"Talking about the cloud and the new update of the operating system for the iPhone and iPad, it's looking more and more like he (Mr Jobs) wants these devices, particularly the iPad to do the work we once did on our PCs, " he added.

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Updating isn't the most taxing of activities, you just look for a system update in the About Phone menu and then give your blessing for the download to commence.

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It's about time for a first look at iOS 6, an update of the mobile operating system that runs iPhones, iPads and Apple's other Web-enabled mobile devices.

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