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iOS 8 reviewed

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Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by archagon »

r00fus wrote: post #134
archagon wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a little surprised that Apple included custom keyboards. They've always been an "our way or the highway" company, and custom keyboards seem like a very geek-specific feature, even if they are better to type on. Not that I'm complaining! I can finally build a couple of new apps that I wasn't able to before. :) (If anyone is interested, I'm working on a clone of the existing Apple keyboard for use as a base for dev…

Someone designing an old-school iOS6 keyboard might find a lot of interest - some folks I know still haven't warmed to the iOS7+ keyboard.

Hmm! That's not a bad idea, actually. Once I finish with my project, should be a fairly simple graphics swap and metrics adjustment. :)

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by kuschku »

jkestner wrote: post #28
untog wrote: post #10

It's ironic - the addition of extensions, custom keyboards and the like was possibly going to be enough to bring me back to iOS from Android - I always preferred the hardware, just wanted a little more flexibility from my software. But now Apple has totally ditched the 4" hardware factor - the main reason I liked the hardware so much. To me, Apple has lost an edge by doing that.

What do you get from an iPhone 6 4" over the current models there? Better processor, NFC, nicer camera? While the screen is a big part of battery drain, I'll bet that moving to the A8 also justified a bigger battery, and all these things got more room to fit in. You might have to give up something for a 4" form factor. But I'll also bet that as they hone the new architecture, you'll see it trickle down to the lower p…

The ability to USE them? I for example can barely use my Moto G with one hand, most of the time holding it with two hands (one in the top left, one in the lower right) so I can access all of the screen easily. My hands are just too small, I can't use a Nexus 5 at all without two hands, really annoying.

So, for all us people with small hands, what do you think we should do? Buy a 5.5" phone and use it like a tablet? That's not really practical :/

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by dntrkv »

dewey wrote: post #113
kuhnster wrote: post #111

Has anyone considered if the iPhone is a good choice of you are a Gmail user? I have noticed that the Gmail app load time, on the iPhone, is unusably slow but it is one of the apps I need to use daily.

Is there a specific reason you are using the Gmail app instead of the OS provided mail app?

I would also recommend Mailbox for managing Gmail. It is one of my favorite apps I have ever used.

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by ksec »

cenhyperion wrote: post #130
ksec wrote: post #125

This update requires 1.1GB download and 5.5 GB Free space to install!. Did iOS7 also have similar requirement? I dont record that happened last time.

iOS did have a sizable requirement, although I forget how much space was required to do the install. I had many friends who had difficulty upgrading due to it.

Because I remember iOS7 had the quickest update rate ever. It slows down the Internet as well as router around places.

However to have that kind of update rate their iPhone must have been able to update, I am not so sure everyone had 5GB free space

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by pradn »

shurcooL wrote: post #126

"This update cannot be installed because it requires at least 6.9 GB of storage." That's over _half_ of the maximum available capacity on my 16 GB model. No wonder they're releasing 128 GB iPhones now.

Yea, now I'm seriously considering the 64GB version for my iPhone 6 upgrade.

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by alsetmusic »

EpicEng wrote: post #109
alsetmusic wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Who cares why it happens? People who are curious about system internals. Probably some of the people who read a site like HN. Even my dad likes to understand where these limitations originate and he's not a 'computer person' (though he is an engineer in another field).

I think you missed the point. I like understanding the why as well, but it doesn't actually matter. No one is going to do a 180 and say "oh, yeah, I hadn't thought of that. I guess it doesn't bother me anymore." It's still a PITA and there's no good reason for it anymore. I get great battery life on my M8 and don't have to deal with this stupid quirk.

I'm happy for you. It's great that you can buy the device that works best for you and I can buy the device that works best for me.

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by martinko »

dewey wrote: post #113
kuhnster wrote: post #111

Has anyone considered if the iPhone is a good choice of you are a Gmail user? I have noticed that the Gmail app load time, on the iPhone, is unusably slow but it is one of the apps I need to use daily.

Is there a specific reason you are using the Gmail app instead of the OS provided mail app?

I cant seem to get push notifications to work with the OS app, is there a way around this?

Re: iOS 8 reviewed

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Post by shurcooL »

chton wrote: post #4

To pick on just one point of this massive article: The quick actions on notifications are going to be very useful. I hope other OSs implement them too (I'm a WP user myself). They're unobtrusive, and they can make the entire phone feel more natural. They also enable new kinds of quick interaction: imagine an 'OK' button on a text message that lets the sender know you've seen it, without the need to send a message say…

> imagine an 'OK' button on a text message that lets the sender know you've seen it, without the need to send a message saying just that yourself.

That already exists in the form of "read notifications".

That's why I really like them. If I go away for 5 minutes in the middle of conversation, I don't have to tell the person about it, they'll see their messages were no longer read.

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