Apple iOS 5 Dominates on Twitter

Twitter users weighed in quickly and voluminously to Apple’s introduction of its new iOS 5 operating system. Reaction to the June 6 rollout accounted for nearly one-third (31%) of the news links from June 6-10, according to the New Media Index from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

The day after the June 6 announcement, social media users were already downloading the upgrade, which had already been released for developers -- and which includes more than 200 new features for the iPhone and iPad -- by following steps to get a beta version of the upgrade before it was made public by using a backdoor. And they were providing followers with detailed reviews and commentary along the way. Their verdict was largely positive.