One Out of Three Apple Device has iOS5:Only Compatible Ones

Things are looking great for Apple,with the iPhone 4S sales skyrocketing & recording a gigantic 4 Million unit sales in the very first week & also with Apple emerging victorious in the legal battles against HTC & Samsung individually. One out of every three Apple devices across the iPad, iPhone and iPod lines is currently running the new iOS 5, at least among those devices that qualify for it. That’s the iPhone 4 and 3GS, the iPod Touch’s third and fourth generation, and all current models of the iPad.
                                                         Even for a free upgrade, the adoption for iOS 5 has been phenomenal. Initial upgraders swamped the iTunes servers last Wednesday, clamoring to run the new operating system even before the iPhone 4S officially went on sale. All this despite the fact that the iPhone 4S’s most talked-about feature (literally), Siri, only works on the new hardware – not that it’s impossible to convince it to run on older versions. Between a host of new upgrades, including the fee-dodging iMessage, iCloud, a new Notifications Center, and many, many others that current Apple devotees get access to, it’s safe to say the iOS 5 is a hit despite the initial hiccups.
                                                    iPhone 4 and iPad owners are among the most likely to be running the latest software, with iPod Touch owners unsurprisingly bringing up the rear. Strangely, the 4th generation Touch is seeing a markedly slower upgrade than its older brother. iPod Touch owners tend to use them as stand-alone devices holding most or all of their music collections, so expect to see these and other numbers increase dramatically over the next few months. The statistics above do not include the iPhone 4S, which would definitely curve the grade a bit.

Custom Avatars For Apple's iOS Game Center Announced

Apple's iOS Game Center might be adding customizable Avatars.Borrowing the concept which has been available in Microsoft's XBOX Live & also Nintendo's Mii,Apple is also expected to join the club.The patent details filed by Apple is available & it appears that there are apparently 2 patents as of now under the title,Avatar Editing Environment & Personalizing Colors of User Interfaces which has enlightened the Avatar customization interfaces currently under development for iOS.

                                                          Sporting a blank canvas interface in the background,the iOS Game Center Avatar will enable users to choose/edit basic facial features like nose,ears,mouth,eye etc along with accessories like glasses,bandana & hats.The multi-touch screen of iPhone,iPad or iPod Touch would enable rotating & resizing features.
                                                       The Avatar creation mode can be either manual or automatic & the the iOS Game Avatar will feature within the game too,a concept borrowed from XBOX Kinect & Wii.They will appear side by side with the user profiles which would display the game score & achievements etc.