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Like you really care. You aren't going to buy an iPhone anyway! It was not even a week ago you wanted us to help you steal one!
For those that are disappointed in no filesystem... get over it, you will NEVER get it in an iOS device... that has been made very clear and that will never change as it goes against Apple's clear direction with iOS. Post PC-ERA means post-pc era mentality.
There will most likely be an iPhone 5 this fall or early 2012 that falls around the same time or several months later than iOS release. I'll bet on fall tho. Why pass up the chance to use iOS 5 as selling point for the iPhone 5.
With the direction of iOS 5 seems to be going, I now have higher hopes for a better iPhone 5.
That's nice that other platforms had it already. I didn't know iOS was on other devices too.
Most iPhone owners care about updates on the iPhone.
Then don't use it. From the video on the Apple site, you won't even notice it exists if you never sign in/use it. I guess you prefer Google services(including facebook) all over your phone instead or MS crap.
Good things come to those who wait, and so far Apple has been excellent at it's progression. When the iPhone 4 debuted, all the fanboys of other platforms were basically silent for several months. The same will happen this time around. Everyone keeps saying iOS is playing catchup, but the reality is the competition feels the need to aggressively try to out do the iPhone in order to get noticed.
I rate it 8.5/10. It had much more than I expected, and was one of the better showcases in the recent years.
4/10
1. No UI overhaul. The same grid of icons is tired.
2. Splitting the iPod app into two separate apps with ugly icons.
3. Stolen notification system from Android/jailbreakers with a Stocks widget you probably won't be able to opt out of.
4. Making MobileMe free when I've been paying for it for years.
5. No new hardware.
6. No customizations.
7. Incorporating a wacky social site on the OS level.
8. Vague release date.
9 iTunes in the cloud only has music and none of my movies.
10. Most of these so called "innovations" are just refinements that should have been done years ago.
1. No UI overhaul. The same grid of icons is tired.
2. Splitting the iPod app into two separate apps with ugly icons.
3. Stolen notification system from Android/jailbreakers with a Stocks widget you probably won't be able to opt out of.
4. Making MobileMe free when I've been paying for it for years.
5. No new hardware.
6. No customizations.
7. Incorporating a wacky social site on the OS level.
8. Vague release date.
9 iTunes in the cloud only has music and none of my movies.
10. Most of these so called "innovations" are just refinements that should have been done years ago.
The market seemed to be underwhelmed. It was known that there would be no new hardware but what was announced today, viz Lion, iCloud and IOS5 did not help the stock price in that AAPL (Apple's symbol) dropped more than the Nasdaq dropped and more than RIM, MSFT and GOOG.
2/10
I love iPhones. Hardware anyway. Any android/microsoft/etc lover can't deny the fact apple designs the best looking hardware. Software wise it's still behind... even with the new iOS.
Number 1 reason why this gets a 2/10 from me. WHEN it's released android's Ice Cream Sandwich will be 1-2 months behind it. So not only is it behind the curve as of 6/6/2011, but the gap will only widen once ice cream sandwich hits on a quad core android phone/tablet.
I love iPhones. Hardware anyway. Any android/microsoft/etc lover can't deny the fact apple designs the best looking hardware. Software wise it's still behind... even with the new iOS.
Number 1 reason why this gets a 2/10 from me. WHEN it's released android's Ice Cream Sandwich will be 1-2 months behind it. So not only is it behind the curve as of 6/6/2011, but the gap will only widen once ice cream sandwich hits on a quad core android phone/tablet.
The announcement today was just as advertised. I guess I don't know what the whiners are so upset about. No iphone 5 was ever expected. This was all about Lion, icloud and iOS 5. Simple as that. It delivered exactly that. The ones complaining fell for all the rumors, pictures, etc. And then when those rumors don't come true, they complain. I give apple a 8. I give the complainers 0.
A solid 8 is my vote.
To say "other platforms had this-or-that first" is not a valid criticism. For example, other platforms had cut-n-paste before iOS did, but iOS did it right. Worth waiting for. (Meanwhile, it's still a mess on Certain Other Platforms.) And from all indications, that's the case here with wireless sync and notifications etc.
Sometimes Apple sits back and thinks deeply about the best way to deliver a capability so it just-works. That seems to be the case here.
There are lots of little goodies, like the volume control for snapping photos, that were introduced elsewhere and borrowed here. That's fine-- after all, the whole damn iOS idea was "borrowed" by a certain competing platform. Oh, and Eric Schmidt is an untrustworthy rat, have I mentioned that lately?
The fact is, this update improves my iPhone to a degree that I see no reason to jailbreak, if I'd felt the urge since iOS 4 in the first place, which I didn't. And it makes my current Mac even more awesome.
Apple is listening to its customers and matching then surpassing its competitors. Anyone have a problem with that?
I'd have given them 2 more points if there had been commensurately awesome new hardware announced. It's a minorly disappointing that the much-rumored Time Machine, Airport and Macbook Air announcements weren't made. But, this was supposed to be about software, and it was. No fault, then. Plus, perhaps Steve's initial vague peevishness during his intro arose from having to pull back on a hardware announcement at the last moment... who knows. Good stuff will come soon enough from Apple, of that you can be sure. For now, the message is kickass software that makes my current hardware fresh and new.
Really, now, would any of us have felt better if these keen new features required purchase of new hardware? It's better this way, with our old hardware slingshotted into 2012 with fantastic new capabilities. Even the iPhone 3GS is supported by iOS 5. That, friends, is magical.
To say "other platforms had this-or-that first" is not a valid criticism. For example, other platforms had cut-n-paste before iOS did, but iOS did it right. Worth waiting for. (Meanwhile, it's still a mess on Certain Other Platforms.) And from all indications, that's the case here with wireless sync and notifications etc.
Sometimes Apple sits back and thinks deeply about the best way to deliver a capability so it just-works. That seems to be the case here.
There are lots of little goodies, like the volume control for snapping photos, that were introduced elsewhere and borrowed here. That's fine-- after all, the whole damn iOS idea was "borrowed" by a certain competing platform. Oh, and Eric Schmidt is an untrustworthy rat, have I mentioned that lately?
The fact is, this update improves my iPhone to a degree that I see no reason to jailbreak, if I'd felt the urge since iOS 4 in the first place, which I didn't. And it makes my current Mac even more awesome.
Apple is listening to its customers and matching then surpassing its competitors. Anyone have a problem with that?
I'd have given them 2 more points if there had been commensurately awesome new hardware announced. It's a minorly disappointing that the much-rumored Time Machine, Airport and Macbook Air announcements weren't made. But, this was supposed to be about software, and it was. No fault, then. Plus, perhaps Steve's initial vague peevishness during his intro arose from having to pull back on a hardware announcement at the last moment... who knows. Good stuff will come soon enough from Apple, of that you can be sure. For now, the message is kickass software that makes my current hardware fresh and new.
Really, now, would any of us have felt better if these keen new features required purchase of new hardware? It's better this way, with our old hardware slingshotted into 2012 with fantastic new capabilities. Even the iPhone 3GS is supported by iOS 5. That, friends, is magical.
I'd give it a 6.5/10. I like everything they did, but I want more. Specifically, I want built-in turn-by-turn GPS. I don't own a smartphone (yet) but the GPS is something that keeps drawing me back to Android instead of iOS (along with 4G LTE). The openness of the OS is also an issue. Simple widgets would be nice.
They could've announced the iPhone 5 today, 256GB, with a titanium frame, sapphire glass, oled screen, 10TB of free cloud storage, a free lifetime subscription to iTunes streaming for everyone, and a coupon for a free Subway sandwich, and SOMEONE would say the keynote was underwhelming.
Much of what they announced today is good stuff, and most of it is free. What's not to like?
Much of what they announced today is good stuff, and most of it is free. What's not to like?
The stock market was underwhelmed and that hardly is SOMEONE and if you think it does not count with Apple think again.
7/10 for me.
Mac OS X Lion looks like a must have for me.
IOS5 it's a solid update. Won't judge it until I see what developers can do with the added features.
I didn't believe iCloud would interest me, but it actually got me very excited. Can't wait to try it.
Mac OS X Lion looks like a must have for me.
IOS5 it's a solid update. Won't judge it until I see what developers can do with the added features.
I didn't believe iCloud would interest me, but it actually got me very excited. Can't wait to try it.
And what will people say when they do include the navigation? THEY STOLE IT THEY STOLE IT WAHHHH!!!
They added features people claimed they wanted, they delivered--so what gives? Same thing happened last year with multitasking--after b*tching about it for years they gave it to us, and still the whiners whined that it was available on phones since 1862....
Some people will just whine no matter what. I hope they give us turn by turn navigation, and I don't really care if Android did it first. I want the feature and I'll be happy when they give it to me, just like I am happy that they gave me the features I wanted today.
10 from me! I've been using the Nexus One for over a year now, and today's announcement was more than I expected (because of iMessage and the things you can do in the lockscreen). Sure, they pretty much added everything that Android already has. But Apple does little things to make the user experience better.
I don't know why people would expect to hear an announcement about iphone 5 today when Apple clearly told people they were only going to talk about software. IMO, all the features in iOS5 and iCloud is much better than any possible hardware updates they could do to the phone.
I don't know why people would expect to hear an announcement about iphone 5 today when Apple clearly told people they were only going to talk about software. IMO, all the features in iOS5 and iCloud is much better than any possible hardware updates they could do to the phone.
True, there will always be those who complain about someone else doing it first. I think they have a point though.
I don't care that Android did it first. I pointed out the fact that iOS lacks turn-by-turn navigation as one reason I'm leaning towards an android phone instead of an iPhone when I upgrade (the other big reason being 4G LTE). I wanted a revamped navigation system in iOS 5, and we didn't get one. Too bad, as I'll probably hold off on an iPhone a bit longer.
I gave it an 7.5-8 out of 10. A lot are rating it low, but not many saying what would have made it a higher score. Heck, I may actually give it a 8.5-9 now that I think about it.
People say it's paying catch-up to Google/Android, but no one ever mentions that when Apple does it, they do it better.
Copy and paste is one example and it isn't done better on any other device IMHO, touchscreen or not. Then they have a feature that I haven't come across yet on any of these OS... UNDO! I probably use that feature a lot.
I could go over the new features and compare between the two, but I won't.
P.S. I haven't used my iPhone 4 in over 4 months. So save the 'fanboy ish' for someone else.
I'm uisng a Samsung Focus (wp7), Atrix 4G, Inspire 4G and a BlackBerry Torch. I'm using others, but those are my daily drivers.
People say it's paying catch-up to Google/Android, but no one ever mentions that when Apple does it, they do it better.
Copy and paste is one example and it isn't done better on any other device IMHO, touchscreen or not. Then they have a feature that I haven't come across yet on any of these OS... UNDO! I probably use that feature a lot.
I could go over the new features and compare between the two, but I won't.
P.S. I haven't used my iPhone 4 in over 4 months. So save the 'fanboy ish' for someone else.
I'm uisng a Samsung Focus (wp7), Atrix 4G, Inspire 4G and a BlackBerry Torch. I'm using others, but those are my daily drivers.
They're raking it in hand over fist on gps software sales. Were they the underdog I could see them trading off not in this case.
This was the biggest disappointment by far. I'm fine if they don't want me to execute things aside from decompressing...but please let us have at least a sandboxed area for managing files!
4 out of 10
I think they made a mistake not having an option to have facebook integration like they have for twitter.
I'm still quite jealous of WP7 Contacts/Social Integration, Text, Email, Call, Facebook all on one screen.
I think they made a mistake not having an option to have facebook integration like they have for twitter.
I'm still quite jealous of WP7 Contacts/Social Integration, Text, Email, Call, Facebook all on one screen.