On the 6th June Apple announced iOS 5, the much-anticipated major update to Apple’s operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad today at the World Wide Developers Conference keynote event.

The new major features include a completely revamped notifications system, over-the-air software updates and activation for new devices, and iTunes library syncing over Wi-Fi.

The iOS devices supported will be the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, 3rd- and 4th-generation iPod touch, and iPad and iPad 2.

There are over 200 new features made to iOS with the main features announced detailed below: