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My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by smackfu »

uptown wrote: post #32

Yet the problem with your phone doing all of this location-aware intelligence is that you wind up with the dead-battery he started his article out with. Whenever I read articles like this one I'm left wondering whether my life is distinctly different from most. I generally have a pretty good idea about my calendar - where I'll be going that day, and what restaurant I'll grab a bite to eat in if that's part of my agen…

Apple makes it very easy to create location aware reminders. So I don't think this is the problem you think it is.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by Void_ » 

  Tell me why I’m an idiot for having this opinion by tweeting @tomdale.
Off topic, but this is genius.

I never understood why everybody copied that "you should follow me" rudeness of a line.

Not thinking too high about yourself is how you win people's goodwill.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by gurkendoktor »

nicholassmith wrote: post #38

Here's my feature wishlist for iOS7: - Nothing. I don't want anything new. I'm happy with the current feature set my phone currently has. What I desperately want from iOS 7 is a renewed focus on stability and Not Sucking. There's been a significant amount of additional functionality brought in over the last few releases, but it feels like in terms of stability it's not improved anywhere near as quickly.

I'll go even further and say:

I want to be able to turn existing stuff off in Settings. I don't need a Spotlight home screen to the left, I don't want the ugly notification centre that I accidentally trigger and never use, and neither will I ever touch Newsstand or Stocks or Weather or Siri. How hard can it be to present a list of on/off switches - some of them exist already for parental controls.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by eagsalazar2 »

uptown wrote: post #32

Yet the problem with your phone doing all of this location-aware intelligence is that you wind up with the dead-battery he started his article out with. Whenever I read articles like this one I'm left wondering whether my life is distinctly different from most. I generally have a pretty good idea about my calendar - where I'll be going that day, and what restaurant I'll grab a bite to eat in if that's part of my agen…

Now doesn't kill your battery and although some Androids don't have as good battery as the iphone, many are just as good and some are much better. Honestly if battery is the only thing holding you back, get a Razr Maxx and enjoy double the battery of an iphone. I'm still using an HTC Sensation with Cyanogen/Jellybean and I get about 2 days of battery with moderate use.

In any case, the article's use case is just one example. In general the interoperability and the deep integration allowed by android provides many great features that long time apple users just don't even realize they are missing.

Sharing anything between apps is one perfect example and by itself is reason enough for me to never consider iOS ever again.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by corporalagumbo »

smackfu wrote: post #61
uptown wrote: post #32

Yet the problem with your phone doing all of this location-aware intelligence is that you wind up with the dead-battery he started his article out with. Whenever I read articles like this one I'm left wondering whether my life is distinctly different from most. I generally have a pretty good idea about my calendar - where I'll be going that day, and what restaurant I'll grab a bite to eat in if that's part of my agen…

Apple makes it very easy to create location aware reminders. So I don't think this is the problem you think it is.

Isn't the problem that your phone should make the reminders for you?

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by Domenic_S »

prawks wrote: post #26
sergiotapia wrote: post #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.

This is what happens when you market a phone as something that "just works". It's great that iOS is able to be used by kindergarten-level children, but at the same time, it's not. My next phone is going to be Android-based, because I believe that I can handle using mobile devices expecting users to be able to think critically.

You might have a perspective problem. A mobile device that expects you to "think critically"? Come on now.

Some people enjoy building and tweaking PCs. Most don't. Some people enjoy tinkering on their cars. Most don't. Some people enjoy tinkering with their phone, "thinking critically" while using it; most don't.

I enjoy endless tinkering with servers, caches, micro-optimizations, and so forth. But I can't stand tinkering with my tools -- I prefer to tinker with other things using my tools. I consider my phone a tool.

Not everyone is like me, and not everyone is like you. There's no right or wrong, just preference.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by MartinCron »

Void_ wrote: post #62

Tell me why I’m an idiot for having this opinion by tweeting @tomdale. Off topic, but this is genius. I never understood why everybody copied that "you should follow me" rudeness of a line. Not thinking too high about yourself is how you win people's goodwill.

I never read "you should follow me" as particularly rude, maybe a little self-important, but not full on rude. Once you start trying to get followers you've pretty much implanted yourself in the realm of self-importance.

I do agree that this is just brilliant.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by corporalagumbo »

uptown wrote: post #32

Yet the problem with your phone doing all of this location-aware intelligence is that you wind up with the dead-battery he started his article out with. Whenever I read articles like this one I'm left wondering whether my life is distinctly different from most. I generally have a pretty good idea about my calendar - where I'll be going that day, and what restaurant I'll grab a bite to eat in if that's part of my agen…

My perspective on smart phones changed hugely when I recently travelled to a new city. Suddenly all of the features which I had paid little to no attention to before, such as maps, directions, business search, and recommendations, all became crucial. It's the difference between going to a crap restaurant and being overcharged, just because you're not a local and don't know these things, and going to a place which serves great food at a good price. The better your phone is at this sort of seamless deduction, the smoother your travel experience is and the more you can focus on more important problems. So for me it's an efficiency problem, one which is only going to become more important as international travel and tourism increase.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by Me1000 »

bborud wrote: post #51

I have one wish: that the iOS programmers at Apple learn how to write efficient concurrent code and that they stop leaning on the next, faster, generation processor so hard that any phone that is just one generation older than the leatest and greatest becomes slow as shit. My iPhone used to be fast. Most things used to be snappy. Now it is slow as shit. From the address book lookups (which I have timed to usually clo…

While I feel your frustration with iOS apps in general, concurrency is not a silver bullet. I can't say anything specifically about what's making certain iOS applications slow, but I actually think it's probably more related to Core Data and file IO.

I can also say their new concurrency technology (Grand Central Dispatch) is one of the most brilliant pieces of technology I've seen in a while. The reasons why are pretty technical, but I think many people who have experience in concurrency would agree that it's pretty good.

Re: My iOS 7 Wishlist

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Post by schandur »

rdl wrote: post #55

My #1 wishlist item, which would be easy to implement, is "guest mode" -- let me hit a button on the lock screen (or elsewhere) which lets me loan someone my phone briefly without any personalization or sensitive data. A standard web browser, phone app, etc. Maybe let me customize what apps are available in "limited mode". This matters even more on an iPad, which I'm generally willing to share, vs. my phone, which I…

I agree - this is a very useful feature. I've been a fan of Kid's Corner[1] on my Windows Phone since day one.

[1] http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/basics/set-up-k...

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