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To those unhappy with iOS 6, where can Apple realistically go with iOS 7?
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they need to pay a lot more attention to the JB community. Those are the things we *really* want
BiteSMS (a quick way to send a text or to reply to one without leaving the app you're in)
SBSettings (a quick way to change your important settings without having to go through several menus to get to it)
LockInfo (at a glance information for emails etc without having to do anything more than turn your phone on)
if only they would pay attention to the things that we really want instead of trying to dictate to what they think we want.
BiteSMS (a quick way to send a text or to reply to one without leaving the app you're in)
SBSettings (a quick way to change your important settings without having to go through several menus to get to it)
LockInfo (at a glance information for emails etc without having to do anything more than turn your phone on)
if only they would pay attention to the things that we really want instead of trying to dictate to what they think we want.
I'd love to see an Apple-esque SBSettings and the ability to use any printer wirelessly without the need of having your computer running or owning one of four printers.
Those are basically the only reasons I still jailbreak my device.
Those are basically the only reasons I still jailbreak my device.
One of four printers? Eeerhm.. I bought a cheap HP printer (actually cheapest in the store), and it worked with my iPhone/iPad right out of the box.
- Multi-user environment on iPad. Unlike iPhone, iPad is frequently used as "family" device where several people might be using same device.
- Guest account on iPad which can limit guest user to web browsing. Hopefully configurable what guest can / cannot do
- Ability to switch light notification for missed calls / sms waiting. I want to be able to see if I missed any calls by looking at a phone as opposed to having to pick it up & press button just to see if I missed any calls. This is something that Nokia could do 15 years ago
- SMS delivery notification. Again something that Nokia / Ericsson could do in 90-ies
- Guest account on iPad which can limit guest user to web browsing. Hopefully configurable what guest can / cannot do
- Ability to switch light notification for missed calls / sms waiting. I want to be able to see if I missed any calls by looking at a phone as opposed to having to pick it up & press button just to see if I missed any calls. This is something that Nokia could do 15 years ago
- SMS delivery notification. Again something that Nokia / Ericsson could do in 90-ies
I haven't seen iOS6 yet, so I don't know if any of these are there, but these are minor things that should have been there for a while and I don't understand why they are not. They are enhancements they could add:
The ability, on the Now Playing screen, to select playlist(s) to add the song to. They added the editable playlist a couple of version ago, but why was that option not added. It's a pain to have to go to the playlist, click add, and then go find the song you are currently listening to.
Better linking of contacts and calendar items. You can invite contacts in calendar items, but why can you just associate, and then see those calendar item links in the contact. Also, link contacts to contacts to reminders. Remind me to call fred when I get in the office (location alert), and have a link to the contact there so I can just click it to call.
A better flash. The current one is awful and practically white washes the photos. I rarely use the flash.
Ability to hide apple built-in apps that you don't use. I don't use the clock, stock app, newstand, or game centre. Why do I have to have them on my phone?
Please please please, why haven't they consolidated apple IDs? I know this is not strictly an iOS thing, but hand in hand with the ability to stream video's you've purchased from iTunes, it shouldn't matter which store you bought them from. I bought them, let me download or stream them when I want, where I want, regardless of the store I bought them from.
The ability, on the Now Playing screen, to select playlist(s) to add the song to. They added the editable playlist a couple of version ago, but why was that option not added. It's a pain to have to go to the playlist, click add, and then go find the song you are currently listening to.
Better linking of contacts and calendar items. You can invite contacts in calendar items, but why can you just associate, and then see those calendar item links in the contact. Also, link contacts to contacts to reminders. Remind me to call fred when I get in the office (location alert), and have a link to the contact there so I can just click it to call.
A better flash. The current one is awful and practically white washes the photos. I rarely use the flash.
Ability to hide apple built-in apps that you don't use. I don't use the clock, stock app, newstand, or game centre. Why do I have to have them on my phone?
Please please please, why haven't they consolidated apple IDs? I know this is not strictly an iOS thing, but hand in hand with the ability to stream video's you've purchased from iTunes, it shouldn't matter which store you bought them from. I bought them, let me download or stream them when I want, where I want, regardless of the store I bought them from.
I find NC Settings to be a far better designed alternative to SB Settings, even with SB skinned.
Design should get out of the way. Phones and computers are tools, not toys - they should make it easier and easier to do things, which is what iOS does. I would guess 95 times out of 100 a new user would have an easier time doing a random task on an iOS device than on an Android device. To be fair, an extreme power user might be able to ink a few fractions of a second out of an Android device from customizations, but even then I'd be skeptical.
Personally I want to see more robust webapp / "web clip" (homescreen web apps) support - more reliable HTML5 LocalStorage, state suspensions, etc.
Definitely not something on my immediate list but I imagine Apple will be adding its own search engine in due time. It will then be totally free from any Google influences!
Yeah, instead of full blown search, if they could buy someone like Qwiki and have those types of results, I would be very happy.
"Siri, get me information on Dartmouth College and show the results on my TV"
- iCloud digital copy movies can STREAM, not download, to my iPhone when I want to watch a movie.
- iCloud save/share my videos also, not just photos.
Thats really all I care for. Everything else seems to work how it should, all the time
Only read the first page of posts but I agree with this. I've tried using a desire HD and a Galaxy Nexus and both times, I've moved back to iOS for two main reasons:
1) iOS apps. Better games + virtually no compatibility issues between the different iOS devices and iOS versions.
iOS 4 -> iOS 5 did not break any apps whereas ICS -> JB broke a few games and my main video player for a couple of days while devs worked on updating their apps.
2) iPhone fits snugly into my Apple ecosystem. For example, most of the time, I have a busy timetable and so I'm a heavy user of calendar and reminders. iCloud makes it so easy to sync those apps between my devices and it is something that I will DEFINITELY miss if I switch from the iPhone again.
As for what I think Apple will do with iOS 7:
- Live icons e.g. weather, clock
- Widgets. With the release of lion/ML we are seeing the bridge between iOS and Mac OS becoming stronger. I honestly think Apple will incorporate widgets into iOS 7 by adding a dashboard page - similar to OSX.
This video demonstrates it nicely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eQEMsOQW4
Having a widget running in the background will drain battery but I think they may be able to get around the problem by having the widgets running on a separate page but in a suspended state - similar to how multitasking is dealt with. Swiping to the widgets page, if hardware at the time allows, will smoothly and seamlessly update all the widgets.
- Siri improvements + allowing app developers to take advantage of Siri for use within their own apps
- Opening up notification centre for devs to create their own toggles and banners etc
Stuff like having an open filesystem would be nice but I just don't see Apple ever doing it.
Oh it does? It used to be 4 printers only, AFAIK. Well, it's stupid anyway that they don't just allow any printer to work. You see, I had a Brother printer before my iPad and I surely won't buy a new printer just because Apple supports but a few specific ones.
- File manager
- Decent sharing API that apps can implement, not just Facebook, Twitter and other networks that Apple chooses
- Widgets, or at least shortcuts to settings, contacts, locations, etc. Apple already lets us add web clips, it doesn't make sense not to let us add shortcuts to other things on the home screen too
- Method of installing apps outside of the app store. No company should decide everything that can be installed on user's devices. That's just wrong IMO
- Ability to change default stock apps (e.g. the browser)
- Ability to remove default stock apps we don't use
- Decent sharing API that apps can implement, not just Facebook, Twitter and other networks that Apple chooses
- Widgets, or at least shortcuts to settings, contacts, locations, etc. Apple already lets us add web clips, it doesn't make sense not to let us add shortcuts to other things on the home screen too
- Method of installing apps outside of the app store. No company should decide everything that can be installed on user's devices. That's just wrong IMO
- Ability to change default stock apps (e.g. the browser)
- Ability to remove default stock apps we don't use
Well I don't expect Apple to reinvent the phone again but there are some things I would like to have :
1.Better multitasking - This is probably the most important thing for me.
right now we cannot close all the applications together and even if it's not nesscary for me it is.
not to mention we have to scroll to the side with a small screen for the multi tasking.
The gestures on ipad are nice. what we need now is a multi tasking management UI.
2.Live Icons
3.more lockscreen options - I believe they can make the lockscreen much better and add some options to customize if you want.
This sounds like android features but they are not. I'm sure apple can make it feels different.
android didn't invent all of this stuff.
1.Better multitasking - This is probably the most important thing for me.
right now we cannot close all the applications together and even if it's not nesscary for me it is.
not to mention we have to scroll to the side with a small screen for the multi tasking.
The gestures on ipad are nice. what we need now is a multi tasking management UI.
2.Live Icons
3.more lockscreen options - I believe they can make the lockscreen much better and add some options to customize if you want.
This sounds like android features but they are not. I'm sure apple can make it feels different.
android didn't invent all of this stuff.
Agreed. And make it iCloud integrated. I'd like to have, say, a spreadsheet on my Windows computer that I upload to my iCloud files, then can edit on my iPhone, iPad or iMac depending on where I'm at.
I'm neutral on this - I'm not very social.
Yep, a widgets screen. My phone spends the majority of its time sitting in its dock, displaying the weather. I'd like to see date/time, stocks, a few other things prominently (ie, can be seen across the room) as well.
As long as installed apps have to be digitally signed - ie, OS X Gatekeeper. I don't want any drive-by installs of mallware. (I don't see it ever being implemented, though. Apple likes having their cut.)
And change filetype associations.
Neutral.
I'd add profiles. Based on both location and time of day.
Agreed. And make it iCloud integrated. I'd like to have, say, a spreadsheet on my Windows computer that I upload to my iCloud files, then can edit on my iPhone, iPad or iMac depending on where I'm at.
I'm neutral on this - I'm not very social.
Yep, a widgets screen. My phone spends the majority of its time sitting in its dock, displaying the weather. I'd like to see date/time, stocks, a few other things prominently (ie, can be seen across the room) as well.
As long as installed apps have to be digitally signed - ie, OS X Gatekeeper. I don't want any drive-by installs of mallware. (I don't see it ever being implemented, though. Apple likes having their cut.)
And change filetype associations.
Neutral.
I'd add profiles. Based on both location and time of day.
Sharing on Android allows you to share with apps like Evernote, Dropbox, Photobucket too, it's not just for social networks!
Agreed with your added points
I have two separate views on this...
As a consumer, i would love to see live icons. (Edit: Oh and quick toggles in notification centre for WiFi etc)
As a developer, i would love to see some of the restrictions lifted on what we can do... specifically around networking.
As a consumer, i would love to see live icons. (Edit: Oh and quick toggles in notification centre for WiFi etc)
As a developer, i would love to see some of the restrictions lifted on what we can do... specifically around networking.
The question for me is not what Apple can do themseves, but what they could do to allow the development community do to progress iOS. This may include better API's and hook deeper into the operating system. However I can't see a huge change anytime soon, Apple are control freaks and I would not like iPod to become messy and unstable as android can be.
But adding to the wishlist... For me, the biggest wasted opertunity for iOS has been the Spotlight screen. Such a waste of space and the search is terrible, some really good concept videos have been done they demonstrate possibilities.
Other than that, the main things would be the abilities to replace the default apps (open chrome from an email).
Speaking of chrome; it nice, but it's not real chrome. I would like to see non-we kit browsers allowed like mobile Firefox.
Also a much more customisable notification centre too.
On a more general note, I do like a lot of windows mobile, it looks much more modern and clean. Much less the skeuomorphic (leather stitching etc) crap please Apple.
But adding to the wishlist... For me, the biggest wasted opertunity for iOS has been the Spotlight screen. Such a waste of space and the search is terrible, some really good concept videos have been done they demonstrate possibilities.
Other than that, the main things would be the abilities to replace the default apps (open chrome from an email).
Speaking of chrome; it nice, but it's not real chrome. I would like to see non-we kit browsers allowed like mobile Firefox.
Also a much more customisable notification centre too.
On a more general note, I do like a lot of windows mobile, it looks much more modern and clean. Much less the skeuomorphic (leather stitching etc) crap please Apple.
This. Better multitasking UI, more utility from the home screen, and some notification center enhancements.
Also some customization options. Nothing crazy, just similar to OS X. Add in some Apple magic, and I'd be thrilled.
I agree the sharing functionality in android works extremely well and is implemented in most apps. Its by far the best interapp interaction on a mobile os, maybe even os's altogether.Sharing on Android allows you to share with apps like Evernote, Dropbox, Photobucket too, it's not just for social networks!
Agreed with your added points