Actually... Somekind of option for customization wouldn't be that bad. They are giving some options to developers like choosing "color" of the app. Why not to the user who is actually the one that has to use it?
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This should have just been called iOS 5.2
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Considering the number of times I had to pull the battery out my android phone because of widget melt down, Apple hiding that stuff in notification center and in the app works far more seamlessly.
No idea of what you speak. Android is far more "holistic" than iOS anyway. You have no idea what you can do on an Android phone if you think it's "kitchy" (sic), which at this point is a term I would use to describe iOS. Or perhaps, "quaint".
Seriously, if you are not using a high end Android phone and seeing what these things can actually DO, there is no basis for discussion. The iPhone (including iOS 6!) is laughably inferior, and that is truly a shame.
Personally i have used Galaxy SII on Android. It's meant to be high end Andrid phone. And i know exactly what it does. It does more then iOS, you are right... however it's not about what it does but how it does it. And for me, it did it in a way that made me sell my phone on ebay just after 3 months and move back to iOS. I hate unstability! I hate having apps crashing one after another. iOS may do less then Android but it does things on a pleasent way. Apple don't just beef up an iOS, it aims for perfection. Quality allways wins over quantity.
It depends on what you want to do. I believe that android is far more inferior in user friendliness than iOS. Of the functionality both platforms share, I think ios is a lot more effective and polished than android. BUT android has more functionality overall. Android gives you functionality and freedom, iOS gives you quality and user friendliness.
Well I have 2 macs, One iphone, one iPad and one ipod touch, and seamlessly everything is synchronized, thanks to icloud. Amazing, doubt you can do that with android because first Android OS doesnt run on a computer, and second theres too many diff devices running Android and a holistic environment is difficuly to create when you need to barter and negotiate it with literally hundreds of different cell phone making companies.
Actually I agree this should have been called iOS 5.2.
iOS 4 added multitasking which was a big thing.
iOS 5 added iCloud, WiFi updates and syncing, better Notifications.
iOS 6 is adding what a Maps updates. Passbook which is useless to me. Facebook integration so what I barely use Facebook.
That is what I can think of out of my head.
This to me is more of a minor update. I will still update since it is free just it does not deserve a new version number.
iOS 4 added multitasking which was a big thing.
iOS 5 added iCloud, WiFi updates and syncing, better Notifications.
iOS 6 is adding what a Maps updates. Passbook which is useless to me. Facebook integration so what I barely use Facebook.
That is what I can think of out of my head.
This to me is more of a minor update. I will still update since it is free just it does not deserve a new version number.
Actually I agree this should have been called iOS 5.2.
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This to me is more of a minor update. I will still update since it is free just it does not deserve a new version number.
It's not about deserving a large number. New OS updates are collections of bug fixes, new frameworks and modified frameworks.
Apple could call it 5.0.1.1 but really the purpose of software upgrade number schemes is so there's a known baseline of features. Sure having a full point upgrade tells consumers that there are a good amount of changes but that doesn't mean or suggest you will be blown away by said changes.
But it causes confusing because the new iPhone has the same version number as the iOS but now it will be the iPhone 5 with iOS 6 weird.
I just want the correct temp displayed on the damn icon. Seriously, how hard can having a live update of the icons be? I'm thinking they don't want to be accused of stealing ideas from Microsoft live tiles.
They just don't seem to get that they have serious competion from google and Microsoft and that's a dangerous mindset to be in.
They just don't seem to get that they have serious competion from google and Microsoft and that's a dangerous mindset to be in.
Considering that the iphone increased its market share last quarter more than MSFT and android combined, this serious competition is not all that apparent.
iPhone 5 is in actuality iPhone 6. i.e. the 6th generation of the iPhone. iPhone 4S is iPhone 5...the 5th gen.
iPad 2 and the new iPad runs iOS 5 and that's not weird or confusing at all!
Besides, no one knows yet what the next generation iPhone would be named.
I read a lot of complaints, but have yet to see examples of how the UI should change. I want to have a straight forward way to launch apps.
I think I've mentioned it before on this site, or maybe it was another..but having an "event" to announce things like this tends to make us expect more. I personally felt a little let down with the 4S announcement just because they make a spectacle of it. I still bought one. I'll still download iOS 6. And I'll buy the new iPhone when it comes out late this summer or fall. But sometimes I wonder if people would be less disappointed if they just made a simple announcement for things like this.
First of all, no .x update has ever added close to the number of features here. A .x update might add something like cropping video in the camera as the "major" feature. They're mostly bug fixes.
Second, iOS is mature now. It doesn't NEED updates like 3, 4, or even 5 anymore. It can be tweaked to get a bit better here and there, but major complaints at this point are on the order of a wifi toggle switch or a weather icon that updates itself. That should tell you that this OS is pretty much fully baked. They can't keep adding stuff as major as multitasking, notifications, or enterprise support because all the major stuff is there already. How do people not realize this?
Second, iOS is mature now. It doesn't NEED updates like 3, 4, or even 5 anymore. It can be tweaked to get a bit better here and there, but major complaints at this point are on the order of a wifi toggle switch or a weather icon that updates itself. That should tell you that this OS is pretty much fully baked. They can't keep adding stuff as major as multitasking, notifications, or enterprise support because all the major stuff is there already. How do people not realize this?
thank you. I have said basically the same thing about 20x so far. I dont understand what else people think our phones should do for us
Everyone seems to be missing the obvious: iOS 6 is the foundation for something much, much bigger.
There are multiple new frameworks and "best practices" that make little sense ATM. Apple is pushing new ways to think about rotation, layout, and device identification that, at the moment, provide little benefit over the old ways of doing things.
Things have been deprecated in iOS 6 without much explanation as to why. New public APIs have been introduced that are magically "backwards compatible" with iOS 5 (I know it's not magic but I'm using Apple marketing speak here).
iOS 6 is setting developers up for the future. Whether it be a smaller iPad, larger iPhone, iTV, I don't know; something is coming.
There are multiple new frameworks and "best practices" that make little sense ATM. Apple is pushing new ways to think about rotation, layout, and device identification that, at the moment, provide little benefit over the old ways of doing things.
Things have been deprecated in iOS 6 without much explanation as to why. New public APIs have been introduced that are magically "backwards compatible" with iOS 5 (I know it's not magic but I'm using Apple marketing speak here).
iOS 6 is setting developers up for the future. Whether it be a smaller iPad, larger iPhone, iTV, I don't know; something is coming.
Apple does things in a very well planned organized way. They can't please everyone all the time. iOS 6 will certainly be worthy of a major point upgrade no matter what each of us thinks about it's various features.
There is no such thing as a software or hardware year. Apple conducts year round R&D. In my opinion the iPhone & iPad lines are reasonably mature at this point. I think it's too much to expect to experience a major "Wow" factor at this point. Refinement & added features are one of Apples strengths. That alone should make a good majority of Apple enthusiasts happy.
I don't get it
I dont understand, there are no custom widgets....or UI overhauling changes...wheres a theme store? Wheres the option to put 5 items on the dock if i see fit...come on
I dont understand, there are no custom widgets....or UI overhauling changes...wheres a theme store? Wheres the option to put 5 items on the dock if i see fit...come on
... is this a joke? Are you new to iOS? It sounds like Android would serve you better.
