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The Ultimate iPad and iOS Wishlist Thread - 50 Fixes The iPad Still Needs
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I think Apple engineers occasionally read through lists like this. I do. I also think they ignore them until proven. For instance, folders and home screen backgrounds are on our iThings thanks to the jailbreaking community. Front and rear facing cameras are highly speculated about on iPad 2 thanks to that feature showing up on Android tablets... And a certain Super Bowl commercial. The key to forcing Apple's (or any other company's) hand is competition.
Anybody got a white hoodie I can borrow?
What I'd seriously like Apple to do is allow access to a file area even if it's shared space with the current photos area. For example, I think it's pretty silly to have multiple copies of a 200 meg pdf file on my iPad so I can look at it goodreader and also view it in some other app.
Sorry I couldn't vote above because the answer isn't NO and the answer isn't Apple should hire a large staff. The answer is yes Apple should do some of these things to fend off competition. Android crept in and took 25% of the tablet market last quarter and that wasn't even Android 3.0.
Anybody got a white hoodie I can borrow?
What I'd seriously like Apple to do is allow access to a file area even if it's shared space with the current photos area. For example, I think it's pretty silly to have multiple copies of a 200 meg pdf file on my iPad so I can look at it goodreader and also view it in some other app.
Sorry I couldn't vote above because the answer isn't NO and the answer isn't Apple should hire a large staff. The answer is yes Apple should do some of these things to fend off competition. Android crept in and took 25% of the tablet market last quarter and that wasn't even Android 3.0.
I don't really see what advantages 3D will bring to a mobile device. 3D is cool in theaters when the movie was made to be in 3D, but what do you do on your phone or tablet that would be better when looked at in 3D? 3D photos might be cool, but still quite gimmicky. Even more so when you consider that people already own many 2D displays that won't be upgraded to 3D for quite a while, including laptops, hdtv's, monitors, cell phones, tablets.
I'm pretty sure the glasses-free tech right now only works in a single orientation, so probably landscape only. And since your viewing angle has to be nearly fixed then any apps that use accelerometer control will ruin the effect.
3D is just a fad at the moment and will stay that way until the technology doesn't need glasses and can be viewed from more than one specific angle. And even then I don't see it as being useful in mobile devices as your interactions with a touchscreen are still 2 dimensional.
I don't specifically disagree about more features being nice, but the trade-off against ease of use must be made carefully.
There have been tons of tablet computers for years with all sorts of features and abilities. Not a single one has taken off, largely because of the trade-offs involved.
Remember that the primary market for ipads is not the techno-savvy; ease of use in a portable format with long battery life are its main strengths.
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I hated iPads when they first came out. I still do now. To me they are oversized iPhone 4s. Same processor, worse RAM, no camera...etc.
But I'm slowly opening up to the uses of bigger screen devices, and I actually might consider one for my studies.
Wishlist:
-Better screen (Not really important to me, but better is good right?)
-Better processor (Definitely. Tegra2, Snapdragon, A9 etc. I want to actually use the iPad for work, I can't do the things I want to do if it still has the same A4. Not to say the A4 is bad tho.....)
-More RAM (goes without saying)
-Better battery
-Camera, not a must, but nice to have
-Lighter (I'm a weakling)
-Able to use with one hand (IMO current one is too big, but that's my opinion)
-***Very important. Regardless of whether the above updates go through, this is the deal breaker for me. I would LOVE it if Apple made some way to develop for iOS ON the iPad itself. They have things like iWork for productivity, I'm a developer, I really hope they can implement this!
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I hated iPads when they first came out. I still do now. To me they are oversized iPhone 4s. Same processor, worse RAM, no camera...etc.
But I'm slowly opening up to the uses of bigger screen devices, and I actually might consider one for my studies.
Wishlist:
-Better screen (Not really important to me, but better is good right?)
-Better processor (Definitely. Tegra2, Snapdragon, A9 etc. I want to actually use the iPad for work, I can't do the things I want to do if it still has the same A4. Not to say the A4 is bad tho.....)
-More RAM (goes without saying)
-Better battery
-Camera, not a must, but nice to have
-Lighter (I'm a weakling
)-Able to use with one hand (IMO current one is too big, but that's my opinion)
-***Very important. Regardless of whether the above updates go through, this is the deal breaker for me. I would LOVE it if Apple made some way to develop for iOS ON the iPad itself. They have things like iWork for productivity, I'm a developer, I really hope they can implement this!
Puts on flamesuit
That's pretty much the reasoning behind lots of people that take what they are given.
It's sad that a wishlist thread could have deteriorated as fast as it did, and only because of egos and self-esteem issues from what it seems.
The one thing that I want to mention as a reason behind wanting an iPad with some of the features of other tablets is software.
There's great and fantastic software for the plethora of Android devices, not an opinion, a fact. But Apple is crushing the competition when it comes to apps, and many of those apps are iOS only. Marketcircle's Daylite and Billings for example. I live by those apps, and if they were on the Android platform iOS would be useless to me.
I am sure there are others out there like that.
I plan on getting an iPad 2 if it measures up, but sadly the only real reason I am in the market for one is for those two apps, maybe one or two more. The 20 or so that I use on a day to day basis would look wonderful on an Android tablet, but I can't justify buying two tabs simply for a couple of apps here and there.
It's be REAL NICE to have one iPad that has all of the features I need, as well as the apps.
I think the main reasons they failed rested in the OS being used. Not just a Windows thing though, more like a full blown desktop oriented OS on a heavy and slow speed (to reduce heat) makeshift laptop with a fat pen to use as input.
If Palm wasn't run by stone-age barbarians with half a brain for technology, they would have realized long ago that a palm device OS was the key. They would have jumped into that concept long before Apple, and put out a tablet computer that would have had features in it that the iPad just now received, and could have even held off turning their company into mush for at least a few more months.
In other words, Apple hit the nail on the head by giving us a larger handheld device as a tablet, instead of a small touch enabled laptop.
The trade offs would be small given some of the features added though. Apple is king of operating systems, no one comes close; so it wouldn't be too hard for Apple to make the software adjustments necessary for many of the features.
Hardware would also be a no brainer given that many 7" tabs have the things Apple fans are asking for. Some things, like an IR remote port, can of course be left off.
... Puts on flamesuit
I honestly agree with all of those options. The Galaxy Tab may suck in the eyes of most Apple users, but it sure as hell is lighter and easier to handle. The iPad is NOT a one handed device, nor is it one you could use as an eReader with that weight.
A 7" iPad with the weight of the Tab would be extremely welcomed.
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For one thing, a dual core, solid state processor in a machine with no fan to cool it? Sure, the body pulls heat to itself, away from the sensitive equipment, but a dual core processor? Forget it.
It'll over heat, damaging the processor, and possibly cracking the silicon.
However, if some way is found to overcome this...a better cooling system, yeah, I'm all for it.
3D is a gimmick that is only going to last so long before consumers realize what manufacturers already know: it doesn't work.
Your eyes and brain tackle perception of real life 3D objects and image in a certain way, like looking down an alley, or looking at a remote control in your hand.
3D tricks your eyes, and messes with the way your brain perceives the image on the screen, resulting in headaches.
Manufacturers know this already, but obviously, they won't stop making 3D TV's and consoles and movies until people paying for it figure it out-that would cut into their bottom line.
Multi-tasking is fine for me now.
If you have the device, you should learn to multitask properly and to fully shut down the app when you're done using it-just like a desktop app. This way, you only use multitasking when you absolutely need it, and save power.
As for memory...I only have the 16 gig, but it's all I really needed.
Unless someone is improperly managing their files and media, then yeah, maybe they do need double the current maximum capacity.
Flash is terrible about eating power, not only ram, but battery power too. If you want to watch a video on a news site, or porn, as most people who gripe about the lack of Flash seem to want to do, get Skyfire browser-it's $4, then get that porn subscription you've been saving for.
More ram to run iOS when the current ram power isn't even fully being utilized speaks to the awesomeness of the way iOS is optimized. Extra power is nice though...and the more you have, the better-usually. But it seems like having extra power waiting in the wings is going to suck battery life.
I enjoy my iPad, and as they continue to upgrade it, I'll enjoy what extra benefits that brings.
But if it gets to the point where it starts nipping at the heels of say, the MacBook Air or low end MacBook Pro, then I'll save the extra money and shell out for the computer.
Until cloud synch comes around, the iPad will still need to be tethered for media management.
But it's going to be pretty cool to watch what Apple will do in the future.
As long as they ignore 99% of what customers say when it comes to hardware and software, they'll do fine.
Most customers aren't tech experts and will make a long list of unreasonable demands and uniformed rants about this and that.
Apple will listen to customer needs, then through research, decide what the most efficient, portable, powerful...etc. piece/pieces of hardware will get the job done.
Happy speculating.
It'll over heat, damaging the processor, and possibly cracking the silicon.
However, if some way is found to overcome this...a better cooling system, yeah, I'm all for it.
3D is a gimmick that is only going to last so long before consumers realize what manufacturers already know: it doesn't work.
Your eyes and brain tackle perception of real life 3D objects and image in a certain way, like looking down an alley, or looking at a remote control in your hand.
3D tricks your eyes, and messes with the way your brain perceives the image on the screen, resulting in headaches.
Manufacturers know this already, but obviously, they won't stop making 3D TV's and consoles and movies until people paying for it figure it out-that would cut into their bottom line.
Multi-tasking is fine for me now.
If you have the device, you should learn to multitask properly and to fully shut down the app when you're done using it-just like a desktop app. This way, you only use multitasking when you absolutely need it, and save power.
As for memory...I only have the 16 gig, but it's all I really needed.
Unless someone is improperly managing their files and media, then yeah, maybe they do need double the current maximum capacity.
Flash is terrible about eating power, not only ram, but battery power too. If you want to watch a video on a news site, or porn, as most people who gripe about the lack of Flash seem to want to do, get Skyfire browser-it's $4, then get that porn subscription you've been saving for.
More ram to run iOS when the current ram power isn't even fully being utilized speaks to the awesomeness of the way iOS is optimized. Extra power is nice though...and the more you have, the better-usually. But it seems like having extra power waiting in the wings is going to suck battery life.
I enjoy my iPad, and as they continue to upgrade it, I'll enjoy what extra benefits that brings.
But if it gets to the point where it starts nipping at the heels of say, the MacBook Air or low end MacBook Pro, then I'll save the extra money and shell out for the computer.
Until cloud synch comes around, the iPad will still need to be tethered for media management.
But it's going to be pretty cool to watch what Apple will do in the future.
As long as they ignore 99% of what customers say when it comes to hardware and software, they'll do fine.
Most customers aren't tech experts and will make a long list of unreasonable demands and uniformed rants about this and that.
Apple will listen to customer needs, then through research, decide what the most efficient, portable, powerful...etc. piece/pieces of hardware will get the job done.
Happy speculating.
Retina Display ~2500x1500 resolution which on a 9.7 inch screen sounds just a tad unviable to be honest if they want to price it at $499, especially since even their $3000 MBPs fail to offer that.
And a 1280x960 resolution (1.25 x the current aspect, ratio, allows pixel perfect play back of 720p content, and allows for two iPhone 4 apps (640x960) to be run side by side). That rumor seems a lot more feasible to me for the iPad 3.
I'm surprised at how many of the technology upgrades from this wishlist came true....
Turned out to be a much bigger upgrade than I ever anticipated from Apple.
The LPDDR2 RAM (much faster than the LPDDR1 ram every device under the sun currently uses) is particularly surprising.
Just wanted to say, I'll be a happy new owner of the iPad 2
And a 1280x960 resolution (1.25 x the current aspect, ratio, allows pixel perfect play back of 720p content, and allows for two iPhone 4 apps (640x960) to be run side by side). That rumor seems a lot more feasible to me for the iPad 3.
I'm surprised at how many of the technology upgrades from this wishlist came true....
Turned out to be a much bigger upgrade than I ever anticipated from Apple.
The LPDDR2 RAM (much faster than the LPDDR1 ram every device under the sun currently uses) is particularly surprising.
Just wanted to say, I'll be a happy new owner of the iPad 2
To the people saying Apple going to 1280x960 or 1920x1440 isn't a good idea, I found this article particularly insightful...
Apple's Embarrassing Predicament
Apple's Embarrassing Predicament
Some wager that the upcoming iPad 2 will pixel double both axis, similar to what the iPhone 4 did relative to its predecessor, while others believe that it will keep the resolution of the current generation.
Doubling both axis is a formidable technical challenge and would be a unique, likely expensive display. Continuing with the current resolution would represent a significant competitive disadvantage. As people acclimate to high density smartphones, such as the iPhone 4, the iPad's low density is really starting to stand out.
Few believe it will do anything in between. It wont, the common wisdom goes, go to say 1920 x 1440 or 1280 x 960, or any other fractional improvement less than an outright doubling or quadrupling. The logic is that pixel scaling issues eliminate the possibility of such a half measure.
This harkens to discussions that occurred over 20 years ago.
It should be an embarrassment that such a discussion is occurring in 2011.
In the TiPb article linked above the author leads off with a slur towards Android, saying Either iPad 2 will have a standard 1024×768 display or a doubled 2048×1538 Retina Display, or developers and users will be in for the type of frustration usually ascribed to Android.
That makes for an odd, if not outright ignorant, statement: I cant recall ever reading anyone complain about the density independent pixel of Android, or its awareness and accommodation of a wide variety of profiles. Thats a problem that it has solved very well, and a large ecosystem of sizes and resolutions of displays exist in remarkable harmony.
Consumers like being able to choose between 3 15+ devices with a wide variety of densities. Choice is good.
Because of course the DPI issue has long been solved. Otherwise you would be lamenting that your 72dpi word processor isnt compatible with your 300dpi printer: Everything prints out all tiny-like. Is that the case?
Vector fonts with pixel independent abstractions have been around for a long time (in TrueType and Postscript form), with Apple as one of the primary inventors. Most GUI frameworks, including iOS, have the ability to scale UI rudiments to virtually any resolution and pixel density with ease.
That is an ancient problem, long solved.
But what about icons? What about bitmap graphic artifacts?
In an ideal world icons would come in vector graphic form. That isnt the case on Android (the platform doesnt support SVG, including in the browser, which is a huge deficiency), but it is still shocking that Apple, which usually takes the lead on such innovations, doesnt use them for iOS, as had been widely speculated as a given before the iPhone OS was first released.
With a vector graphic the rendered image is always perfect for the target, ideally with hints that suppress decorations at very low sizes.
Even with bitmap graphics, however, while its easy to contrive ridiculous examples to demonstrate the worst of scaling, the reality is that given that text should always be UI generated from vector fonts, perfect for the target, and graphics are usually just supplementary decorations, where scaling up or down by partial multiples is often perfectly adequate.
For your consideration below are some iOS icons (used for fair use purposes but owned by Apple) at their original pixel size, and then scaled to 125% and 150%. Scaling was done using Sinc (Lanczos3), which is a good algorithm to use when scaling up and you want to maintain fine detail.
The horrors! Just to be clear (as it's hard to imagine what the larger images would look like when shown in the same physical space), we're comparing this to simply pixel-doubling, which would look like the following (cropped to avoid exceeding most reader's screen bounds).
There is no universe where a straight pixel-doubled image looks better than an interpolated image, unless you have fine detail in the image (like text) which shouldn't be in the image to begin with.
Not only do they still look great, but remember that in such a case the actual viewed sizes would also decrease proportionally, so the marginal artifacts would be rendered completely irrelevant. Reading some of the blog entries on scaling you would think youd end up with some sort of blob.
Not to mention that most iPad apps would be fixed up to handle the new platform shortly after the SDK were released...
Doubling both axis is a formidable technical challenge and would be a unique, likely expensive display. Continuing with the current resolution would represent a significant competitive disadvantage. As people acclimate to high density smartphones, such as the iPhone 4, the iPad's low density is really starting to stand out.
Few believe it will do anything in between. It wont, the common wisdom goes, go to say 1920 x 1440 or 1280 x 960, or any other fractional improvement less than an outright doubling or quadrupling. The logic is that pixel scaling issues eliminate the possibility of such a half measure.
This harkens to discussions that occurred over 20 years ago.
It should be an embarrassment that such a discussion is occurring in 2011.
In the TiPb article linked above the author leads off with a slur towards Android, saying Either iPad 2 will have a standard 1024×768 display or a doubled 2048×1538 Retina Display, or developers and users will be in for the type of frustration usually ascribed to Android.
That makes for an odd, if not outright ignorant, statement: I cant recall ever reading anyone complain about the density independent pixel of Android, or its awareness and accommodation of a wide variety of profiles. Thats a problem that it has solved very well, and a large ecosystem of sizes and resolutions of displays exist in remarkable harmony.
Consumers like being able to choose between 3 15+ devices with a wide variety of densities. Choice is good.
Because of course the DPI issue has long been solved. Otherwise you would be lamenting that your 72dpi word processor isnt compatible with your 300dpi printer: Everything prints out all tiny-like. Is that the case?
Vector fonts with pixel independent abstractions have been around for a long time (in TrueType and Postscript form), with Apple as one of the primary inventors. Most GUI frameworks, including iOS, have the ability to scale UI rudiments to virtually any resolution and pixel density with ease.
That is an ancient problem, long solved.
But what about icons? What about bitmap graphic artifacts?
In an ideal world icons would come in vector graphic form. That isnt the case on Android (the platform doesnt support SVG, including in the browser, which is a huge deficiency), but it is still shocking that Apple, which usually takes the lead on such innovations, doesnt use them for iOS, as had been widely speculated as a given before the iPhone OS was first released.
With a vector graphic the rendered image is always perfect for the target, ideally with hints that suppress decorations at very low sizes.
Even with bitmap graphics, however, while its easy to contrive ridiculous examples to demonstrate the worst of scaling, the reality is that given that text should always be UI generated from vector fonts, perfect for the target, and graphics are usually just supplementary decorations, where scaling up or down by partial multiples is often perfectly adequate.
For your consideration below are some iOS icons (used for fair use purposes but owned by Apple) at their original pixel size, and then scaled to 125% and 150%. Scaling was done using Sinc (Lanczos3), which is a good algorithm to use when scaling up and you want to maintain fine detail.
The horrors! Just to be clear (as it's hard to imagine what the larger images would look like when shown in the same physical space), we're comparing this to simply pixel-doubling, which would look like the following (cropped to avoid exceeding most reader's screen bounds).
There is no universe where a straight pixel-doubled image looks better than an interpolated image, unless you have fine detail in the image (like text) which shouldn't be in the image to begin with.
Not only do they still look great, but remember that in such a case the actual viewed sizes would also decrease proportionally, so the marginal artifacts would be rendered completely irrelevant. Reading some of the blog entries on scaling you would think youd end up with some sort of blob.
Not to mention that most iPad apps would be fixed up to handle the new platform shortly after the SDK were released...
Now that the iPad 2 is out, and many of the things in the opening post actually managed to come true, and more (including notifications) will likely come true when iOS 5 is shown off next month...
What do you guys want to see for next year's iPad?
I'm guessing Retina Display and Drag and Dropping files directly into the iPad are the two big wishes left.
What do you guys want to see for next year's iPad?
I'm guessing Retina Display and Drag and Dropping files directly into the iPad are the two big wishes left.
as long as your password protect your file system. When you JB it's the default password to tap into the device via SSH (haven't had an iDevice in a while awaiting iPad 2, but I think it's alpine still) you just change the password and it makes it as difficult to hack as your computer on a wifi network.
Two things I'd like to see in/for iOS 5 that I haven't seen mentioned:
Safari Reader. I use this on my Mac and love it. For those that don't know, it pulls the article out of a webpage and it sort of hovers over the full page in the background, but without all the ads flashing and the text wrapped around the images. It makes for a nice browsing/reading experience.
iPhoto. Similar to the Garage Band and iMovie, make a fully functional iPhoto. I already have my photos on there, I'd like to manipulate them, create/edit albums, add metadata, create books/cards/calendars, confirm Faces, and have those changes synced back to iPhoto once I sync the iPad.
Safari Reader. I use this on my Mac and love it. For those that don't know, it pulls the article out of a webpage and it sort of hovers over the full page in the background, but without all the ads flashing and the text wrapped around the images. It makes for a nice browsing/reading experience.
iPhoto. Similar to the Garage Band and iMovie, make a fully functional iPhoto. I already have my photos on there, I'd like to manipulate them, create/edit albums, add metadata, create books/cards/calendars, confirm Faces, and have those changes synced back to iPhoto once I sync the iPad.
Safara Reader and iPhoto are solid ideas. I'm sure they'll show up.
Still, my two absolute favorite ideas are...
"A filesystem is the biggest want for the next iOS. Not like on a Mac where you see system files and other stuff, but just a users home folder. A place that all apps can access and load and save files from/to. That way if I have a document it doesn't have to exist inside of each app in order to access it. (1 copy in DropBox, 1 in Pages, 1 in DocsToGo, etc.) Also it means that Apples apps would be able to share files with DropBox or any other file syncing service. Then get rid of the file sharing in iTunes and instead just have the disk show up as an external drive. And please let us drag and drop videos and photos from any PC directly into the iPhone's video/photos folder without having to go through iTunes and syncing everything. It sucks that we can't just simply drag and drop a photo from a friend's computer into the Phone. When plugged in, allow W7/OSX to recognize and use the iPhone as a 32GB/64GB Mass/USB Storage Device with access to the file system. "
and...
That would be amazing.
Still, my two absolute favorite ideas are...
"A filesystem is the biggest want for the next iOS. Not like on a Mac where you see system files and other stuff, but just a users home folder. A place that all apps can access and load and save files from/to. That way if I have a document it doesn't have to exist inside of each app in order to access it. (1 copy in DropBox, 1 in Pages, 1 in DocsToGo, etc.) Also it means that Apples apps would be able to share files with DropBox or any other file syncing service. Then get rid of the file sharing in iTunes and instead just have the disk show up as an external drive. And please let us drag and drop videos and photos from any PC directly into the iPhone's video/photos folder without having to go through iTunes and syncing everything. It sucks that we can't just simply drag and drop a photo from a friend's computer into the Phone. When plugged in, allow W7/OSX to recognize and use the iPhone as a 32GB/64GB Mass/USB Storage Device with access to the file system. "
and...
Regarding notifications, how about something like this:
http://vimeo.com/21208357
http://iosnotifications.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/ios-notifications-concept/
iOS notifications concept
by Andreas
March 18, 2011
There are a lot of really great concepts for iPhone notifications, but they all seem to stray away from what is the look and feel of iOS. So my idea is pretty simple, I have created a concept using only the existing graphical resources of iOS, short of a few few exceptions. But I still feel that they are in bounds of the visual philosophy.
Notifications
Lets get the obvious out of the bag first, the notification system in place today is kind of intrusive. The popups are so in my face that I have pretty much opted out of every notification I can. There is however another way to inform the user of an event such as an incoming message. The app switcher popup isnt quite as intrusive as the current popup. It would be great to use for notifications.
Note that this popup is smaller then the app switcher and it doesn't grey out the rest of the interface
Today apple use it to display active applications and if you scroll left they show controls for the iPod app. I think there is room for the last notification you received also.
The app icon is basically a mash up of the settings icon and the current notifications symbol in settings. The reason for this that I feel that notifications is system service.
When I started thinking about how to improve the notification system I felt almost immediately that Apple is all about apps, so why not make an app that handles this task.
Take Settings for example, one would think that the entrance to this would be more integrated into the system, but in Apples case they view it as just any other app. Therefore you as a user can choose whether this is important to you or not, i.e. noteworthy of a first page placement or even quick launch bar.
Having one app that handles all notifications also reduce the time you have to spend hunting them all in various apps.
iPhone with notifications
Notice that it summarize all the notifications and then present them in the red indicator badge. The great thing about having notifications in an app is that you can move it around just as you can with all other standard apps.
The app itself is very straight forward. Your notifications is structured in three simple views. The first is a list view in order to get an overview. The second is an extended view where you can read the full messages just like in an RSS news feed. And the third is notifications grouped by app, this way if you get 10 mails and 15 Facebook wall posts you can still find your 2 SMS messages quickly.
In all views you can also clear all notifications. Note that this only clears the notification, the actual messages is still there. You can also choose edit and delete specific notifications or groups.
When you press (or touch) any of the specific notifications you will automatically activate the appropriate action. For example:
A message will show you the message.
A missed call will call the recipient.
A program update will bring you to the program page in the Appstore.
A wall post in Facebook will bring you to that specific wall post thread.
You cant answer a message directly from the app, because that would simply destroy the purpose of every other communication app and it would also add to complexity of this app.
Settings
Settings for notifications is located inside the Settings app where it currently resides. I have a few additions, first of all, better security with the option of not displaying notifications on the lock screen. Right now (4.3), if you get an sms message it will show up on the lock screen in the form of a popup for all to see (if they have direct access to your phone).
Note that Angry birds is the beginning of your app list
Ive also included the setting of turning off popup notifications for full screen apps. I define a full screen app as an app that covers up the operator bar. This usually means games, but could be others also. You can also turn of notifications on a app to app basis, as you can today.
Lock screen
I thought long and hard about notifications on the lock screen. Apple is doing it already, only its one at a time and you cant really act on it (that I know). I felt that the space between the clock and lock bar could be used more effectively. So I started adding more notifications in almost the same style as the app. I took away the time and date to clean up the impression a bit. Its just glanceable information, and its also in chronological order.
These are the four latest unattended notifications.
I was looking at the lock screen and felt that you simply had to be able to act on the individual notifications, but how? Just enabling the ability to click a notification seems dangerous. Pocket calling would increase ten fold
That would be amazing.
Just use this: https://www.readability.com/bookmarklets/
I believe it's what Safari Reader is based on.
Who are you to say what the iPad is or isn't? Did you design the product and what it was going to be used for? Just because the iPad doesn't do things YOU want or think it should be able to do doesn't mean it's an inferior product. How come my Computer can't make dinner for me? Is that a shortfall of the computer? Or is it because that wasn't designed functionality of it?
If you don't think the iPad is sufficient for what you want to do with it, then don't buy one. They designed the iPad to be simple and easy to use. They aren't trying to replace you're laptop, like someone else in these forums said, it is for Consumption, not Creation.
Also, I like how you draw out the process of transferring a picture or video to the iPad through iTunes...like it's half as difficult as you make it sound in your descriptive process.
Dude, you are ranting to a banned poster, quoting a post from the middle of Jan.
Ha! First off I didn't know he was banned. Second, the post has been lurking on the first page for the last couple weeks, so obviously someone's been posting in it, and I figured someone was looking at it.
Please add a basic file system to iOS with drag and drop functionality for media files and you're gold.
iTunes is fine and all, but sometimes we quickly want to drag a song, or movie or photo onto our phone without having resync the whole damn thing.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/25/editorial-hey-apple-why-does-it-take-an-hour-to-put-an-album-o/
A wireless/OTA file-soup solution allowing apps to push and pull files from a cloud-synced file-collection would supplement this very well.
iTunes is fine and all, but sometimes we quickly want to drag a song, or movie or photo onto our phone without having resync the whole damn thing.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/25/editorial-hey-apple-why-does-it-take-an-hour-to-put-an-album-o/
A wireless/OTA file-soup solution allowing apps to push and pull files from a cloud-synced file-collection would supplement this very well.
You do know that you can drag and drop in iTunes right ? Drag one song or a group of songs.
all of you guys saying lighter and thinner... why???
it's pretty light as is and if thinner more people will complain about it breaking easier.
it can only get so light/thin.
also if they were to make it lighter and thinner it would could mean less features and etc...
at this point i wouldn't mind at all if it got bigger and heavier for a trade off of better features.
as in better camera/screen/ram/etc...
it's pretty light as is and if thinner more people will complain about it breaking easier.
it can only get so light/thin.
also if they were to make it lighter and thinner it would could mean less features and etc...
at this point i wouldn't mind at all if it got bigger and heavier for a trade off of better features.
as in better camera/screen/ram/etc...
Check the date on those posts. I bet most of them are from before iPad 2 was announced, that is, they were saying that we could use a device that was lighter and thinner than the iPad 1.