The notification center is one of the new features present in the new version of operating system iOS 5. This is one of the most anticipated features and commented on the new update. It closely resembles the same functionality in Android, which has generated controversy because it was presented as a novelty.

The notification center, broadly speaking, is a center from which we can control all the notifications received by the system, both third-party applications, such as instant messaging system Whats app notifications from social networks, etc. … as the system’s native applications, references, and other direct messages to Twitter, email, reminders and notifications of scheduled SMS or missed calls.

This center is fully configurable notifications, because from Settings> Notifications can control all the possible options, both of design, where we can choose the status of each application, so the style in which applications are displayed, the number of items be displayed, etc …

The system also includes the functionality to show the notifications from the home screen, the screen we could find before unlocking the terminal. In it appear the icon of the application where we notice, the title and a brief description of the notification.

In addition, we can choose whether to display applications in the notification center and also if we want to display the notifications in the home screen. That is, the notifications may be removed to complete or maintain the existing reporting style in the iOS 4.