How many phones before the iphone featured Color, capacitive, multitouch displays?
How many do we have after the iPhone?
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How many phones before the iphone featured Color, capacitive, multitouch displays?
How many do we have after the iPhone?
Lol. So basically he is amazed by an upgrade which adds a few cool things to features that we had before (many people arguing that we should have already had the stuff new in iOS 6 in iOS 5 or even 4), but a large upgrade such as Jelly Bean with a dramatic UI change and a shed load of new features (however useful or pointless) and he is underwhelmed.
Just.... I'm not a fan of Android at all but I admit that Jelly Bean is a better upgrade for Android users than iOS 6 is for iDevice users.
I suggest people need to manage their expectations then.
I'm looking forward to the Maps App and the increased Siri integration. This alone is a big update on the way I use my phone.
I agree and quite liked the social stream service. Not sure if Apple have any plans to do that with AirPlay via Apple TV?
There were a few stories about that a month or two ago leading up to Google IO plus it seems quite logical to me. I can't be bothered to find an actual link right now. Don't get me wrong, it's not a knock on them.
ICS and Jelly Bean which builds on the ICS really looks solid. I'm tempted to go back to android, if only google would cut the price of their nexus phone. 350 is a nice price for contract free unsubsidized phone but its still outside of my budget
Yeah, it's been a huge disappointment, so far most people haven't upgraded because it's such a terrible upgrade.
Oh wait, it hasn't been released yet, my bad.
Yikes. Standards are really going down among iOS users these days...
I also love when statements like this coincide with a nice bright Apple avatar.
Been pro iOS and very anti Android for about 2 years. But recently got an ICS tablet that runs very good and am very impressed. I'll wait until the specs of the iPhone 5, but unless its as sexy as when I first saw the iPhone 4, Apple will lose me.
Its like when I was pro Blackberry and hated Apple because iOS 1.0 was so bad, then iOS4 came out and it was awesome. Now JB 4.1 looks awesome and iOS5 looks very outdated.
Widgets and the 'share to app' have made me a believer.
Its like when I was pro Blackberry and hated Apple because iOS 1.0 was so bad, then iOS4 came out and it was awesome. Now JB 4.1 looks awesome and iOS5 looks very outdated.
Widgets and the 'share to app' have made me a believer.
Really liking the list of features for 4.1. The fluidity of UI is what I'm most looking forward to - it's great on the S3 but it still suffers sometimes, and browser scrolling is certainly not up to par with iOS. New keyboard, notifications, and the resizable widgets sound great too.
My only concern is how long until Samsung will release it.
My only concern is how long until Samsung will release it.
I watched the video of Jelly Bean at CNET. Looks like Google is copying webOS now? Slide a widget or a window up out of the top of the screen to delete it?
Remind us where that Notification Center came from?
Everyone copies from eachother. Why dont you remind us where android comes from? it would be a blackberry style OS if it wasent for the iphone coming out.
Pretty much this. Jelly Bean is fairly underwhelming for an update. But at least Google isn't trying to claim it's an X.0.
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Sorry, It was the last portion of the quote that I was interested in hearing more about.
re. Google choosing a point release
re. Google choosing a point release
I love it when someone -- usually very biased "haters" or "fanboys" -- reply with insulting posts as soon as someone else disagrees with them.
And for the record I like Android 4.0/4.1 a lot, and Windows Phone 8. I'm no fanboy, as you're clearly implying.
There's no "drop in standards", I've been running iOS 6 on my 4S and iPad 3 since it was first released, give or take a day, and it's a solid update much like iOS 5 and iOS 4 were.
It seems to me you make the mistake of comparing iOS updates to Android updates -- whilst improvements will be made, and new features will be added, iOS will always look as it does, as Apple isn't trying to woo the tech community with new UIs or designs, rather they're to maintain a consistent and familiar UI so that it's as simple as possible to use for everyone. And they're also trying to unify features between OS X and iOS, which is great too. Mountain Lion and iOS 6 will work very well together.
So basically, nobody in this entire forum can call themselves a tech enthusiast because they use a phone that even a small child or very old senior citizen with no tech knowledge can use.
Is that what you're getting at?
Agreed. This is why I laugh every time someone says "Android has more features". Of course it does! Apple's ethos is one of minimalism. That said though at $199 the Nexus 7 isn't bad at all and if there's not a smaller iPad coming this fall i'll grab it as an adjunct to my iPad 2.
Yup
Until I watched the WWDC videos and realized how extensive the non user facing features are going to be. Even with NDA there are very few developers that aren't happy with the changes coming.
Lol. So basically he is amazed by an upgrade which adds a few cool things to features that we had before (many people arguing that we should have already had the stuff new in iOS 6 in iOS 5 or even 4), but a large upgrade such as Jelly Bean with a dramatic UI change and a shed load of new features (however useful or pointless) and he is underwhelmed.
Just...
Dramatic UI change. LOL You don't get it. The OS should get the hell out of the way and let me run the cool apps that I want to. Instead of this we got Google delivering another way to data mine us (Google Now)
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/06/android-getting-crushed-by-ios-in-app-retention
Like I said...iOS is a better platform for developers and iOS 6 will not be understandable to you unless you look at it through the lens of a developer.
Sadly once a phone manufacturer changes the ROM it is out of Googles hands. that is why folks recommend getting the (international) Google phones. They will get their updates straight from Google.
Am I the only one who wishes Apple did NICE upgrades for their 5.x updates, like Android. I can only imagine how Android 5.0 will look. Probably will be amazing.
Hell, Android 4.x updates looks sort of like Apple full 5.0, 6.0 updates.
Not going to lie, if it wasn't for Apple bringing all their systems together (Macbook, iPad and iPhone), I would fully ditch the iPhone.
Anyway, I voted Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). You have to have this on a Nexus to experience it.
Hell, Android 4.x updates looks sort of like Apple full 5.0, 6.0 updates.
Not going to lie, if it wasn't for Apple bringing all their systems together (Macbook, iPad and iPhone), I would fully ditch the iPhone.
Anyway, I voted Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). You have to have this on a Nexus to experience it.