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It's the software that's underwhelming
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...and that's the point. iOS has always been and will always be nothing more than an App Launcher.
It could actually be so much more.
It could actually be so much more.
Hi.
I miss the option of having a profile.
One thing I liked about Nokia o.s was that I could choose between a work profile , outdoor , general or meeting. Which could also be set to time out.
I miss the option of having a profile.
One thing I liked about Nokia o.s was that I could choose between a work profile , outdoor , general or meeting. Which could also be set to time out.
I never get what is so hard to place some common toggles like wifi, airplane mode, brightness, data, bluetooth etc in the notification center. NCsettings on a jailbroken iPhone demonstrates the idea in a very nice manner.
Another issue is the clunky "press home button x times to do something like multi tasking etc etc". If anyone here has used the jailbreak tweak zephyr, they know how easy it is to simply swipe up and show the multi tasking, and swipe further to close an app.
Things that could already be in iOS 6, and that is just a few of them. Ugh.
The hardware is fine, looks nice, has enough power etc. The software could use some overhaul.
At this point, google's holo with their brilliant notifications shade with the extra functionality and WP8s modern UI with live info tiles and an app design which encourages swiping through to get to what you want looks more fresh than iOS. It is practically the same core functionality as 2007, surely there are ways to change it up as shown by jailbreak tweaks time and again.
Another issue is the clunky "press home button x times to do something like multi tasking etc etc". If anyone here has used the jailbreak tweak zephyr, they know how easy it is to simply swipe up and show the multi tasking, and swipe further to close an app.
Things that could already be in iOS 6, and that is just a few of them. Ugh.
The hardware is fine, looks nice, has enough power etc. The software could use some overhaul.
At this point, google's holo with their brilliant notifications shade with the extra functionality and WP8s modern UI with live info tiles and an app design which encourages swiping through to get to what you want looks more fresh than iOS. It is practically the same core functionality as 2007, surely there are ways to change it up as shown by jailbreak tweaks time and again.
Exactly. I'm stuck on my old Thunderbolt until my iPhone 5 arrives and the widgets are completely useless. The whole "Android is more customizable" argument basically comes down to being able to stick useless widgets on your homescreen. I'd much rather have the polished UI and integration with my Macbook Pro than silly widgets.
Jailbreak settings IPhone can learn from
1. Infinidock with cover flow. I love having 10 apps in my dock that I can flip through
2. Intelliscreenx - swipe down and you have weather, notifications, and settings for turning stuff on/off and brightness up and down. Then swipe over and your Facebook feed, email, twitter feed are all there too!!
3. My favorite is just tapping on the time and every active app open ppops up in little preview windows and you can turn them off or switch to them
After I get Iphone 5 I will be patiently waiting for the JB. Not for cool colors and crazy apps, just for better features!
1. Infinidock with cover flow. I love having 10 apps in my dock that I can flip through
2. Intelliscreenx - swipe down and you have weather, notifications, and settings for turning stuff on/off and brightness up and down. Then swipe over and your Facebook feed, email, twitter feed are all there too!!
3. My favorite is just tapping on the time and every active app open ppops up in little preview windows and you can turn them off or switch to them
After I get Iphone 5 I will be patiently waiting for the JB. Not for cool colors and crazy apps, just for better features!
I bought an S3 last month as I wasn't expecting much of the new iPhone.
After 4 weeks I've noticed the thing that drew me to Android in the first place I now consider a complete novelty;
The Widgets(!) - They RARELY update themselves, even though all of them are set to 30min/1hr auto refreshes. Some times the weather widget hasn't updated at all, Google+, Twitter, Facebook widgets update whenever they feel like it too.
On a side note, the app layout of the main menu with no folder options and 4 pages of icons is irritating and cumbersome.
All in all, after neglecting my iPad for a month then using it for one full afternoon on Tuesday I realised what I missed about iOS - the usability and UI experience. It's simply amazing, responsive, intuitive and simple.
Yes I was bored, yes I made a mistake, and yes I've ended up with a second contract for my idiocy but I've pre ordered the iPhone 5 unlocked and I can't wait!
So software, or 'lack of software', it's not really that, it's the overall experience. I for one am the worst case of 'bored'. I've switched game consoles more than I've had hot dinners out of it, but I always go back to Xbox for the UI and social experience.
Same with Apple stuff.
Android is cool for people wanting to root their devices to get more out of them but I still find it a little awkward, slow and generally unpolished. It's not that I'm some sort of tech retard, cos I'm far from it, but I just love how iOS works.
After 4 weeks I've noticed the thing that drew me to Android in the first place I now consider a complete novelty;
The Widgets(!) - They RARELY update themselves, even though all of them are set to 30min/1hr auto refreshes. Some times the weather widget hasn't updated at all, Google+, Twitter, Facebook widgets update whenever they feel like it too.
On a side note, the app layout of the main menu with no folder options and 4 pages of icons is irritating and cumbersome.
All in all, after neglecting my iPad for a month then using it for one full afternoon on Tuesday I realised what I missed about iOS - the usability and UI experience. It's simply amazing, responsive, intuitive and simple.
Yes I was bored, yes I made a mistake, and yes I've ended up with a second contract for my idiocy but I've pre ordered the iPhone 5 unlocked and I can't wait!
So software, or 'lack of software', it's not really that, it's the overall experience. I for one am the worst case of 'bored'. I've switched game consoles more than I've had hot dinners out of it, but I always go back to Xbox for the UI and social experience.
Same with Apple stuff.
Android is cool for people wanting to root their devices to get more out of them but I still find it a little awkward, slow and generally unpolished. It's not that I'm some sort of tech retard, cos I'm far from it, but I just love how iOS works.
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I have an android phone and I hate the ***** thing!!! You can have your widgets, and customization and endless tweaks. I just want something that works. I am counting the hours for my iPhone to arrive.
So i take it you might jump over to WP later?
I had WP7.5 and as nice as it was to use, the over priced apps and lack of general support destroyed my love affair within a month - yes WP8 looks remarkably better but I'm not gonna jump ship for as long as I have my Mac and iPad
So android is a "app viewer" with useless widgets. Again, I live in my apps, not my home screen.
Having a choice is what it's all about. It would be nice to be able to just glance at the home screen quickly to see information instead of having to launch an app.
Not really that hard to understand.
Depends on if you can find it in the pages and pages of icons in the iOS launcher. The fact that iOS continues to use the outdated homescreen full of pages of icons is a bit surprising. Surely they can come up with something more efficient.
This......
...if they were to put full blown OS X on the iPhone, it would change things big time.
The very simple answer to this problem is to jailbreak. Apple has shown that they have no intention of reworking their UI, so we might as well get used to it.So I see all over the web this common refrain than ooh the iPhone display went from 3.5" to 4" and sarcastically wondering what Apple has been doing the last year or so. But why the focus on the display size? I can't imagine it's more difficult manufacture a larger display.
Watching the product launch video there was as as much time spent on the manufacturing process as there was on the new software features. After I watched the video I came away really impressed with how the devices manufactured and the quality and precision in how these devices are made.
On the software side however, it was a big 'meh'. That's where I think Apple is being too conservative. I'm not suggesting iOS needs to be radically redesigned but some refinement of the UI would be nice. Yeah it's great Siri can give me sports scores and book reservations But how about more integration with the settings so as an example you could use Siri to turn Bluetooth on or off. Or how about the device automatically turning wifi on/off based on location? I know when I'm at work I'm usually not using the company wifi (especially if I'm, say, streaming Pandora) but anywhere outside of work I want wifi turned on. And I know widgets are a dirty word but had Apple ever discussed why they don't use them? Is it because the're a drain on the battery? Or because they think it's adding too much complexity? And how about custom skins so those of us who hate the skeumorphic design language could switch to something different? Or how about opening FaceTime up to none iOS users? When the iPhone 4 came out didn't Steve indicate that could/would be the case in the future?
Of course these are just a few things off the top of my head. For me the hardware, the look and feel of the device is drool worthy but the software is just meh. Anyone else eel that way?
Jail breaking will set you free.
For me Tasker makes my S3 worth it.
I too go bored after 5 years of IOS. With my S3 and tasker I've programmed my phone to turn off the ringer at 11:44 at night and then turn it back on at 6:40, plus dim the screen. The phone will ring however between those hours if it's a call from one of my favorites. When the alarm goes off in the morning the phone tells me the weather and my todo list for the day. Tasker turns off my WiFi when I'm 30 meters away from my house, then turns it back on when I'm within 30 meters.
My wallpapers is a gallery of my favorite pics.
I bought a 64GB SD card so my phone now has 80GBs of storage and I don't have to go through Itunes to load my music or pics.
This is why I use an Android phone and I like the widgets.
These may not be important to some of you but I like these functions.
I too go bored after 5 years of IOS. With my S3 and tasker I've programmed my phone to turn off the ringer at 11:44 at night and then turn it back on at 6:40, plus dim the screen. The phone will ring however between those hours if it's a call from one of my favorites. When the alarm goes off in the morning the phone tells me the weather and my todo list for the day. Tasker turns off my WiFi when I'm 30 meters away from my house, then turns it back on when I'm within 30 meters.
My wallpapers is a gallery of my favorite pics.
I bought a 64GB SD card so my phone now has 80GBs of storage and I don't have to go through Itunes to load my music or pics.
This is why I use an Android phone and I like the widgets.
These may not be important to some of you but I like these functions.
I can't say that I am fascinated with screen brightness, however I don't know why iOS (on an iPhone and iPod Touch) makes you stop what you are doing and go 2 levels deep into a menu just to dim or brighten your screen. You could change the screen brightness while watching a video on the iPod 5th generation, and even the last Nano with video capability.
iOS is a far more advanced mobile OS than the old iPod OS, but is much less efficient in some ways, and often for no reason. Why can't we double click the home button on an iPhone to change screen brightness like we can on an iPad? (it's a rhetorical question)
It feels like some things are purposely left out in many cases, that's what sets people like myself off about iOS at times.
oh well since you've never done it, then I guess it's not necessary. Discussion over.
the capabilities of android dont really matter if the experience is lackluster (which it is on the marjority of android handsets on the market today)
android will never run as smooth as ios...its the same windows vs mac argument..
when the hardware and software are designed to work together, the sytem runs into far less problems
android will never run as smooth as ios...its the same windows vs mac argument..
when the hardware and software are designed to work together, the sytem runs into far less problems
I can't believe it took them all these years to realize that getting booted out of the App Store every time you choose an app to download is ridiculously annoying.
This is the "feature" I'm looking most forward to in iOS 6 for my iPad. It's... sad. But I can't wait for it.
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SIRI: You turn off your wife just fine by yourself.
This is the "feature" I'm looking most forward to in iOS 6 for my iPad. It's... sad. But I can't wait for it.
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SIRI: You turn off your wife just fine by yourself.