I thought iOS 5 would have incorporated widgets. Bit of a let down really. I like the widgets on Android. Luckily I have both ;-)
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Yeah I know..but I think apple wants to keep the battery life as good as possible 
it's ok for me as long as we got better notification and the lockscreen info ect..
it's ok for me as long as we got better notification and the lockscreen info ect..
I understand about the battery life, but would be nice to be given the option.
iCloud looks good though.
iCloud looks good though.
I'm disappointed that the springboard hasn't been updated at all. This UI was designed in 2007 without support for some of the major elements of the OS that have been added. They just keep awkwardly splicing UI elements in and it's getting a bit crowded.
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Kind of a bummer, but perhaps more features to look forward to in fall with release of new iPhone/iPods
really? i use scrollable widgets on my android Droid X ALL the time. barely any hit on battery life neither.
heres a screenshot for my twitter feed. again, its scrollable, and i can customize how often it updates. Open Source = Win. Controlled curated OS = fail. Steve Jobs got you all by the balls.
LOL...thats why Google is taking tips from Apple now on control of the OS, right? What a completely laughable comment after their recent actions. I mean being able to install whatever you want on your phone is a plus for people most of the time, but you trying to prove that by saying Open source =WIN referencing google just sounds stupid,
And BTW, it's exceptionally ridiculous for an Android honk to be trolling in an iphone forum, no two buts about it. Find a better use of your time bro.
I like that widget its nice, and Apple has played some catchup in some regards this update. Good features for each.
But the reality is that a lot of the "wins" for Android vs iOS comparisons just got put to bed, or will this fall.
Uh, what makes that full screen twitter "widget" any different from my full-screen twitter app?
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It could be a special feature for the new iPhone. Since the hardware will be updated on the new phone, it will only work on it.
Not a fan of widgets though.
It could be a special feature for the new iPhone. Since the hardware will be updated on the new phone, it will only work on it.
Not a fan of widgets though.
uh, its on my homescreen buddy. i don't need to tap on the twitter app everytime i want to check it out. so i don't have to manually tap the twitter icon app every time i want to see my twitter feed. essentially, my twitter feed widget is on my homescreen where your grid of icons are.
Because he can do that without actually opening the app. Isn't that just amazing? So instead of spending an extra second pressing the app, he can just see everything right off the homescreen.
Meh...
And iOS 5 does SORTA have widgets. You can see stocks and weather through the notification bar. (Not sure what else... Just saw those two from Apple's website)
Ok, so I have to tap once to see Twitter and you, instead, have to tap once whenever you want to see anything else on your phone.
Seems to me like you're doing more tapping than I am.
I still don't get it.
For sports score apps having a widget is great. With the ESPN Scorecenter widget I can check the scores of all my favorite teams faster than it takes to just open the ESPN app on an iPhone and let it load. Same goes for MLB At Bat. Widgets are useful for some and worthless to others but I think enough people care about having that functionality that Apple should incorporate it into iOS.
you're not getting it. you're the one thats having to swipe through your pages of icons to find your twitter app, tap on it, wait for it to load, and see what your twitter feeds are up to.
what i'm doing: i swipe once to the left.
looks like you're doing more work to get to your twitter app than me.
That's true. I normally have notifications set to notifiy me when a score changes, period ends, end of game.. Things like that. I'm using the yahoo sports app. It's pretty good.
he might have twitter on his first page? :/
and the twitter client should pretty much load instantly, no offense.
oh, another thing.
doesn't that ESPN app with it's notifications pretty much ... serve as a lockscreenwidget aswell? kind of? ... it's the latest scores ... on your lockscreen :/