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I admit it, I'm too old for these yearly update games. I'm an Apple user, just not an Apple fan. I just want a computer that is a computer, and an iPhone that makes phone calls and does things that a regular computer does, only as a compartmentalized application (face, it, isn't that what 90% of the iOS apps are? Reductions of their web or application versions?)
I don't want the two having sex with each other, which apparently is what iOS8 and Yosemite are up to ... at least foreplay.
And I don't need no Beats to help me with the rhythm method.
I don't want the two having sex with each other, which apparently is what iOS8 and Yosemite are up to ... at least foreplay.
And I don't need no Beats to help me with the rhythm method.
very cool and well needed features, should be a great update, can't wait to see the hardware that it will run on.
Yeah, well Google does have most of the planet on their search engine...
Apple is crawling out of the ground. And Bing, well... some people like it..
Being the default, Apple has no trouble with switching anyone over... One day Google is popular on iOS, the next DuckDuckGo would because its he default, and most users would just use it.
Apple may say all they like about there better than Google, and flavor users into not keeping your data for advertising purposes, but they would also need a web based tool like Gmail, then the picture would be complete.
Assuming of course, there isn't another hack.
The only reason T-Mobile implemented wifi calling was because most people can't get a usable signal indoors with them. Their frequencies are too high to penetrate buildings. AT&T does not need Wifi calling, as they use band 5 (850 mhz) for calls which can travel much further than T-Mobile's AWS frequencies.
OS X, too. How many times do people do a google search when they just want to find a page on wikipedia? Now Safari/Spotlight on OS X pops up a Wikipedia result directly bypassing Google's results page and the ads that come with it.
This and most other features.... glad Apple finally caught up to everyone else 5 years late.
Though I am really glad they didn't do their pompous "look how great our new os is... and these innovative features we should of had years ago that everyone else did" speech.
That aside, there are some nice innovations in IOS 8.
The only edge I really give IOS over Android is that the tight integration of devices and software does allow Apple to go into territory Google really just can't, or at least not with the ease of use and elegance Apple can. Especially with home automation, sharing, continuity.... these are really great stand outs.
Everything else.... crap they should of had ages ago and items that cost them such huge chunks of global marketshare they are so desperate to get back now. Citing 100+ million people bought an iPhone for the first time is a very skewed number considering they have more markets, carriers, and still compete in those areas. What would be more fascinating is the churn rate of iPhone users to Android, which has been quite high. I'm one of them, but some of these changes would make me consider going back if the new iPhone has what I want in it. There are still cons to Apple's ways, but for a more integrated experience with my other devices, now they might be more worth while. If they allow more changes, like third party keyboards, they might win back a lot of defectors.
Now please.... let me change my default mail and messaging apps.... then you might win me back. Oh, and browser too. And maps.
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Not all that useful, but nice addition. I just hope it doesn't slow or clutter spotlight. I use it mainly as an app launcher.
I would give this feature more love, but they had the nerve to put Bing in there? really?!? Bing????? Please tell me the usa today writer was smoking crack.
Liking ios8 beta so far really havnt seen any bugs besides the App Store tbh.
On a side note this is pretty cool for duckduckgo as a default.
On a side note this is pretty cool for duckduckgo as a default.
Your message made me laugh. Without iOS, android is nothing more than just a Blackberry-like OS. Get that one straight.
Android had a lot of features that users want but many of them didn't work so well. Name a message app that well integrated into the system like iMessage or a calling app like FaceTime? Don't even name Skype or Google Now or HangOut or such crappy apps.
Market share: omg, you still count those android junks (2/3 of android devices) in Walmart that cost less than $80/piece for market share? If you want to talk about market share, take those premium android devices with the last 2 versions of Android OS (Jelly Bean and KitKat) to compare. By the way, don't include those with Gingerbread or honeycomb...yeah what a shame!
Anyone have their photos go a little haywire. I'm getting duplicates in recently added and they're out of chronological order, and my photo stream pulled up a photo I took...2 years ago? How that got back in my stream I'll never know haha
You could always use Chrome when you need a desktop site. That's had that since day 1 on iOS.
I've wanted this since in Safari since iOS 2! Some mobile responsive sites are good now, but I want the full internet...not the "baby internet" as a wise man once said.
Hm, then don't update to the latest software? It's not like your current software will stop working.