Can someone confirm if all these new features will work on an iPhone 3GS? If so, is it buggy? If it does work and isn't too buggy this will make my day 
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Apple Previews iOS 5 with Notification Center, OTA Updates, Wi-Fi iTunes Syncing and More
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no, i dont. "What'sApp" lets me text for free on my iPhone to other iDevices as well as Nokia, Blackberrys and Android
just get WhatsApp ... it doesnt even cost money in the appstore
Well thats cool then...I'll have to check it out
Can someone confirm if all these new features will work on an iPhone 3GS? If so, is it buggy? If it does work and isn't too buggy this will make my day
yes: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html#notification see bottom of page
anyone notice that the toggle switches look very web os'ish for notifications:
http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html#notification
http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html#notification
Keep in mind, they only covered 10 of the key updates, there are tons of updates that weren't explicitly covered in the keynote.
I was looking forward to a file management center or a central documents folder on iOS. Nothing like that here except icloud... Wish I bought the 3G iPad now.
Quite disappointed, mostly meh upgrades nothing that really says Wow! Really, really need to get iOS 5.
Quite disappointed, mostly meh upgrades nothing that really says Wow! Really, really need to get iOS 5.
In case you forgot, this was the World Wide DEVELOPER'S Conference. Not the World Wide Consumer Conference. That means this is strictly for developers to give them a glimpse into what's coming, release the SDKs so developers can all get on board PRIOR to the launch of the new iOS 5.
Have you been asleep?
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I agree. It seems that Apple is now following Android in the phone area. Notificatioms is pretty much an outright copy of what android already does. Apple still owns the tablet but I think they better wow folks soon or they can find themselves falling behind with marketshare. Keynote didn't have past years wow factor for me. Cloud is ok but nothing available til fall stinks.
I agree. It seems that Apple is now following Android in the phone area. Notificatioms is pretty much an outright copy of what android already does. Apple still owns the tablet but I think they better wow folks soon or they can find themselves falling behind with marketshare. Keynote didn't have past years wow factor for me. Cloud is ok but nothing available til fall stinks.
I wish the dev site would come back up so I can see if the game I am working on is broke on iOS 5 or not
one thing I haven't seen in this WWDC presentation of IOS 5 is the ability to switch between apps seemlessly without the use of the home button...
kind of like Mission control on the iPad or Expose....
it would make moving between apps faster......this is the biggest thing I was hoping to see.
Hopefully it will be in the final release of iOS5....
kind of like Mission control on the iPad or Expose....
it would make moving between apps faster......this is the biggest thing I was hoping to see.
Hopefully it will be in the final release of iOS5....
you kind of answered yourself I think. If you didn't buy a subscription from the app store, then why would the app store update subscriptions you bought from somewhere else in their app? That would me like expecting to find your Gmail inside your AOL mail box kind of or apple happily syncing your Kindle purchases with iBooks.
Really. Apple will need to re-hype IOS5 with the iPhone 5 launch. We saw the heavy changes to IOS, but what we didn't see was a play by play on Apps really except Safari (and things that relate more to developers, not consumers).
I expect we will see more come fall. This was more to let developers begin the cycle of app updates with the new APIs.
I can't believe they still don't allow motion backgrounds or themes.
I love my iPhone but i really hope Apple throws some cool carrots to us. Every iPhone looks exactly the same. We are all individuals. Please let us change something more than just the background!
I love my iPhone but i really hope Apple throws some cool carrots to us. Every iPhone looks exactly the same. We are all individuals. Please let us change something more than just the background!
No kidding! Besides, theres only so many ways to invoke something on a touch screen. Its hard not to copy or be similar these days.
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I'm pretty excited about the iMessage service. I know it sounds pretty mundane, but it's essentially BBM for iPhone. BBM is the most useful app on a Blackberry for most users. This could really help draw people away from their Crackberry's as long as they're friends are also making the switch.
I'm pretty excited about the iMessage service. I know it sounds pretty mundane, but it's essentially BBM for iPhone. BBM is the most useful app on a Blackberry for most users. This could really help draw people away from their Crackberry's as long as they're friends are also making the switch.
Done better.
Done way, way, way better. I'm sorry, there is no comparison to what we just saw today and 'google music features' coupled with amazon cloud storage.
Automatic and persistent document state/versioning across all devices simultaneously? Easy APIs for developers to utilize that same functionality in arbitrary apps? Seamless integration of cloud storage services with background upstream/downstream IO keeping everything tightly woven and ready to use at your fingertips regardless of which device you pick up? A couple of disparate, single-track utilities with no system-wide integration, no instant built-in utility, no cohesive, holistic approach to solving instant data sharing and synchronization do not a consumer solution make.
Comparing the iCloud implementation and its built-in integration with all iOS/Mac devices/software/applications to 'amazon cloud + google music' is like comparing a Mercedes-Benz to a 'little-red-wagon + leaf-blower motor'.
I think you watched a different keynote than I did.
It is called a "developers conference." They announce this stuff to developers so that they can start developing, so that when 5 is released there are apps that can use the new features.
Just a little piece by piece breakdown of the new features and how they compare to Android and WebOS and WP7 Mango.
But cool!
Yep, this almost brings iOS on par with Android & WebOS. It is a more intrusive approach (big popup instead of in the notification bar), and also doesn't appear to have a clear all function or a gaming mode system (instead just halting notifications during gaming). OTOH, this does provide more info passively (without dragging down the notification bar to reveal the drawer) than Android does, since Android merely uses a 1-line display followed by a icon in the notification bar, instead of usinga large, 4 line display at the top of the screen. Overall, I prefer Android/WebOS's approach, but either is impressive and could be argued to be the best. Advantage Draw.
This mirrors the similar feature on WP7, Android, and WebOS, without completely copying it. Instead of relying on simply hooking up to services like Facebook, Google, Windows Live, Yahoo and Amazon for syncing your stuff, Apple has created their own sync service, iCloud, hosted on their own datacenter, bypassing those companies altogether. And the wi-fi syncing is an alternative to simply downloading everything OTA/streaming stuff as you do on android, or the various third-party WiFi sync tools for Android/WebOS. The downside is if you already use Google Apps, or if your business uses Google Apps, or you already use Yahoo/Windows Live tools, syncing will be more complicated than it is on Android/WebOS/WP7. OTOH, if you're on a mac or iPad as your main computer, syncing is easy, since iOS 5 & Lion will both support iCloud with their built in PIM tools & other stuff. Hopefully Outlook > iCloud sync will be in Windows iTunes too. Advantage Draw/iOS slight win.
This mimics tools like DLNA, except it only supports Apple's own Apple TV, whereas DLNA supports a wide range of TVs, BluRay Players, set-top boxes, and the Xbox 360. Advantage DLNA (which is supported by many Android devices.)
This is highly similar to services like TouchWiz's Social Networking Feeds Feature, except TouchWiz, Sense, and Blur integrate Twitter, Facebook, and sometimes Myspace and LinkedIn & RSS, all together, rather than just Twitter. The advantage of integration is crossposting, crossviewing (viewing a combined feed), cross commenting, and pulling contacts, pictures, and information from all services at once. WP7 and WebOS also do this (WP7 "Mango" will be the first version to support both Twitter & FaceBook) Advantage Android/WP7/WebOS
This mimics BBM, but also mimics the Google Talk service found in most android phones, and of course IM apps. In other platforms, IM apps can integrate with your contacts list, for instance on TouchWiz Android phones, tapping an AIM account on your contact list launches AIM to that user (if AIM is installed or preinstalled on that phone). Same with WebOS and Sense Android phones. Most android phones also come with Google Talk. Advantage iOS, unless your friends are on other networks, not iMessage (which is iOS-only).
This mimics Playstation Certified Game Center and Windows Phone. OTOH, the iOS platform already has a huge base of games & users, so Advantage iOS.
This mimics various popular apps on all platforms, including replacement browsers, extensions, and instapaper. This cannot really be quantified, because that would turn into an overall Mobile Safari vs. stock & replacement browser comparison. Suffice to say I prefer Android's stock browser, but like Mercury for iOS better than any browser on Android.
This mimics popular apps for all platforms. Some Android apps by manufactures integrate this in, but not all.
Many other cameras on other phones have many of these features. Of course, iPhone 4 still has the best video recording, and good low-light performance among cameraphones. Many cameraphoness that dont have a lock screen shortcut have a dedicated camera button. Many cameraphones also use this button to trigger the shutter. Ae/AF lock, and other features, can be found in some other cameras. However, the biggest feature in a cameraphone is the camera (and flash) itself. The iPhone 4 is outmatched by the best other phones, but in the upper class of cameraphones in that category.
These features are excellent. AFAIK most are only matched by Android apps that are third-party and not carrier installed. The standard mail client on other platforms doesn't compare.
Cool. Android has a choice of keyboards, but to my knowledge none with that split design.
Using those Sekrit Download-in-Background APIs are we?
But cool!Yay! Android 4.0 is coming holiday 2011.
A dedicated game console will always have better graphics then a device in the same price range. It will also have a universal control scheme. People buy iOS devices for a plethora of reasons. People don't buy a Wii to get on netflix, they don't get it to play music they get to play games. iOS devices, Android Devices will never replace consoles. Just because they sell a lot a day does not mean everyone of those will be used for games. But Every single PS3, Wii, Xbox360, PSP, and 3DS sold today will be used mainly to play games.
Can someone confirm if all these new features will work on an iPhone 3GS? If so, is it buggy? If it does work and isn't too buggy this will make my day
Too early to tell yet, check back around August/Early September, right now the beta SDK is probably incompatible with most apps and very bug same as all other initial beta releases.
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Google copied their system from webos and the jailbroke iPhone system. Both of those developers work for Apple. Unraveling who stole what from whom would be rather complicated.
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Google copied their system from webos and the jailbroke iPhone system. Both of those developers work for Apple. Unraveling who stole what from whom would be rather complicated.
Steve Jobs said 2011 is the year of copycats. He meant what he said; he just didn't say who is copying who.