I think more features will be shown with the release of the next gen iPhone. Remember, this iOS is released for this fall, right about the same time. Yes, I agree that Do Not Disturb isn't something to be overly thrilled with, it is something small and neat some find useful. Hell, even 3D maps don't thrill me. They give us 3D maps, turn by turn, more ways to use data (FB, Twitter integration, iCloud, etc.), FaceTime over cellular.....AFTER carriers have put caps on data? I'm not thrilled by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hard to be happy when leaks and gossip have our imaginations running wild for weeks in advance.
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Apple Announces iOS 6 with Siri Improvements, Facebook Integration, New Maps App, Passbook for Fall Release
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I think more features will be shown with the release of the next gen iPhone. Remember, this iOS is released for this fall, right about the same time. Yes, I agree that Do Not Disturb isn't something to be overly thrilled with, it is something small and neat some find useful. Hell, even 3D maps don't thrill me. They give us 3D maps, turn by turn, more ways to use data (FB, Twitter integration, iCloud, etc.), FaceTime over cellular.....AFTER carriers have put caps on data? I'm not thrilled by any stretch of the imagination, but it's hard to be happy when leaks and gossip have our imaginations running wild for weeks in advance.
Didn't Android steal the whole concept of the iPhone (touch screen and OS)? It's called competition.
Who cares? I only care apple and their OS. People should give a crap who stole what from who. And even if you do care, just because one company brings it out first doesn't mean they are the all mighty. I'm looking forward to a polished apple version.
I bloody hate posts like this. Sad sad sad
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Why are you even in this thread? People like you make this forum unbearable
Suck it, you miserable piece of AT&T.
(How many seconds of FaceTime HD calls equal a 1GB cap again?
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Edit: OTA updates - stolen from Android, which stole it from OS X, which stole it from MacOS, which might have stolen it from Redhat's up2date service. But in the end it's feature that every device should have, Android wasn't the first to have it, nor will iOS be the last.
Turn-by-turn navigation - stolen from Android, which stole it from Navigon and TomTom, which (...) Sputnik 1.
Phone calls - Stolen from Mr. Bell.
(How many seconds of FaceTime HD calls equal a 1GB cap again?
) Edit: OTA updates - stolen from Android, which stole it from OS X, which stole it from MacOS, which might have stolen it from Redhat's up2date service. But in the end it's feature that every device should have, Android wasn't the first to have it, nor will iOS be the last.
Turn-by-turn navigation - stolen from Android, which stole it from Navigon and TomTom, which (...) Sputnik 1.
Phone calls - Stolen from Mr. Bell.
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Keychain?
How 'bout just plain and simple keychain syncing? Annoying that I have to open keychain on my Mac so I can get my password to log into some website with my iPad.
How 'bout just plain and simple keychain syncing? Annoying that I have to open keychain on my Mac so I can get my password to log into some website with my iPad.
New maps - awesome.
Siri - good... But not far enough. What about "turn off Bluetooth," "turn on airplane mode," "silent ringer," that kind of thing?
Passbook - could be really nice, a huge leap forward, even. But will need a lot of providers to get on board. Otherwise it become like newsstand - no apps use it, and I can't delete it.
Facebook - sigh. Whatever.
Oh, and iCloud tabs?? Awesome!!
Siri - good... But not far enough. What about "turn off Bluetooth," "turn on airplane mode," "silent ringer," that kind of thing?
Passbook - could be really nice, a huge leap forward, even. But will need a lot of providers to get on board. Otherwise it become like newsstand - no apps use it, and I can't delete it.
Facebook - sigh. Whatever.
Oh, and iCloud tabs?? Awesome!!
Hehe, don't care about the 3D maps either. I have had built in GPS in all my cars since 2004, so I almost never use the maps app anyway. I know many others use maps on the iphone, tho, so I can understand some Apple pride in that.
I agree, hopefully come October or so we'll see more features for the next gen iPhone. Still, a pretty underwhelming day.
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Unbearable? Really? Were you that excited after the iOS6 announcements? Now that was unbearable.
I've been using Apple products since the early 80s dude. I call it like I see it and today, I didn't see anything in iOS6 that should have garnered so much attention. Like I said earlier, MacBook Pro was a great surprise and what I would expect from Apple. Great job there.
How 'bout just plain and simple keychain syncing? Annoying that I have to open keychain on my Mac so I can get my password to log into some website with my iPad.
Last pass. 1password.
I'm not going to lie to you, but that sounds like a pretty lame excuse to me. Especially considering that I am being told that my iPad, bought on release day in August of 2010 in New Zealand is no longer going to be supported before the extended Apple Care runs out is a bitter pill to swallow.
I very rarely post, but I noticed a little tweak in iOS 6 nobody has seemed to mention. Instead of "Kyle Hudgins would like to FaceTime." the dialog is "Kyle Hudgins would like FaceTime."
Cool.
Cool.
I like the additions to iOS 6
Lots of whiny people here. They only showed 10 out of 200 new features in iOS 6 ( i.e. 5%). Maybe wifi/BT turn on in notification's center will be there...just that Apple doesn't think it is a big feature...which I do agree...a nice to have but...
Anyhow, I do like that they are putting back OpenTable into Siri, along with Siri started apps.
And the maps do look very good. I bet this was started years ago, when SJ found out about Android...hit google where it hurts.
I'm quite happy with 5.1.1 and iOS 6 adds some more things. I don't see much to be disappointed with, for those that use the phone...what were you expecting?
An anti-gravity device?
Anyhow, with only 5% of the features demo'd, just give it a break.
Lots of whiny people here. They only showed 10 out of 200 new features in iOS 6 ( i.e. 5%). Maybe wifi/BT turn on in notification's center will be there...just that Apple doesn't think it is a big feature...which I do agree...a nice to have but...
Anyhow, I do like that they are putting back OpenTable into Siri, along with Siri started apps.
And the maps do look very good. I bet this was started years ago, when SJ found out about Android...hit google where it hurts.
I'm quite happy with 5.1.1 and iOS 6 adds some more things. I don't see much to be disappointed with, for those that use the phone...what were you expecting?
An anti-gravity device?
Anyhow, with only 5% of the features demo'd, just give it a break.
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I never said it was a good excuse, but it is the truth. By the time iOS 6 is released it will have been 2 and a half years since the iPad 1 was released and a year and a half since it was discontinued. Before you get too upset just take a step back and remember that these are FREE updates. Apple never promised anything. Actually I take that back, they did promise that iPad 1 purchasers would get 1 free major OS update. That was iOS 4. iOS 5 was just a bonus (and possibly because some iPad 1 buyers purchased after iOS 4 came out). Sure you could maybe argue that Apple should let you update for a $10-$20 purchase.
This isn't the mac where Apple will support it for 5-6 years. Apple has mentioned they expect shorter buying cycles on the iPad, now it will certainly be true. Although I do expect the iPad 2 to be supported on iOS 7, because they will most likely continue to be sold until next March.
Hehe, don't care about the 3D maps either. I have had built in GPS in all my cars since 2004, so I almost never use the maps app anyway. I know many others use maps on the iphone, tho, so I can understand some Apple pride in that.
I agree, hopefully come October or so we'll see more features for the next gen iPhone. Still, a pretty underwhelming day.
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Unbearable? Really? Were you that excited after the iOS6 announcements? Now that was unbearable.
I've been using Apple products since the early 80s dude. I call it like I see it and today, I didn't see anything in iOS6 that should have garnered so much attention. Like I said earlier, MacBook Pro was a great surprise and what I would expect from Apple. Great job there.
Yes, unbearable. Congrats on your Apple history but you clearly don't use iOS so why do you have any interest in this thread??
Siri now available in French???
Sorry but French was one of the first supported languages, small error in article ;-)
No, the real problem is elsewhere. Siri is still half of what it should be here in Europe. No geo data is ridiculous, I understand Apple may not have commercial agreements to list "pizza places fairly close to me" on the old continent, but when I want Siri to remind me something when I get home, why can't she? It's not like the GPS doesn't work here, we've got water, electricity, and even satellites over our heads ;-)
Maybe, though I don't see a direct link, some location based services will finally come to Europe after Apple dumps google. In the meantime, it's still annoying to hear "sorry Pierre, I can't give directions in Germany"...which Apple was willing to change by end 2011.
This affects everybody in Europe by the way, if you're from the US, sitting in a Starbucks in Berlin, Siri will remain mute as to what's around you.
Sorry but French was one of the first supported languages, small error in article ;-)
No, the real problem is elsewhere. Siri is still half of what it should be here in Europe. No geo data is ridiculous, I understand Apple may not have commercial agreements to list "pizza places fairly close to me" on the old continent, but when I want Siri to remind me something when I get home, why can't she? It's not like the GPS doesn't work here, we've got water, electricity, and even satellites over our heads ;-)
Maybe, though I don't see a direct link, some location based services will finally come to Europe after Apple dumps google. In the meantime, it's still annoying to hear "sorry Pierre, I can't give directions in Germany"...which Apple was willing to change by end 2011.
This affects everybody in Europe by the way, if you're from the US, sitting in a Starbucks in Berlin, Siri will remain mute as to what's around you.
Bit disappointed to see no iPad 1 support.
If there wasn't iPhone 3GS support I wouldn't grumble, but given that they both have 256MB RAM, and the CPU is similar in both (iPhone is Samsung APL0298C05 with ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core underclocked to 600 MHz and iPad is Apple A4 with ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core clocked to 1GHz), and the GPU is PowerVR SGX 535 in both, I'd say the grumble is legit.
If there wasn't iPhone 3GS support I wouldn't grumble, but given that they both have 256MB RAM, and the CPU is similar in both (iPhone is Samsung APL0298C05 with ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core underclocked to 600 MHz and iPad is Apple A4 with ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core clocked to 1GHz), and the GPU is PowerVR SGX 535 in both, I'd say the grumble is legit.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, and 13 Android did not have first. They copied it from other people too. And 9 is from an unofficial Android mod, and 14 you say yourself is "pretty similar," aka not really.
Although not one single feature in iOS 6 was new, it's always been like this. Apple takes a good idea from someone else, improves it, polishes it, and integrates it with their vast hardware and software ecosystem. At this particular WWDC such improving may have been even more obvious.
You forgot:
"Android: Stolen from Apple"
But I don't expect Engadget to be anything less than 100% unadulterated Android-bots.