With all the uproar surrounding the announcement of the iPhone 5, it is easy to overlook the fact that the second and third generation iPads also get to undergo improvement due to the new release of iOS. Though some may lament the things we have apparently lost (features like the Google Maps app are now history), there are sufficient additions and upgrades to give relief. So what can we look forward to from iOS 6 on our iPad?

Apple Maps – Love it or hate it, the new Maps app has a lot of prospective on the iPad, we just have to appreciate and admit that this is only the first version of the new Apple-branded app and that they will work very hard to guarantee that errors and slipups are rapidly rectified.

Siri – After the feature’s success on the iPhone, it was always going to be brought on board the iPad. Siri is on our iPads and ready to provide everything from entertainment to sports updates to movie screenings. The only thing to be aware of is that only the latest iPad supports Siri with iOS 6.

Facebook Integration – Impersonating the tight integration that iOS 5 presented for Twitter, it is as now just as easy to share anything and everything from your iPad to your friends on Facebook.

Do Not Disturb – This is one of my favourite new features – remove all notifications with a single swipe, without having to continuously reconfigure the notifications themselves. This is particularly great for those of us who use our iPads for business commitments as well as personal.

Clock – There may be apprehensions that Apple copied the design for their new iPad clock, but it doesn’t change how thrilled everybody is to see one on their tablet. The clock itself makes good use of the bigger iPad screen area, giving you a World Clock, Alarms, Stopwatch and Timer.

Enhanced FaceTime – FaceTime without the necessity for WiFi means you can organise a single account to ring simultaneously across all of your devices. Those of us with an iPhone and an iPad should be pleased with this upgrades as it was quite annoying to try and explain which address linked to which device.