My iOS 7 Wishlist
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My iOS 7 Wishlist
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#3There's adding enough APIs for google programmers, and adding enough data access for google marketers. I hope we get the first one, but that doesn't mean we'll get Google's apps.
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#4The holy grail for me (and one that keeps me on iOS) is hardware. Apple knows this, which is why they are so aggressive in patent submission and litigation. Android terrifies them.
If Samsung/LG et. al. could make a somewhat more affordable handset with the design ascetics of an Apple device that ran stock Android, it would seriously disrupt Apple's position.
I had hope for Intel's concept phone [1], but it doesn't look like it manifested in the way it was originally sold.
1. http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-medfield-concept-phone-...
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#5Sounds a bit like my wishlist for iOS2 and 3. At the time, I wanted to write an app that analysed my call history and show me interesting facts. There were no call log APIs in iOS2, so I wrote an Android version, which at the time became one of the top Android apps. I kept hoping Apple would loosen up, but of course they didn't.
Anyway, I wouldn't hold my breath. Doing this would be a big pivot for them and with the amount of money they're raking in, there can't be many urgent calls for this inside the company.
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#6The holy grail for me (and one that keeps me on iOS) is hardware. Apple knows this, which is why they are so aggressive in patent submission and litigation. Android terrifies them. If Samsung/LG et. al. could make a somewhat more affordable handset with the design ascetics of an Apple device that ran stock Android, it would seriously disrupt Apple's position. I had hope for Intel's concept phone [1], but it doesn't l…
> Samsung/LG et. al. could make a somewhat more affordable handset with the design ascetics of an Apple device that ran stock Android, it would seriously disrupt Apple's position.
Or, what if Google bought a company with great supply chain expertise? Then they could sell tons of those Nexus phones.
What about a Google retail arm? It should probably be a different company entirely that Google owns. It could sell Nexus devices and Chromebooks and have its own version of the Genius Bar.
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#7What APIs would something like Google Now need that don't currently exist? The only one I can think of is a way to launch it easier, rather than with an icon. But the push and local notifications, geo-tracking, ability to access your Gmail, and even the ability for Google Maps to pre-download map tiles are available to Google on iOS. What else does it need?
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#8The holy grail for me (and one that keeps me on iOS) is hardware. Apple knows this, which is why they are so aggressive in patent submission and litigation. Android terrifies them. If Samsung/LG et. al. could make a somewhat more affordable handset with the design ascetics of an Apple device that ran stock Android, it would seriously disrupt Apple's position. I had hope for Intel's concept phone [1], but it doesn't l…
> Samsung/LG et. al. could make a somewhat more affordable handset with the design ascetics of an Apple device that ran stock Android, it would seriously disrupt Apple's position. Or, what if Google bought a company with great supply chain expertise? Then they could sell tons of those Nexus phones. What about a Google retail arm? It should probably be a different company entirely that Google owns. It could sell Nexus…
I've never been a fan of the Nexus product line, so hopefully a company with a better design ascetic. The HTC/Samsung/LG triumvirate clearly focuses on a market saturation instead of flagship products. Frankly, I'm a bit shocked that none of the other manufacturers have tried shifting focus to less, but much better handsets.
RIM is trying it now though, so I guess we'll see how that works out for them.
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#9The holy grail for me (and one that keeps me on iOS) is hardware. Apple knows this, which is why they are so aggressive in patent submission and litigation. Android terrifies them. If Samsung/LG et. al. could make a somewhat more affordable handset with the design ascetics of an Apple device that ran stock Android, it would seriously disrupt Apple's position. I had hope for Intel's concept phone [1], but it doesn't l…
The Nexus 4 is honestly an excellent piece of hardware. I'd still say the iPhone is better-built, but I don't feel like the N4 is far enough behind to leave me feeling jealous.
The screen size is a sticking point for some folks, but the device doesn't "feel" big (my dad is a vocal critic of too-big phones, and he rather likes my N4) like some other phones of similar sizes. The battery life is absolutely an issue, but that's a software issue rather than a hardware one; I average about 36 hours on a charge on my N4, but that did take a bit of tweaking (turning off location reporting services that are on by default, primarily) to get there.
All that said, I feel that in terms of software, stock Android is so much better than iOS at this point that it's not even a contest; the "battery life" issue is part of the double-edged sword that is developer freedom - on the other edge is a system that lets developers do wonderful things. Apple is absolutely still top of the game in terms of hardware, but they're going to have to do a hard burn to catch up on software.
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#10>Let us do what we want.
Pretty much everyone I know who has ditched iOS has done so because of this reason. Seems to me like the author is just a bit behind and finally caught on.
I love the Apple hardware, dislike the closed options I get on iOS.