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iOS 5 - All the little things

Glad to finally see a weekly calendar in landscape view (way overdue, and present in Week Cal) but can you guys tell me if you can finally swipe forward and back between days/weeks? This has been a ridiculous omission from the "multitouch" devices.
 
So we're getting tons of cool new features, but still no

custom SMS tones
music alarm clock
Browse by Album Artist

These are features I have been hoping for since iPhone 1
 
The Norman said:
custom SMS tones
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actually looks like this will be the case. you have the option to buy new tones when you go into choosing the SMS tone, same as email tones. As of now it just takes you to the iTunes store, but once officially released, it should be active, we will have to wait for a newly released iTunes to put custom tones on tho, much like when we got custom ringtones
 
TheManOfSilver said:
Glad to finally see a weekly calendar in landscape view (way overdue, and present in Week Cal) but can you guys tell me if you can finally swipe forward and back between days/weeks? This has been a ridiculous omission from the "multitouch" devices.
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Yes, you can, at least on the iPad where I tried that.
 
Can anyone confirm the following for me?

1)Ability to Airplay to multiple speakers (from device not remote app)
2)Ability to hide junk apps that come preinstalled and not used (stocks, notes etc)

Thanks
 
does anyone know if they finally added the ability to forward a full mms message with audio as well as the picture file that comes with? As well as the ability to download and save the audio or video file?
 
I wish we could get an attachment button in the mail app. The amount of times I've gone into my email and decided I want to email an image, then suddenly remember that I have to go to the photos app....

Think I've lost count!
 
I noticed another thing, I was showing my friend what an unlocked phone does, and when doing so I had him call my phone with a different SIM card. I noticed something however, the city of the caller is now shown. I tried this using my mom's phone running 4.0 and it did not show up, so this is another handy feature of iOS 5! 😀

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bmms8 said:
Apple will never allow this IMO. JB can do this with sbsettings.
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Have been using Sbsettings/poof! for years to do it.
Such a shame I STILL have to Jailbreak in order to feel like I'm not being forced to use some outlet PC from the late 90's filled with crapware. At least I could delete my preinstalled AOL adverts from my windows 95 machine.
 
racedude said:
I noticed another thing, I was showing my friend what an unlocked phone does, and when doing so I had him call my phone with a different SIM card. I noticed something however, the city of the caller is now shown. I tried this using my mom's phone running 4.0 and it did not show up, so this is another handy feature of iOS 5! 😀

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This is very awesome! I always wondered why it would show in the recent calls but not on the actual call screen.
 
SMS / iMessage Management

Sorry if this has already been asked / answered but...

Now that we know that SMS and iMessages are basically a single app and a single conversation can be carried out using both services as and when required... Do SMS's as well as iMessages get pushed to the cloud from iPhones and then down to iPads and iPods?... Can iPads/Pods connect to phones in the same way as the new Palm Pres and Touch Pads? 😕
 
I Am Designer™;12743122 said:
Sorry if this has already been asked / answered but...

Now that we know that SMS and iMessages are basically a single app and a single conversation can be carried out using both services as and when required... Do SMS's as well as iMessages get pushed to the cloud from iPhones and then down to iPads and iPods?... Can iPads/Pods connect to phones in the same way as the new Palm Pres and Touch Pads? 😕
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SMS's go through the cell networks like normal SMS's (you know it's going to be an SMS if the "Send" button is green). If you're sending to any iOS device then it will go through the data network and send as an iMessage (the "Send" button will be blue).
 
andythursby said:
nope SMS's don't get pushed to iPads or iPods.
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Thanks for the response (and QuarterSwede!)...

Hmmm OK that makes sense... If the application works out whether the recipient can accept an iMessage then it means no broken conversations. I was thinking that a conversation on an iPhone could use either a normal SMS or iMessage - so if only the iMessage portion of the conversation gets pushed back down to my iPad the conversation would be broken and missing messages.

Hopefully carriers won't try to charge a premium for iMessages over 3G! (As well as the rumoured FaceTime over 3G!).
 
Notification Center Question

Notification Center.

^ if you have a password on your iOS device (simple/complex) does this by default render locked screen notifications inaccessible? If not is there a Settings ability to render them inaccessible?!

I ask not just for personal reasons, but also from a corporate security standpoint ... iOS devices are making rapid head-way into corporate offices - you can thank RIM's PlayBook blunders for the rapid acceleration.

These notifications are personal in nature and by right SHOULD be secure. Makes no sense to lock a device if messages (sms/mms/emails/imessage), call logs, and voicemail are still accessible to anyone who picks up your phone at a table, desk, counter or if your passed out recovering from a great party.

I'm really surprised NOBODY mentioned to ask this as of yet?
 
I Am Designer™ said:
Thanks for the response (and QuarterSwede!)...

Hmmm OK that makes sense... If the application works out whether the recipient can accept an iMessage then it means no broken conversations. I was thinking that a conversation on an iPhone could use either a normal SMS or iMessage - so if only the iMessage portion of the conversation gets pushed back down to my iPad the conversation would be broken and missing messages.

Hopefully carriers won't try to charge a premium for iMessages over 3G! (As well as the rumoured FaceTime over 3G!).
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I don't even think imessages are pushed to the iPad, I know it sucks thats the main feature I was looking for. The imessages app acts independently on the iPad from the iPhone. If you get an imessages directed at your phone number then your iPad will never see it. If you get an imessages directed at your email, your iPad and your iPhone will receive it (in theory, my iPad is the only one that seems to receive imessages directed towards my email though). I really want a unified inbox for imessages between my phone and iPad, with SMS and everything so that I could pick up either device when I receive an SMS or imessage and respond with my phone number. That isn't an impossible feat with iCloud, I was surprised that this wasnt a feature.
 
Hardtimes said:
2)Ability to hide junk apps that come preinstalled and not used (stocks, notes etc)
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Man that would be great - notes, stocks, weather, compass, game centre

At least I can stick those in a folder, but with them creating newstand so it cannot even be jammed in a folder, its getting pathetic. Yes I know its a folder, but its a pointless folder that will likely not even work in my country - if its anything like ibookstore - so it will sit on my screen, doing noithing, and unable to be removed.
 
Shorties said:
I don't even think imessages are pushed to the iPad, I know it sucks thats the main feature I was looking for. The imessages app acts independently on the iPad from the iPhone. If you get an imessages directed at your phone number then your iPad will never see it. If you get an imessages directed at your email, your iPad and your iPhone will receive it (in theory, my iPad is the only one that seems to receive imessages directed towards my email though). I really want a unified inbox for imessages between my phone and iPad, with SMS and everything so that I could pick up either device when I receive an SMS or imessage and respond with my phone number. That isn't an impossible feat with iCloud, I was surprised that this wasnt a feature.
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The imessages are being pushed to ipods and ipads via your apple login
 
cycomiko said:
Man that would be great - notes, stocks, weather, compass, game centre

At least I can stick those in a folder, but with them creating newstand so it cannot even be jammed in a folder, its getting pathetic. Yes I know its a folder, but its a pointless folder that will likely not even work in my country - if its anything like ibookstore - so it will sit on my screen, doing noithing, and unable to be removed.
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The most basic jb tweak can do this
 
Apps previously bought / downloaded now show an "INSTALL" option in the App Store in place of the "BUY" button.
 
Was wondering will iOS5 shows the names of missed calls instead of just the numbers? Currently, my missed calls only show the phone number and not the name even though the name & contact number is in my contacts. Have to call back the number of the missed call to get the name to show. Not sure if this is a carrier thing or it.s the iOS4.

Apologies if this question has been asked before.
 
busybee said:
Was wondering will iOS5 shows the names of missed calls instead of just the numbers? Currently, my missed calls only show the phone number and not the name even though the name & contact number is in my contacts. Have to call back the number of the missed call to get the name to show. Not sure if this is a carrier thing or it.s the iOS4.

Apologies if this question has been asked before.
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Not sure if I understand what your saying, but I'm thinking it's a bug with your phone, I'm running iOS 4 and my phone shows the names off the contacts for missed calls.

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