We all waited for Steve Jobs to mention even a hint about iOS 5 in the recent iPad 2 event at the beginning of the month, but alas, we sat through the live streams to no avail. Many people were left wondering why Apple didn’t mention anything about the revamp of the software, as well as when news of the updated iOS would come out.
Apple has been on a pretty regular schedule of releasing iOS updates in the spring, and hardware updates in the summer, but according to sources who have tipped off TechCrunch’s MG Siegler, the new mobile operating system will most likely be pushed back to the fall.
The update to its mobile operating system is rumored to have cloud-based features for online storage of music, photos, and video. It’s also rumored to have a location service for tracking friends and family members. Apple could choose to preview iOS 5 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference held in June. However, Siegler said he hasn’t heard anything about the iPhone 5, which is normally released at WWDC, but thinks rather than a new release, Apple could release its next-gen handset running a version of iOS 4.
That’s not to say the delay of iOS 5 necessarily means that new Apple hardware is going to be pushed back until fall, too. However, according to PCMag, FBR Markets analyst Craig Berger has said that Apple might not have everything ready to support its annual summer iPhone launch. Berger wrote in a late February note that some chip vendors haven’t received firm iPhone 5 orders yet. He said it would give Apple more time to enhance its next-generation instant communications on the phone.
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