iOS 5: How to set up geotagged Reminders

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The Reminders app is one of many new tools added in iOS 5. Like a normal task manager, it lets you enter a list of duties and set dates for each one, but it also lets you set reminders based on location, rather than time. Watch our video above for a full step by step guide on how to use it.

The concept of contexts

Some jobs can't be done in a certain location. You can't buy bread at home, or renew your season ticket anywhere but at the train station, so a time-based reminder to do either when you're in the wrong place is close to useless. Context-based reminders use the iPhone's integrated GPS tools to pop up alerts when you're in the relevant location for completing a task.

Setting a reminder

Here we've set three reminders by tapping '

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