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Apple Previews iOS 5 with Notification Center, OTA Updates, Wi-Fi iTunes Syncing and More

TheNewDude said:
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!
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Your iPhone has pics of my kids on it?
 
Have to say I don't understand the point of iMessages either but I am sure many people do - as BBM and WhatsApp are so popular.

Is it just because text messages cost money?

On 3 in the UK even the basic £15pm plan (sim only) includes 3,000 texts...
 
Ios5

Isnt wireless syncing out on Blackberry and Android devices already what took Apple so long to do what has already been done notifications all that was already out why did we have to wait so long plus wasnt webos doing all this
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

MacVault said:
nooaah said:
I'm confused. Do you actually have a mycompany.com email address?
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Ok, so, my company is too cheap (so far) to move from a POP3 server at a local ISP to a modern email system. So, I forward my company email account to a gmail account so that I benefit from the marvelous syncing features of IMAP. In the GMail web client, it allows me to "Send mail as..." another email address, such as me@mycompanydomain.com. This way the recipient has no clue (unless maybe they look at the headers) that I am sending from a gmail account, so it looks perfectly professional.

Currently I have to use the gmail web client on my iPhone / iPad to accomplish this. If I send from the built-in Mail app the recipient sees my gmail account address which I do not want them to see. I hope this new Mail app fixes this.
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The problem is your company. Or set up your company pop account as well and select that email when sending messages....
 
danrees said:
Have to say I don't understand the point of iMessages either but I am sure many people do - as BBM and WhatsApp are so popular.

Is it just because text messages cost money?

On 3 in the UK even the basic £15pm plan (sim only) includes 3,000 texts...
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Text messages only allow group chats. They also don't allow "Sent/Read/Typing" updates.
What's App....yes, iMessage will be very similar to What's App but hopefully work better than what's app. What's App is way too slow and unreliable. But What's App is cross platform, so there are advantages and disadvantages. But iMessages will be a welcomed addition.
 
kenypowa said:
Steve Jobs said 2011 is the year of copycats. He meant what he said; he just didn't say who is copying who.
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I can guarantee you that the two work in entirely different ways code-wise.


I also find it funny that some people can only seem to harp on the smaller news simply because it enables the "Lulz, copycats" type of posting.

For the record I think the whole "X copied Y" posting trend on this site is downright retarded. You know when someone actually copies? When the law gets involved. Otherwise, the same features accomplished by different methods in code IS NOT COPYING.
 
kenypowa said:
Steve Jobs said 2011 is the year of copycats. He meant what he said; he just didn't say who is copying who.
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I don't think apple cares about copying something that works well (i.e. android notification system). they simply say that their implementation on their device is better.
 
kenypowa said:
Steve Jobs said 2011 is the year of copycats. He meant what he said; he just didn't say who is copying who.
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Hah that is absolutely right. What a joke. Apple ripped off everyone, just like they always have. They do tend to implement what they rip off better. The notifications in ios5 fix what imo was a glaring weakness in ios.

I do hope google sues them, even if for a loss cause, just to point out how apple has fallen behind, and now resorts to copying Google.

PS Reminders is a poor mans Remember the Milk
 
NT1440 said:
I can guarantee you that the two work in entirely different ways code-wise.


I also find it funny that some people can only seem to harp on the smaller news simply because it enables the "Lulz, copycats" type of posting.

For the record I think the whole "X copied Y" posting trend on this site is downright retarded. You know when someone actually copies? When the law gets involved. Otherwise, the same features accomplished by different methods in code IS NOT COPYING.
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+1. No one sits there and says Microsoft's XBox copied Sony's Playstation.
 
chrono1081 said:
+1. No one sits there and says Microsoft's XBox copied Sony's Playstation.
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Uh.....were you around here back in 07? lol

Really I think way too many people just become rooters for their "team". I think its stupid to be part of a team.

I go apple because to date, no one has provided such a seamless and well put together ecosystem with its computer and mobile devices. Now that I've seen a few new features that are exactly what I've been looking for (the functionality in the to-do lists without needing a 3rd party app, for one) i can tell I will be sticking with apple for quite a while longer.

That said, if any other company provides me with the features I'm looking for that work as effortlessly as they do now, I'd gladly jump ship.

That said, Apple tends (not always though) to be the innovator while the rest tend to be reactionary. Sometime Apple fails at predicting where the market will be, but goddamn at least they try to look ahead rather than react to the present.
 
Beta is now live on the Dev site (for members of the Dev program). Pretty busy as you'd expect so took quite a few attempts, but now downloading with 55mins left to go... :)
 
ryaxnb said:
Cool. Android has a choice of keyboards, but to my knowledge none with that split design.
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Nope, Android has several split screen keyboard apps.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&feature=search_result

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http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...able-to-swiftkey-vip-users-multitouch-in-tow/

swiftkey-tablet-keyboard-app-for-tablet.jpg
 
Year of the copycat indeed...

iMessenger - BBM or WhatsApp!
Notifications - Android notifications
Safari Reader - ReadItLater

I don't particularly mind that Apple is introducing these features, it just indicates that they're playing catch up by copying other OS' features. Yes, they'll be polished but... meh, I expect better than Apple. I'm on a 'droid at the moment, it was meant to be a stop-gap until the next iPhone. Now, I'm not so sure... why bother switching back when its just another smartphone, packaged with Apple's icons?
 
ssk2 said:
Year of the copycat indeed...

iMessenger - BBM or WhatsApp!
Notifications - Android notifications
Safari Reader - ReadItLater

I don't particularly mind that Apple is introducing these features, it just indicates that they're playing catch up by copying other OS' features. Yes, they'll be polished but... meh, I expect better than Apple. I'm on a 'droid at the moment, it was meant to be a stop-gap until the next iPhone. Now, I'm not so sure... why bother switching back when its just another smartphone, packaged with Apple's icons?
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Right now apple is winning the tablet war, no question. Right now android is winning the phone war albeit by not so much. It appears Android is going to keep oneupping the iphone in hardware, as it wont be waiting until once per year for a hardware change. I fully expect to see iphone5 to have similar hardware to the Galaxy SII 6-7 months later. The only reason to go ios on both devices is to keep the same software. Personally I am staying Android phone and ipad for the foreseeable future.

Edit: maybe this will get google to give a seamless picassa sync :)
 
Im VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!!

Where are the WIDGETS??????

I wanted a homescreen change of look!! I hate having all the icons just there. I like more android homescreen with widgets and stuff...

STILL NO TASK MANAGER OR SYSTEM MANAGER??????

NO LIVE WALLPAPERS!!!! They look so cool on android... and I dont care about battery life, you can just turn them off...

It was NOT A MAJOR UPDATE!!

WIDGETS FOR GOD SAKE!!! I had them on symbian!!!
 
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