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First Beta of iOS 11 Now Available for Developers
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Pretty stupid considering Android phones can do this already.
The only thing I am excited to see is that now I can set Uber and Waze location service to "While Using". Take that Uber and Waze 
Edit: Oh live photo edit and capture...ok fine there's few more things I am happy to see but I had high hopes for iOS 11 :/
Edit: Oh live photo edit and capture...ok fine there's few more things I am happy to see but I had high hopes for iOS 11 :/
I imagine this might have to do with the iPhone Edition...with that oled cutout at top and all, maybe they have to be more space-efficient with the status iconography.
[doublepost=1496885586][/doublepost]Related to the future of iOS, I personally feel there is a lot of pent-up demand for an actual laptop that runs iOS, just an iOS that has been tuned a different way. Before anyone calls me crazy, think about it. I bet 50% or more of those young people who currently use a full-on MacBook at a coffee shop (with their iphones on the table next to it), would give up their full-featured MacBook in an instant if they could get (from Apple, obviously) something similar to it, in the same clamshell form-factor, but that ran iOS instead of MacOS. Why? because, in addition to getting some kind-of real work done, it would be REALLY cool to also have full access to whatever the trendy app-of-the-week is on your big screen, instead of having to keep reaching for your your iPhone as you are typing up your term paper or whatever else. I believe this scenario is totally doable, but not if Apple keeps heading down the current path they are going with iOS. (the feature mash-up approach!) IMO, all they need to do (And I know this isn't "easy", but it can't be that hard either!) is make a different "mode" of iOS that looks and feels a lot like MacOS, but only in the ways that matter...mouse/trackpad support, fully windowed interface, and a couple other things. Now of course, a lot of the mobile iOS apps would display in "tablet" mode (assuming there is one) and not be 100% ideal for that desktop-ish environment, but I really think millennials would not even care, if it meant they could interact with, say a fully functional instance of SnapChat or whatever, right on their big screen, next to their paper and bit-torrent app. And, hey, when/if you wish to transition into "normal" iPad mode, I see no reason why there can't be a slider to let you do that. I'm no fan of Windows 10, but honestly, their Tablet Mode/Desktop Mode switch-a-roo thing is well executed IMO. I think the iPad Pro, or even the upcoming Apple clamshell iOS Laptop that I predict, should do just a as Windows 10 does but in reverse. I.e...Windows is a blowtorch-level OS that happens to be able to display a ho-hum tablet mode. But IOS would be a cigarette-lighter OS that just happens to include a "reasonable" desktop interface, if you need it, and there are definitely times when you do.
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Due to events ^, all I have to say now is:
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Due to events ^, all I have to say now is:
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Sadly I think this is going to be a pivotal year for iPhone. We all had high expectations of a new phone, and now with the reveal of iOS 11, no amount of hardware and design cool is going to fix the issue that iOs is still rather stagnant now for the last 5 years. If you look at a home screen today vs 5 years ago, and look what iOS has added, it's 1 step forward for every 5 steps forward Android has taken.
I think it's going to be a disappointing year for Apple. I really expected them to step up and Answer the new stuff Microsoft has come up lately competing with iMac and iPad and the cool new stuff Android has added.
For me, it's a red flag when Apple spent 10 minutes of a 90 minute presentation talking just about the "cool new redesigned look of the App Store" ... that's really telling of what's become of Apple.
I'm not excited about iOS 11. Now we know at best we get a cool new phone this fall that'll run the same old operating system as last year's phone.... ugh.
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But it was revolutionary when it was released 10 years ago... so we're supposed to all be thankful for Apple and give them a pass. All hail the mighty Apple. Every year Apple pushes me further and further away... each time I cross my fingers and hope they get rid of the silly 2007 iOS look and design, and I am disappointed each year.
I think it's going to be a disappointing year for Apple. I really expected them to step up and Answer the new stuff Microsoft has come up lately competing with iMac and iPad and the cool new stuff Android has added.
For me, it's a red flag when Apple spent 10 minutes of a 90 minute presentation talking just about the "cool new redesigned look of the App Store" ... that's really telling of what's become of Apple.
I'm not excited about iOS 11. Now we know at best we get a cool new phone this fall that'll run the same old operating system as last year's phone.... ugh.
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But it was revolutionary when it was released 10 years ago... so we're supposed to all be thankful for Apple and give them a pass. All hail the mighty Apple. Every year Apple pushes me further and further away... each time I cross my fingers and hope they get rid of the silly 2007 iOS look and design, and I am disappointed each year.
