I sold my 16gb wifi only with screen protector and two cases yest for $400.00 in anticipation for this next gen iPad 5..Im really hoping it drops sooner than later
I really don't understand people who can do this. The iPad must really be just a toy for them. I use my iPad ALL THE TIME. I cannot imagine selling my old iPad until I have a new one in hand.
.. and the ability to store files in your own folders, and on that note any file you like. Most of the time I have to store video and documents in Dropbox.
This won't happen. The iOS is based in the premise of there not being a traditional filesystem. That said, I'm sure that Apple is working on different ways of enabling better filesharing between apps, which is ultimately what you want. And, I'm also sure that when Apple comes out with their version, there will be plenty if people who will love it and plenty who will hate it. Myself, I'll probably feel a bit of both toward it, seeing its strengths and its weaknesses. (But, then again, I'm someone who JBs just to be able to install iFile so I can have filesystem access for those odd times when the no-filesystem approach of iOS doesn't sit well with what I'm trying to do...)
The Video app is a crippled store front on iOS. It's called video yet I can't use it to play video and have to store those in Photos?
I agree that the Videos app leaves a bit to be desired. But, it's really geared to work in conjunction with iTunes on a computer. They need to bring it more in line with the level of interface flexibility that iTunes 11 currently has. Also, as you noted, the ability to bring videos (movies, TV shows, etc) into it without either needing to buy them from the iTunes store or needing to sync them from iTunes on a computer would be great.
Same with documents. Even PDFs of business notes and documents have to be stored in iBooks. Moronic.
GoodReader. Apple isn't trying to give you anything other than an app that can read PDFs for you, and iBooks does that just fine. If you want something better, look to your other options. GoodReader and iAnnotate are two very good ones.
The settings app is a bloated unintuitive mess.
Not sure I really agree with you here. The settings app seems quite functional to me. Is it a little bloated? Well, yes, but that's because there are quite a few settings to be captured under this one umbrella. Perhaps it's time to look at new ways of organizing those settings, but I hardly see it as a horrendous issue.
The text cursor is imprecise and terrible to move (see the many user created alternatives that are better).
I will certainly grant that the text cursor has some shortcomings, but it is quite functional. Note, I'm not arguing that considering alternatives is a bad idea, but simply that such a move, away from something that is not exactly broken, should be done with great caution.
Safari still fails to work with many Web sites that a regular desktop browser has no issue with, and I'm not talking Flash either.
This surprises me. I rarely ever see issues with websites except Flash issues. Care to point out a site that has issues in mobile Safari? I'd like to see it.
Newsstand store page has no search option (?!) ...
Yeah, I'm with you here. It's quite annoying that I cannot search exclusively for ezine content without it tripping into showing me ALL content...
and many other instances where it looks stale and static.
Static and stale is not necessarily a bad thing. Just because you're getting bored with it doesn't mean it's not still the best way to do it... Just sayin'.
Every mobile OS offers dynamic content now yet I'm still looking at the perfect weather in California, the full date can only be seen by opening iCal (how hard would it be to add it to the top bar for consistency on each page, it's been in OSX for a decade!) and access to airplane mode, wifi etc needs to be toggled through the settings menu instead of directly from anywhere.
I've thought about the fact that the icons for NewsStand magazines are based on the cover from the latest issue, so why can't things liked the weather app and the calendar app change to show the current weather/date. If Apple opened up the ability to customize the icon based on something (such as a notification), it could make the whole UI much more dynamic in one easy step.
iOS was revolutionary when it was released 6 years ago but it's one area that Apple has left in 2007. It needs a lot of redesign and not just additional feature bloat and rebranding. They are just riding the brand name hardware wave as long as they can because people will buy it regardless of the UI design stagnation.
I don't think that it's fair to say that they left it in 2007. There have been an ongoing series of improvements as time has gone on. iOS 6 is certainly a better OS than iOS 3, for example.
I guess I fall somewhere between the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and the "keep things fresh" standpoints. I look forward to the improvements that Apple brings, and I keep hoping that they will be significant enough to make me feel that I no longer have any motivation to consider JBing.
