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Browser

The Safari browser is still among the best available on any phone anywhere. You can complain all you want about its lack of Flash support, but it is faster, more reliable, and easier to use than most other browsers. iOS 5 brings a significant boost in HTML5 and JavaScript performance, though it doesn't gain any significant new features. The one new concept that people might like is the "read it later" function. It allows you to mark articles so they can be read at a later time. Articles marked with "read it later" will sync across all iOS devices and be available for reading.

How's the performance? Great. Simply great. It is the fastest Safari browser yet, and paired with AT&T's HSPA network I had nothing but speedy and satisfying browsing experiences.

Customize

Customization is definitely one area where iOS lags badly. Yes, you can set (and create) your own ringtones, wallpapers, and alerts; and you can arrange apps/folders on the home screens however you like — but that's about it.

There are no themes, no profiles, no ringer profiles, no third-party widgets, no way to customize the menus and toolbars, and no alternate modes of operation. What you see with the menus and home screens is what you get. That's not to say that you can't make a lot of adjustments, but most of the adjustments are limited to application behaviors more than system/user interface behaviors.

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