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Screenshots of iOS 6!
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My definition of dated tech (in this context) is unintuitive, shoddy software.
Look, say what you want about iOS, but the idea of it being "unintuitive" is just ridiculous. iOS is the easiest phone OS to adopt because it is intuitive.
The closest thing to "shoddy" I can think of in the smartphone industry are the thrown together widgets which don't do anything useful, look cheap, and drain battery.
I'd much rather have an iPhone than an Android device, but because of how Apple makes iPhones so easy to use, it can also be a detriment to a large percentage of it's customers.
I remember one day I went with my iPhone to the Genius Bar because of slow performance. The associate asked if I had cleared the memory of all the apps. I said no, couldn't find the setting to do that. He said, "oh there's no setting, I'll show you how to do it." Double clicked on the home button, brought up the multitask bar, pushed on one of the icons until the X came up on the icons, then spent the next few minutes closing out every app. I gave him a look and asked "you're serious, this is how you clear apps from memory?" He shrugged and thumbed away.
Apple gets most of what they do right, but they still have more than enough room for improvement. Honestly, I wouldn't be so hard on them if they didn't brag all the time. I don't expect them to hit a home run every time or have all their bases covered, but when you throw up charts, stats, and jokes about your competitors at every keynote then you better have a product that leaves no debate about all of its features.
I find it really unintuitive to have to go deep into the settings menu whenever I want to turn Bluetooth/wifi etc on and off. I find it really unintuitive to have to go into individual apps to send email attachments rather than simply being able to do it from the email app itself. Android doesn't have these problems.
You don't have to use those widgets. I have a calendar widget, a photo widget and a bunch of shortcuts and apps on my home screens. Oh and a video and music widget.
It's all the same really. The wallpaper is what really gives those screenshots a differ look. Everything else is just rearranged icons and widgets.
I showed a few widgets with different functionality to the other poster. Not sure what else you want to see really, if it looked completely different it would be stupid and nonsensical.
But you have to admit that there is a larger difference going from gingerbread to ics then there is going from iOS 4 to 5
Ok then have a seperate bluetooth configuration. I dont really care. There is still too many steps to turn bluetooth on/off in ios 6. Would you agree?
Well, it is already a lot quicker to turn bluetooth on/off compared to iOS 5. I guess it also depends on what you use it for. For instance, my Logitech Wireless Boombox doesn't automatically connect to my phone, while my car does. So sometimes it's nice to have the list of paired devices right next to the on/off switch.