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Auxo Shows Off a Redesigned iOS App Switcher

irDigital0l said:
This has been discussed thoroughly in previous pages so I'm not going to repeat what I said again but...

Google Music matches songs exactly and just as good as iTunes Match but does it for free compared to $25 annual payment for iTunes Match. A 20,000 limit for free compared to a 25,000 song limit for iTunes Match. Pretty good for free.

Google Docs allows for multiple users to edit and work on documents and the same time. In addition its free which is great for everyone. Even my friends who own Macs use it. It might look less pretty but it works great.

Google Now is constantly updated with new features while it takes Siri 1 year to add 3-4 features. Google Now was just updated to be able to tag music like what Shazam can do. Plus it can accomplish more things than Siri. Both have about the same reliability, but Google Now can do more.
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Yeah I am very impressed with how much google updates google now. Theres been an update with new features like every other week. Its so much more accurate than siri as well and much quicker.
 
gpat said:
I want it to work with the option to be cool.
If Apple provided a 1st party "jailbreak" with some kind of criteria (only developer accounts, perhaps), 90% of the iPhone users would never bother, but the remaining 10% would enjoy a tinkerable OS, by assuming for themselves all the risks. Heck, it would be an excellent method of selling more developer subscriptions.
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If only 10% would enjoy it (especially for just tinkering purposes) then what benefit would it be for Apple to take the time?
 
mrsir2009 said:
I need to close all my apps every time I finish using my iPhone, so thst they don't keep running in the background and waste all my battery 🙄
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To clarify what I said: iOS handles background apps very well. It's rare for an app to go rogue and keep working in the background unless the user told it to do so (playing music, navigation, downloading something).
 
WeegieMac said:
The toggles for 3G, Bluetooth, Brightness, WiFi really should be accessible in the same manner as Orientation Lock is though.
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Most used settings here (at least twice a day):

Brightness, 3G, Flightmode, closing lots of apps. The latter is the only one that is easily accessible on iOS without several clicks and scrolling. My warranty is up, so it might be time for a jailbreak. :apple:
 
I like it!!!

I never even considered jail breaking my iPhones, but seeing something like this makes me wonder, what other cool jail break innovations am I missing.
 
HenryDJP said:
If only 10% would enjoy it (especially for just tinkering purposes) then what benefit would it be for Apple to take the time?
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Make it possibile and comfortable to inspire the creation of new ideas for the OS. Exactly what the jailbreak scene is doing now. 10% of users jailbreak, but I would still call it a consistent scene.
And besides, it wouldn't need that much time from Apple's side. And it could turn over a lot of Android users.
 
Timur said:
Most used settings here (at least twice a day):

Brightness, 3G, Flightmode, closing lots of apps. The latter is the only one that is easily accessible on iOS without several clicks and scrolling. My warranty is up, so it might be time for a jailbreak. :apple:
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To each their own, but that's so strange to me. The OS manages all those things. I think that's where Apple's stance comes from on the matter. Unless an app is badly misbehaving (i.e. stuck or locked up somehow), I've never felt the need to "close all my apps" (most of those icons are just save states, FYI). Brightness is automatic. And I'm not sure I've ever turned off my data (except when overseas) or wifi. Apple's power management and battery life is best in class, so you can just leave it on and not think about it.

Android users sometimes like to point out how much micromanaging they can do with all these different toggles and background apps, and I'm usually just wondering 'you have to think about that stuff?'
 
Looks pretty nice--though it's worth mentioning that you can currently tap on two apps (the minus icon, I mean) at the same time to simultaneously quit them, as one of my particularly antsy friends found out once, so that particular feature isn't new. 🙂
 
This is great. I hope Apple pillages this like the other features they stole from iOS Labs. Oops, I meant the jailbreak community.
 
HenryDJP said:
If only 10% would enjoy it (especially for just tinkering purposes) then what benefit would it be for Apple to take the time?
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More sales for flicking a switch? Sounds pretty good to me. I would wager that some sort of 'first party jailbreak' would appeal to many current android users.
 
so it's the same thing as the current task switcher...with thumbnails instead of app icons?

wow, call the Times.
 
weegiemac said:
the toggles for 3g, bluetooth, brightness, wifi really should be accessible in the same manner as orientation lock is though.
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+1

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swarmster said:
To each their own, but that's so strange to me. The OS manages all those things. I think that's where Apple's stance comes from on the matter. Unless an app is badly misbehaving (i.e. stuck or locked up somehow), I've never felt the need to "close all my apps" (most of those icons are just save states, FYI). Brightness is automatic. And I'm not sure I've ever turned off my data (except when overseas) or wifi. Apple's power management and battery life is best in class, so you can just leave it on and not think about it.

Android users sometimes like to point out how much micromanaging they can do with all these different toggles and background apps, and I'm usually just wondering 'you have to think about that stuff?'
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Great points. This is one thing I hate about android. Too much baby sitting settings to get the battery to last. However I still don't leave my wifi and Bluetooth on when having my iPhone 5. Maybe it's just habit but if its not being used I turn it off. I think I might leave it on just too see how much of a battery hit I take.
 
swarmster said:
To each their own, but that's so strange to me. The OS manages all those things. I think that's where Apple's stance comes from on the matter. Unless an app is badly misbehaving (i.e. stuck or locked up somehow), I've never felt the need to "close all my apps" (most of those icons are just save states, FYI). Brightness is automatic. And I'm not sure I've ever turned off my data (except when overseas) or wifi. Apple's power management and battery life is best in class, so you can just leave it on and not think about it.

Android users sometimes like to point out how much micromanaging they can do with all these different toggles and background apps, and I'm usually just wondering 'you have to think about that stuff?'
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I'm with you on the app management. Sometimes it amazes me how many apps I have used. The only time I ever close one is if it doesn't run as expected.
Brightness however I use daily as I read in bed and my wife hates the light, so always turn it down in the dark. Auto brightness is pretty good, but I prefer to crank it up a bit during the day.
One thing I do miss having is a hardware play/pause button. (Not the fidly one on the apple earbuds that I don't use)
 
This is just like the active application icons on the Windows 7 task bar. Windows 7 shows the current state of the application and lets you close the app from the task bar. Though I'm not a big MS fan, Windows 7 does a decent job with Application management.
 
So they basically took the toggle idea from Samsung's TouchWiz UI and the slide to close an application from Android 4.0.

It just goes to show how far ahead iOS is compared to Android, and even so to get these features you need to jailbreak and void the warranty on your phone.

Fantastic innovation.
 
I like that people are working on things that will ultimately lead to the improvement of iOS. Whether this is the path of jail-breaking, or the eventuality of Apple implementation remains to be seen. For now, however, I look forward to iOS7. With the recent management changes and the J Ive taking the helm, Apple has an oppurtunity to really make some serious changes next year. 7 will be the iOS that proves whether the problems were the fault of a few, or the stagnation of many.

Unfortunately, even if 7 is a modest bump... I'm neck deep in the Apple ecosystem, so I won't be going anywhere. 🙄
 
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