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iOS6 is probably the most underwhelming release of iOS to date

Is iOS6 a disappointment from what you learned in the keynote?

  • It was NOT a disappointment.

    Votes: 760 50.9%

  • It was definitely a disappointment.

    Votes: 732 49.1%
  • Total voters
    1,492
viewfly said:
Google Chrome for iPhone and IPad hits the iTunes store tonight.

Wonder what other mistakes/points you have made with your analogies? There seem to be many. Many other browsers out there for iPhone, including Atomic and Opera. At least a dozen.

"Google today announced that it has developed a version of its mobile Chrome browser for the Apple iPhone and iPad. During a demo at the Google I/O conference today, Google showed that it supports all the same features that are available to the desktop and Android versions of Chrome, such as open tabs, synced bookmarks, and so on. Google said Chrome for the iPhone and the iPad should become available later today via the iTunes app store."

I'll probably stick with Safari however. So not big news for me.
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Except you wont be able to make it your default browser.
 
I dont think they disappointed. Look at Android 4.1. Seems like all they did was touch of the UI to make it smoother. I think both Android 4.1 and iOS 6 are good updates. Not revolutionary, but a solid upgrade.
 
I've been saying it for awhile. Most google apps on ios get gimped. And we expect a full blown GMaps app? Doubt it.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/28/chrome-for-ios-is-live-and-ready-for-download-heres-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29
 
mac.cali said:
I dont think they disappointed. Look at Android 4.1. Seems like all they did was touch of the UI to make it smoother. I think both Android 4.1 and iOS 6 are good updates. Not revolutionary, but a solid upgrade.
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It's ok that you are not interested in Android. That does not mean that 4.1 only improved the speed and smoothness.

A brief list, if you are interested:

http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html
 
Frankied22 said:
I've been saying it for awhile. Most google apps on ios get gimped. And we expect a full blown GMaps app? Doubt it.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/...n=Feed:+TheNextWeb+(The+Next+Web+All+Stories)
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lol as opposed to android where only 7% of android users can run it as its 4.0 only, as per your own link......

It looks like Chrome on iOS has tons of the features, just hindered cos it cannot access the nitro, which apple will probably open up at some point. Googles iOS apps are mostly gimped by google. Look at G+ at launch it was handicapped for months lacking features that the android version had,mthen when google realised G+ needs all the help it can get to get users, they improved the app, matching features.....
 
Actually I think the 4.1 Jelly Bean has much more important features than iOS 6.

Offline maps is a biggie for me!!! Compared to the "meh" from Facetime over 3G
 
nuckinfutz said:
Just because you don't see enough user facing features doesn't mean that there aren't significant changes. You especially can't make it a point release if there are thousands of new API for developer to leverage.
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What are the thousands of API changes, you are talking about? AFAIK the only worthwhile new addition is passkit. Almost every other changes are minor incremental updates and bug fixes. Unless you consider auto layout or the changes to map kits major API updates. Gamecenter, bluetooth, uikit, event kit, they are all minor updates. Purely from an API perspective it would qualify as a point release and nothing more.
 
piecloud said:
What are the thousands of API changes, you are talking about? AFAIK the only worthwhile new addition is passkit. Almost every other changes are minor incremental updates and bug fixes. Unless you consider auto layout or the changes to map kits major API updates. Gamecenter, bluetooth, uikit, event kit, they are all minor updates. Purely from an API perspective it would qualify as a point release and nothing more.
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What exactly have you seen and what makes you think a developer can manage 3000 new or changed API in a 5.x release? iCloud alone necessitates a new version.
 
Bye bye.

As if you would've been able to do anything remotely better.

Have fun with Project Butter (really?) on Jelly Bean.
 
nuckinfutz said:
What exactly have you seen and what makes you think a developer can manage 3000 new or changed API in a 5.x release? iCloud alone necessitates a new version.
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I was talking about ios 6. iCloud was in ios 5. My observation was from a software engineering perspective. The ios 6 moniker is purely a marketing ploy. If you recall, MS had their SDK numbered 6.1 for windows 7 (vista was 6). Usually a point release is used when there are significant changes or additions to the SDK. As far as I've seen, there is neither of them in ios. Again from a developers point of view (and purely my personal view) it's a point release and nothing more.
 
piecloud said:
I was talking about ios 6. iCloud was in ios 5. My observation was from a software engineering perspective. The ios 6 moniker is purely a marketing ploy. If you recall, MS had their SDK numbered 6.1 for windows 7 (vista was 6). Usually a point release is used when there are significant changes or additions to the SDK. As far as I've seen, there is neither of them in ios. Again from a developers point of view (and purely my personal view) it's a point release and nothing more.
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Apple could call it whatever they want. But in the end there are enough significant changes to AV Foundation, Bluetooth, Accessibility, Game Kit, OpenCL, Sharing Service, Retina that make it prudent to wrap it all up in iOS 6 naming so that developer know what feature-set they are working with.

Windows OS doesn't iterate on an annual basis like iOS does. There's needs to be a base level of consistency.
 
dontwalkhand said:
Who wants to deal with it? Sluggish performance, Inability to update when the new stuff comes out, software written by some part-timer at Walgreens. :D :D
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I used to jailbreak, and the only reasonable argument you have there is you can't update as easily.

Some apps in the app store are written by children in their early teens, so your last statement is just plain dumb.
 
Calidude said:
I used to jailbreak, and the only reasonable argument you have there is you can't update as easily.

Some apps in the app store are written by children in their early teens, so your last statement is just plain dumb.
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Even though the app store apps may be written by pre-teens, the quality check by Apple still has to happen.


Not perfect by any means (aka Facebook app is a crap hole) but better than no checks at all.
 
piecloud said:
I was talking about ios 6. iCloud was in ios 5. My observation was from a software engineering perspective. The ios 6 moniker is purely a marketing ploy. If you recall, MS had their SDK numbered 6.1 for windows 7 (vista was 6). Usually a point release is used when there are significant changes or additions to the SDK. As far as I've seen, there is neither of them in ios. Again from a developers point of view (and purely my personal view) it's a point release and nothing more.
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As a software engineer this release is a good one for developers. It's way more than a point release when you look under the hood and start using it. Sure it does not have huge revolutionary features but it has loads of smaller ones allowing better Apps to be developed and also better experience. Pull down to refresh a small thing but makes using email a lot better. Little things like this are dotted all over the OS.
 
piecloud said:
I was talking about ios 6. iCloud was in ios 5. My observation was from a software engineering perspective. The ios 6 moniker is purely a marketing ploy. If you recall, MS had their SDK numbered 6.1 for windows 7 (vista was 6). Usually a point release is used when there are significant changes or additions to the SDK. As far as I've seen, there is neither of them in ios. Again from a developers point of view (and purely my personal view) it's a point release and nothing more.
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I agree. From a marketing perspective iOS 6 sounds better. I'm only a consumer, but a knowledgeable geeky one, & this does not seem like a full release too me. I was very disappointed by it.
 
monkeylui said:
I agree. From a marketing perspective iOS 6 sounds better. I'm only a consumer, but a knowledgeable geeky one, & this does not seem like a full release too me. I was very disappointed by it.
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From my engineering viewpoint it's quite a nice upgrade, then again I get to see how it works instead of looking in from the outside.

Hold on until it's released once you install it the benefits in your day to day usage are really nice.

Edwin
 
Calidude, By reading your first post, I agree with you about 90%. I'd say most members here that hate your opinions about iOS 6 have never used an Android device. People like to hate the competition. Android users on Android forums are the same way. Some people need to see the big picture. Apple should have called iOS 6, iOS 5.2 just like how Google is calling new Android OS Jelly bean 4.1 yes good things come from iOS 6 but nothing to really brag about. Apple likes to claim they have changed the game over and over but they seem to be playing catch up. Especially after looking at the new "Google Now" feature, Apple has serious competition. In the end. No widgets, No toggles, No serious multitasking and customization Apple really has nothing on Android.

Hate on....
 
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