Yup, it's totally "us" that made it all or even a part of it happen. It wasn't Apple themselves for whatever their own reasons are. Who is anyone kidding here?
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I am getting tired of iOS
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But think of it this way, if Apple made everything customizable..wouldnt it be just like another android? There has to be distinction. I wouldnt be happy if Apple made widgets and things accessible..because then it wouldnt be Apple anymore.
Control center probably is one of the most request thing over past few years. If it not users up roar, I don't think Apple will even think about it. Apple didn't do that for 6 years, what makes you think Apple. will do it by themselves?
Most of iOS 7 changes has been long asked from users, Apple will seriously loss more users if they chose to keep the old way.
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. So much no. I can't explain how much of a pile of **** swype is.
I have to disagree. Swype is an awesome keyboard. It's fast and it's accurate and I so wish that I had it on my iPhone. It takes a bit of getting used to but once you do get used to it, it is hard going back to a regular touch type keyboard.
I agree w/ the OP. I want SOME of Android/WP8's features with Apple's devices and App Store. The only thing stopping me from switching is their App Store.
A file system is definitely a must, specially if Apple wants the iPad to be seen as an advanced creation device (the next-gen laptop). The way it's implemented today is that when you "share" a file with another app you're actually making a copy of the file. I'm not saying a hierarchical system should be used but simply a repository where files (Images, Audio, Video, Other) could be kept and that apps could have write/read access (with permission). It could be organized through file-type, tags, and which app created/downloaded the file.
By "app-comunication" I think the OP means that apps should be capable of integrating into iOS like Twitter/Apple/Linked-in have but without having to waist Apple's time. You have a Google+ account? Download the official or a third party app and witness the Share menu automatically include a "Post to Google+" option.
A file system is definitely a must, specially if Apple wants the iPad to be seen as an advanced creation device (the next-gen laptop). The way it's implemented today is that when you "share" a file with another app you're actually making a copy of the file. I'm not saying a hierarchical system should be used but simply a repository where files (Images, Audio, Video, Other) could be kept and that apps could have write/read access (with permission). It could be organized through file-type, tags, and which app created/downloaded the file.
By "app-comunication" I think the OP means that apps should be capable of integrating into iOS like Twitter/Apple/Linked-in have but without having to waist Apple's time. You have a Google+ account? Download the official or a third party app and witness the Share menu automatically include a "Post to Google+" option.
The very fact that a feature that has been requested for years on end only made it to the OS in its 7th version (essentially at least 6 years down the line) is pretty much proof in itself that Apple decides what to bring to the OS and when to bring it (otherwise by the logic of what you are saying it would have been here at the very lest earlier if not even much earlier if Apple was truly "listenening" to "us" and cared).
Then just get an android tablet and stop complaining about iOS, seems pretty simple to me..... if you dont like something, don't use it.
You should look at some alternative products and spend your money on them. Sell the iPad 3 to someone that appreciates it.
I am very glad that iOS has not given in to the whole "widget" mess that plagues android. iOS is a much superior OS.
I am very glad that iOS has not given in to the whole "widget" mess that plagues android. iOS is a much superior OS.
What is the point of this general rant here in the beta section? iOS is limited and closed down INTENTIONALLY, with stability, control and tight integration in mind.
I for one was an avid Android user, until I realized that i don't really need another (wannabe) computer in my pocket, with all it's problems. All I need is a stable smartphone that does a few things perfectly, not a thousand things half-assed.
Although I have Windows PC I never felt the need to browse files on my phone (WTF for, there are apps for everything). Or you could always jailbreak and have a true file browser if the need is so dire. Btw the equivalent "rooting" with Android usually voids your warranty and some devices are impossible to root due to locked bootloaders.
Also, the openness of Android has its serious drawbacks. Things like crashes, huge inconsistencies across the ecosystem, second grade apps, uncontrolled multitasking leading to some pretty bad battery life and system slowdown, if you aren't careful with what apps you leave open.
Also most of the free apps there choose the way of mass advertising to make some buck, since Android users aren't known for their paying habits. That means that they take advantage of the open system and push ads in your notification center and lockscreen without any identification where they come from. So if you installed 50 apps recently, you are in for some lenghty troubleshooting.
I for one was an avid Android user, until I realized that i don't really need another (wannabe) computer in my pocket, with all it's problems. All I need is a stable smartphone that does a few things perfectly, not a thousand things half-assed.
Although I have Windows PC I never felt the need to browse files on my phone (WTF for, there are apps for everything). Or you could always jailbreak and have a true file browser if the need is so dire. Btw the equivalent "rooting" with Android usually voids your warranty and some devices are impossible to root due to locked bootloaders.
Also, the openness of Android has its serious drawbacks. Things like crashes, huge inconsistencies across the ecosystem, second grade apps, uncontrolled multitasking leading to some pretty bad battery life and system slowdown, if you aren't careful with what apps you leave open.
Also most of the free apps there choose the way of mass advertising to make some buck, since Android users aren't known for their paying habits. That means that they take advantage of the open system and push ads in your notification center and lockscreen without any identification where they come from. So if you installed 50 apps recently, you are in for some lenghty troubleshooting.
The problem with iOS is that you can't share a single file between multiple apps. The only thing you can do is copy files, meaning each app ends up with its own separate copy of the file. This wastes space and if you modify the file you have to remember to copy it back to the other apps so.
You also have to remember which application a file belongs to in order to find it. I always thought it was weird that iOS was designed to be application-centric rather than content-centric.
So, unless you only have praise for the capabilities of iOS you're supposed to not post here?!?!
I, for one, find his criticisms (and many others on various topics here) very informative. He laid out, in detail, many of the problems he has run into in with iOS. Some of them I've run into myself, but not all. He's given me a heads up to problems I may run into in the future. It's just info. Do with it what you want.
Do you also get angry at a movie reviewer who criticizes a crappy movie?
I suppose you'd rather this site be only inhabited by a bunch of glossy eyed fanboys who only post comments like 'ooh, I love how the icons look like they're in 3D space in iOS7 - soooo pretty."
If you think being little bit open than current implementation and iOS will become ah virus heaven like Android, then i suggest you look OS X and Linux. Do these OSes runs into instability and virus infested OS?
Also, iOS isn't equal to iPhone. iOS is also used on iPad, if you want your phone just be a phone, then flip phone is also a phone. Seriously, Apple really want iPad a productivity tool, then some basically feathers have to implemented. Not everyone want go back and forth from app to app just to accomplish simple tasks
I agree with the OP to a certain extent. I found it impossible to send multiple PDF files in a single email OR a way to zip PDF files to a single file and email that in iOS.
When I refinanced my house I was on vacation. The loan people needed a bunch of things from me. I was able to use my friends Galaxy S3 to get them all the information they needed in a very professional looking email from the beach. Since the iPhone couldn't do it.
I'm using my iPhone more and more like a toy that is incapable of doing professional type work. Which btw I don't think that's a problem. I generally use my phone for games, social networking and music and for those things I feel the iPhone is better.
When I refinanced my house I was on vacation. The loan people needed a bunch of things from me. I was able to use my friends Galaxy S3 to get them all the information they needed in a very professional looking email from the beach. Since the iPhone couldn't do it.
I'm using my iPhone more and more like a toy that is incapable of doing professional type work. Which btw I don't think that's a problem. I generally use my phone for games, social networking and music and for those things I feel the iPhone is better.
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dude as apple would say, theres an app for that. its called android os.
you're talking about things that are fundamental differences between apple and android. stability and ease vs customization and flexibility.
custom keyboards? no sandboxed apps? replacing stock apps? file system? android has all that. AND MORE.
you already use an Nexus 4. the decision is screen aspect ratio vs the customization you want for a tablet. easier for you to switch now than later. apple WILL NOT change the basic architecture of its OS. sure at some point you might be able to customize keyboards. or increase sharning betewen apps and custom apps for different docs. but they will be strictly implemented via api's rather than free-for-all system wide access. so there will always be limits to its implementation.
you're talking about things that are fundamental differences between apple and android. stability and ease vs customization and flexibility.
custom keyboards? no sandboxed apps? replacing stock apps? file system? android has all that. AND MORE.
you already use an Nexus 4. the decision is screen aspect ratio vs the customization you want for a tablet. easier for you to switch now than later. apple WILL NOT change the basic architecture of its OS. sure at some point you might be able to customize keyboards. or increase sharning betewen apps and custom apps for different docs. but they will be strictly implemented via api's rather than free-for-all system wide access. so there will always be limits to its implementation.
Don't complain because we don't need a file system and all of that "windows-android-ish stuff"
With a new iOS that's as polarizing as iOS 7, you would think Apple would let people pick default apps if they don't like what Apple has provided. And in this case Apple IMO has crippled or simply unchanged many apps (outside a new coat of paint). Safari is even annoying the way the nav bar comes and goes. Pus scrolling seems to come to a halt way to fast. As many things as I love about iOS 7 there are equally as many to hate.
So what was really the whole point of this redesign when functionally all we get is a control center. When you step back really not that much has changed besides the look.
Don't complain because we don't need a file system and all of that "windows-android-ish stuff"
So all you do with you iDevices are web browsing or gaming? That is good to know. Aren't you getting tired of constantly emailing documents just to open documents?
Think about this, if it was such a huge feature to be able to browse your filesystem for whatever reason, why aren't more people talking about it? Why does it seem like nobody cares but you?
It comes up all the time in "wish list" type threads. Has for years. Nothing has changed. I'd bet people have simply stopped bothering to waste their time.
You cannot even simply take an attachment from one email and put it in another (you can sometimes copy an attachment within an email and then paste the text along with the attachments, but it doesn't always work, especially in emails where someone has just sent you an attachment with no text). All attachments get sandboxed in various apps, multiple copies and versions.
If Apple added a simple file system, the same posters here criticizing it, would be falling all over themselves praising it. Par for the course on macrumors.
No,he probably uses Dropbox like any normal person, where he can access his files from any device.
No one holding a gun to your head. Go buy something else that gives you what you want.
Issue over
I, for one, have no need for a file system, it's a phone, not a computer. People can just switch to android if it's a ground breaking feature and if they like iOS then they can suck it up and stay or go buy an iPod Touch/iPad and an android phone. iOS has almost never been about customization.