Ok, here are the touch points so far, as noted via the cool cats at Mac|Life:
– iOS 5 will be released on October 12th and continue to be free.
– iOS 5 will function on the iPhone 3GS, 4, iPad, iPad 2, and the two recent generation iPod touches.
– Contacts, calendar items and events will all be backed up with iCloud.
– Users will be able to turn location finding on and find friends with a “Find My Friend” feature.
– The iPod app is gone in iOS 5 and has been replaced with the iPod touch’s Music app icon.
– iCloud will debut on October 25th.
– Apple has apparently announced an updated iPod nano with FM radio, pedometer and larger buttons.
– The updated iPod nano will be available at the following price points: 8GB US$129 and 16GB for US$149.
– The updated iPod touch will be available at the following price points: 8GB for US$199, 32GB for US$299 and 64GB for US$399.
– The iPhone 5 will be available in both black and white upon release.
– The iPhone 4S will be powered by the A5 processor.
– The iPhone 4S will feature dual-core graphics, be 2x faster and function as a much better gaming device.
– Apple is citing eight hours of 3G talk time with the iPhone 4S.
– 50 hours of listening to your favorite tunes on the new battery…
– A new antenna system will switch between transmitting and receiving functions, Apple citing this as more reliable than the current iPhone 4 antenna.
– Apple is citing 2X faster downloads with the iPhone 4S.
– The iPhone 4S will function on both GSM and CDMA networks.
– A new 8 megapixel camera will offer a 3264 x 2448 resolution (Apple is stating that this is 60% more pixels than the current camera resolution).
– Camera: f/2.4 aperture, 30% more sharpness due in part to five element lenses.
– Better white balance and facial detection on the iPhone 4S camera.
– The A5 processor allows for speedier shots, Apple citing that the camera can go from the first shot to the next shot in half of a second.
– The new camera will feature 1080p HD recording, temporal noise reduction and video image stabilization.
– AirPlay mirroring will allow your iOS’s apps to be mirrored to a larger monitor via your AppleTV.
– The iPhone 4S looks exactly the same as the current iPhone 4.
– A “Siri” feature will allow you to give spoken commands (such as “What will the weather be like today?” to the device).
– Siri will allow you to reply to texts while the device is in a pocket and will allow for a reply text with a Bluetooth headset.
– Siri’s interface is both onscreen as well as audio, the feature being hardware-dependent and running on the iPhone 4S only.
– Siri will apparently read a text message to you and ask you questions as to how you’d like to reply.
– Siri can do dictations for emails too, the app placing a microphone next to the space bar in the keyboard. The app will start as a beta in the U.S., U.K., Australia, French and German with more languages and services coming.
– The iPhone 4S apparently features an identical screen size to the current iPhone 4.
– And now, your long-awaited pricing and capacities for the iPhone 4S: 16GB for US$199, 32GB for US$299 and 64 GB for US$399.
– The iPhone 3G can now be purchased new for US$49.
– Sprint has now been added to the list of iPhone wireless carriers along with AT&T and Verizon.
– Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S begin Friday, October 7th.
– The iPhone 4S will be released on Friday, October 14th.
– The iPhone 4S will be available in 22 additional countries on October 28th and reach 70 countries by the end of 2011.
That’s all for now and let us know what you think via the comments.