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What do you think of iOS 6?

matttye said:
Right, but Skype has an auto sign in feature for windows too. You can close it so it's not in the taskbar and only appears in the system tray, but it's still signed in, and you can still get calls.

I really don't see that as a disadvantage!
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:rolleyes: yea thats what I thought! Well do you like something that is build in or something optional that you have to open everytime you boot your system up, so that it can load into sign in mode?

Anyways does skype stay sign in after you close the app on ios, android, and windows phone? Or it has a period of time like yahoo messenger and others before you have to click on the app to open it again!
 
matttye said:
YAWN. That's my thoughts about it.

Turn by turn is cool, but I've had it for years on my other devices and it's not going to be used on my iPad at all.

FaceTime over 3G... Skype has had this for ages. FaceTime doesn't offer any benefits over Skype either.
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Seems like FaceTime over 3G would eat a lot of data especially on LTE.

I there'll be something special that will work only with the new iPhone and we won't see it till this fall. At least I hope so.

I see you have an SIII. How do you like it? You can PM so as not to derail this thread.
 
aziatiklover said:
:rolleyes: yea thats what I thought! Well do you like something that is build in or something optional that you have to open everytime you boot your system up, so that it can load into sign in mode?

Anyways does skype stay sign in after you close the app on ios, android, and windows phone? Or it has a period of time like yahoo messenger and others before you have to click on the app to open it again!
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It uses push notifications to tell you about an incoming call.

Syk said:
Seems like FaceTime over 3G would eat a lot of data especially on LTE.

I there'll be something special that will work only with the new iPhone and we won't see it till this fall. At least I hope so.

I see you have an SIII. How do you like it? You can PM so as not to derail this thread.
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It's actually not that bad, at least if it's similar in data usage to Skype. I spoke to my girlfriend for half an hour on 3G and it barely made a dent in her data usage. Can't remember the exact figures now.
 
There are 3 very simple things I want, and the main reason I jailbreak:
  • Contact photos displayed when viewing contact list
  • Contact photos displayed when viewing messages list
  • QuickReply to text messages
Come on, Apple... the simplest things that were on my Android years ago, yet I have to jailbreak my iPhone just to get them...

/sigh :confused:

At least we're finally getting turn-by-turn navigation I guess (which I also had my Android phone). I hope it's at least as good as Google Maps though, since that one is nearly untouchable IMO.
 
what a huge yawn. First this wasn't even a major overhaul like IOS 5 last year. Only thing decent was maps, but i had these features years ago, it's like apple takes years to catch up. WOW finally i can attach a file through the mail app? you finally let me have this privilege? even though every other platform has been doing this since forever. It's ridiculous really. Lots of these "new features" have been on jailbroken phones. I'm almost sure apple is too lazy to innovate with IOS so they let others do it and just officially release it as new features. I'm super glad i stuck with my new iPad and sold the 4S. Also I'm glad Apple reassures me that the i5 will be nothing special. I like my setup with GS3 and the iPad, I get the best of both, which in my opinion tablets are better done by apple, but google does the phones better. Huge let down with IOS6 but good thing i wasn't expecting much.
 
waltercln said:
what a huge yawn. First this wasn't even a major overhaul like IOS 5 last year. Only thing decent was maps, but i had these features years ago, it's like apple takes years to catch up. WOW finally i can attach a file through the mail app? you finally let me have this privilege? even though every other platform has been doing this since forever. It's ridiculous really, and I'm super glad i stuck with my new iPad and sold the 4S. Also I'm glad Apple reassures me that the i5 will be nothing special. I like my setup with GS3 and the iPad, I get the best of both, which in my opinion tablets are better done by apple, but google does the phones better. Huge let down with IOS6 but good thing i wasn't expecting much.
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I could copy and paste your post as my own.. I agree with everything you said, other than I thought Apple might actually try this time as they have some fierce competition, but alas...
 
I'll certainly take it but I'm definitely not blown away by it.

I keep my iPhone tethered to a tablet so I can enjoy LTE speeds when I'm on the road. FaceTime is a data hog, I'm sure apple will use better compression or less quality when used over 3G. Sometimes it would be glitchy for the opposite end if my data sent dropped below 1.5 mbs.

Turn by turn, while a welcome feature I have an app for that if I need it.

Siri, if they make it as useful as google voice action AND keep its current ability to understand what you are talking about that would be sweet. Seems VA can do everything I ask while Siri just sends texts and gives directions.

Was really hoping for a major overall though.
 
I think the "disappointment" is really related to the leveling off of innovation. I don't think it's a symptom of Apple or Google resting on their laurels. I think it's just a symptom of the fact that the rate of hardware and technological advances is decreasing.

Think back to 2007 when the iPhone was released. The mobile landscape looked VERY different. There were no entirely touch screen devices. Each subsequent hardware and OS release saw the inclusion of some very exciting features (software and hardware), things we'd never seen on mobile phones before.

Google and Apple have reached a level of technological advancement in such a short span of time that newer technologies...newer ideas...are not able to keep pace. Simply put, the conception-to-production time frame for really revolutionary hardware (and software to utilize it) exceeds the product cycles for most consumer electronics. We had a brief period where the cycles were more in sync, and it felt like each subsequent release was a leap forward. Until the next great technologic breakthrough (displays, batteries, communications), each product release is going to seem incremental.

Just my humble opinion.
 
I'm perfectly happy with what features iOS6 has. FaceTime over 3G is nice. So is the ability to get turn-by-turn directions. What I've also wanted was the ability to allow certain numbers to call me. My only complaint thus far is that Siri's voice is weird.
 
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