There is an abundance of comments saying that Apple has stolen ideas from Android and Windows and I can see some similarities in the designs but I cannot see that Apple have copied anything due to a lack of imagination. Sometimes there is just an ideal way of designing something. Apple got there first with regards to how apps should be viewed on the homepage and it's competitors soon followed.

When another company comes up with a design or function that works then should you aim to borrow from their design or try and reinvent this aspect, even when it may be inferior?

Later today we are guaranteed to see the future of iOS and there is the potential for one or two entirely new products to be unveiled.

If you want to keep up to speed as things happen you can watch live blogs of the event at the sites below. 

How many times have you set off somewhere with the intention of picking something up or calling in somewhere. Whether it's getting some milk or dropping off a birthday card for someone, we've all forgotten at some point. One of the smartest features on the iPhone is the ability to set location based reminders. Basically you can set your iPhone to remind you to do  a specific task when you arrive or leave a certain location. It's really easy to set up a location based reminder and it really will save you a lot of time in the long run. 

Have you ever found yourself searching a web page for a particular word or sentence but there is a ton of text and you just can't find what you are after? You can search a web page in Safari for mac by simply pressing cmd + f but did you know that you can perform the same search on your iPhone and iPad?

It's a little known and hard to find feature of iOS 6 but one that is very useful and once you know how to do it you will use all of the time.