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Apple Acquiring iOS Developer to Revamp Notification System?
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MacAddict1978
macrumors 68000
while you're at it apple, how about mms that doesn't suck? You know, that feature a $20 phone does better... and actually animates things instead of giving you a frame by frame slide show.
And who cares if some of you don't want widgets. You don't have to use them. We're not 2. We know turning on features hit the battery.
And who cares if some of you don't want widgets. You don't have to use them. We're not 2. We know turning on features hit the battery.
moderately
macrumors 6502
wish lists
I don't use notifications much but certainly see how much they can be improved. Don't much care for the graphics either.
I am surprised that a decent search app hasn't been mentioned in anyone's wish list. I would like to be able to find "bisbee" in all fields in Contacts, Calendar, Notes. Even sweeter if I could search 3rd party apps too.
/derail
I don't use notifications much but certainly see how much they can be improved. Don't much care for the graphics either.
I am surprised that a decent search app hasn't been mentioned in anyone's wish list. I would like to be able to find "bisbee" in all fields in Contacts, Calendar, Notes. Even sweeter if I could search 3rd party apps too.
/derail
neko girl
macrumors 6502a
Spotlight can do this now, except for all fields on Contacts - it just searches the name. Access it by swiping right on the home screen.
moderately
macrumors 6502
I guess it is searching the note field in Contacts and all of Notes that I miss. This will be less of an issue as I migrate further from my Palm. I loved that I could search for something and it would find it anywhere.
cmaier
Suspended
No, it doesn't search content in third party apps. Even PalmOS had an sdk so third party apps could return results to the global search function. Long overdue on iOS.
Stridder44
macrumors 68040
Yes! This is awesome news. The notifications UI is a complete mess. Perhaps we'll see this in iOS 5?
MattInOz
macrumors 68030
Takes more than One guy to make a feature that can be reliable and used by all developers. Apple have in-house talent what they are lacking a capacity. You can increase that without some break in flow.
You have these guys who clearly know the current system very well. So they could drop in to the team/s in capacities that where they can be productive a lot sooner than someone who hasn't been working on a system like theirs plus they know they are keen to work on that sort of thing.
I actually loved the iphone sms popup notifications. I got an android phone now and it doesnt have any popup notification when you get an incoming text. You have to manually turn on the phone and look for a tiny envelope in the upper left corner to see if you have an incoming text. I've missed so many important texts because of no instant popup notifications.
kdarling
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1) On Android, you can get a notification sound when an SMS comes in. Did you turn those on in Settings - Sounds?
2) If you want visual popups, did you go to the Android Market and search for "SMS popups" ? If not, try it. Lots of options there, including an app called... wait for it... "SMS Popup" (see below) which even lets you reply right there without leaving the current app.
Android is extensible. Learn your phone. Search the market. Have fun!
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nylonsteel
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i bet delinger got a large salary for joining aapl again a year ago - would be interesting to find out if he had the idea for going to an outside developer or was the cause - if he couldnt develop it in house