200 new features, to iOS 5, which was released last October. Chief among them is an entirely new maps application that uses Apple's own data, changes to Siri that add more information about movies, restaurants, and sports scores, as well as deep integration with Facebook.

 

What's new in iOS6

• New Passbook
• Improved Phone app
• Facetime over 3G
• Brand new Safari app
• Mail has VIPs and pull to refresh
• More selective Photo sharing
  
• Facebook integration
• Improved Siri and integration in iPad
• Guided access for children
• New Maps app

Passbook is Apple's new e-tickets app, enabling you to carry electronic tickets for anything from sports events to plane travel, or to have a digital loyalty card. The tickets update, too, so for example your airline ticket would send you a notification once your departure gate was announced or changed. Hopefully enough firms will support this one to make it work for all our everyday bits and bobs.