iOS 7 Beta Tidbits: Per-App Cellular Data Usage, Live Clock Icon, Panoramic Wallpaper and More

[jozero]

Can someone post what iBooks now looks like ? Both the shelf and inside an open book. Is the thin helvetica available as a font choice ? iBooks font choices drove me nuts, nothing looked good.

 

[Technarchy]

so much joy - the information from hands-on keeps making it so interesting


Fall is so far away

Fall is indeed too far. And one has to wonder if Apple will stick with the S model or get aggressive and do something dramatic, which would send shock waves throughout the industry.

iOS7 and iPhone 6 to usher in a new mobile era.

 

[adildacoolset]

Yeah, I've tuned into a couple of android blogs and it seems the only "fault" that they (the biggest critics) can come up with is "it's a copy!"

regardless of whether you agree...if that's all they can find "wrong" with it, well, good!

Even then, you'd have to be smoking some pretty strong stuff to even remotely assign a similarity if iOS 7 to android. They look very different.

Android is very dark, with black and blue. I'm not really a fan if the darkness. It feels very gloomy.

iOS is on the exact opposite, with bright colours, transparency, and and very clever designing like layers

 

[stridemat]

Any more customisation of Do not Disturb? Finer grained controls would make this little feature perfect.

 

[Orlandoech]

They have removed the shuffle in the genre part of the music app. Not happy about it.

 

[smithrh]

For those of you who like this, and yet say "I miss Steve," I'm seeing a lot of features and tweaks in here that I don't think Steve would have approved.

 

[Patriot24]

Can someone post what iBooks now looks like ? Both the shelf and inside an open book. Is the thin helvetica available as a font choice ? iBooks font choices drove me nuts, nothing looked good.

The app has not been updated, so it is the same as it ever was. They will update all of their apps in a few months near GM (Podcasts, iBooks, Find My iPhone, etc).

 

[Baklava]

Parallax Everywhere - As part of the new 'layers' user interface that Jony Ive has built, nearly everything in the interface subtly shifts to give the UI depth when the phone is moved -- wallpaper, pop-up alerts, notification bubbles and more.

Dynamic Wallpaper - Apple includes two 'dynamic' wallpaper images by default. These images have subtle animated bubble shapes floating around the background. We'll likely hear more about these going forward.

Panoramic Wallpaper - In addition to the dynamic wallpaper, users can also set panoramic images as wallpaper -- instead of the subtle parallax image shift shown in the keynote, tilting the phone pans around the image. The stuttering in the video below is due to capture method -- on the iPhone, it pans smoothly.

Is there a way to turn the 3D-effect on in iPhone 4?

Anyone figure out how to find the old voicememo's yet?

Not there, but it is listed under Settings > Usage. Maybe in the next version?

 

[Patriot24]

For those of you who like this, and yet say "I miss Steve," I'm seeing a lot of features and tweaks in here that I don't think Steve would have approved.

Whether or not he would've approved is not relevant. He himself said as much on multiple occasions and used Disney post-Walt as a guide of what not to do.

This is Tim Cook and Jony Ive's Apple. Right, wrong, or indifferent, that is the reality of where we are today. People need to accept it.

 

[SeattleMoose]

I consider this WWDC to be one of the best. I really liked the focus on perfecting, optimizing, simplifying, and speed. This is precisely why I am an Apple fan....attention to detail.

 

[Scott90]

Does anybody know if Safari for iOS 7 still has the "Reader" function built into it? Not Reading List, but Reader.

It does. When available, an icon shows at the top left corner in Safari. Tap that and it toggles Reader.

 

[smithrh]

Whether or not he would've approved is not relevant. He himself said as much on multiple occasions and used Disney post-Walt as a guide of what not to do.

This is Tim Cook and Jony Ive's Apple. Right, wrong, or indifferent, that is the reality of where we are today. People need to accept it.

I very much like what I see here - don't get me wrong. I'm way more than accepting.

Just pointing out that much of what people LIKE about this would not have come about with Jobs around.

 

[Xultar]

What about the 4s... What else in ios7 doesn't it get besides the 3D effect.
Anyone?

 

[sishaw]

Nah, that's not what we are talking about. We are talking about being able to respond from the notification, so we wouldn't have to leave the app we are in to respond to a message. It's a really useful feature if you like gaming or watching movies on your iPhone.

Yeah, that is a good idea.

 

[notjustjay]

Just pointing out that much of what people LIKE about this would not have come about with Jobs around.

Then it's a good thing.

 

[Lukinski]

I like it! Though (and I know this is pedantic) I'm not a fan of the new 'bars' for cellular signal strength. Though I suspect a jailbreak tweak later will fix this. (Now bring on the 'Jailbreak is never gonna happen' and 'there's no need anymore' like iOS4, 5 and 6.)

I don't like how it crams the carrier name, looks messy.

 

[sishaw]

Parallax Everywhere - As part of the new 'layers' user interface that Jony Ive has built, nearly everything in the interface subtly shifts to give the UI depth when the phone is moved -- wallpaper, pop-up alerts, notification bubbles and more.

I know it's mainly eye candy, but it's sounds cool (not a developer, so I haven't seen it).

 

[zed1291]

Sound

When changing the volume using the physical buttons, the volume icon (a horn with sound coming from it, like before) is now white (vs black) which was expected, but it is not transparent [which wasn't expected]. It is even more odd since it WAS transparent in iOS 6.

 

[gotluck]

Even then, you'd have to be smoking some pretty strong stuff to even remotely assign a similarity if iOS 7 to android. They look very different.

Android is very dark, with black and blue. I'm not really a fan if the darkness. It feels very gloomy.

iOS is on the exact opposite, with bright colours, transparency, and and very clever designing like layers

you can make android whatever color you want, but fair enough

 

[zed1291]

Anyone know if the music player lets you queue up songs to play? (much like the newer itunes and it's 'up next' feature)

It doesn't

 

[Daws001]

Can anyone comment whether Personal Hotspot shows up in Control Center (for those that have the service/paid for it)?

 

[scotty321]

It does. When available, an icon shows at the top left corner in Safari. Tap that and it toggles Reader.

Thank you!!

 

[Scott6666]

If you're an optimist would the weather icon always be party sunny rather than partly cloudy?

 

[mr.steevo]

Still can't believe Apple can't get the Weather app icon to show the correct forecast/temp. Seems like a no-brainer.

Absolutely. This is the only widget I would expect to use if I had an Android phone so why doesn't Apple just pull the finger out and make the weather icon update locally every half hour?

Also would like to see a native calculator app on the iPads.

 

[rosalindavenue]

Is the blank page to the left of the home page with spotlight gone now?