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Wednesday — June 13, 2012http://gizmodo.com/5917967/you-wont-believe-how-insane-this-tiny-new-detail-in-ios-6-is →
It’s stuff like this that explains why an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 or iPad 2 won’t be able to implement *all* of the newest features coming down the pike in iOS 6. Apple is piling on pretty unnecessary UI cruft which, when coupled with a Retina display, eventually adds up to too much workload for older CPUs to support smoothly.
Hey Apple, take back the shifting button shadows and give me turn-by-turn directions in the new iOS 6 Maps app on my iPhone 4, will ya?
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[In iOS,] when you’re choosing your alarm sound, double-tap it instead of single-tapping it. You’ll select the sound without auditioning it first. And that should let everyone sleep better.
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It’s this kind of thoughtfulness and attention to detail that makes using Apple operating system devices such a joy.
It’s this kind of nuanced detail that’s not documented and impossible to find that makes using Apple operating system devices so frustrating to use.
(Source: macworld.com)
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Something more important than number of apps per mobile OS
Every time I read a review of a new device that competes with an iOS counterpart, there’s always a major bullet point comparing the number of apps for iOS with the paucity of apps for [insert competitor product here]. Lately, it’s the webOS-based TouchPad from H-P.
I can see where there’s a legitimate point comparing app counts. But I think there’s a more significant aspect of the platform that should be evaluated: its ability to create, distribute and support apps for the new platform. And most importantly, the ability to monetize your app in a number of ways.
There has been a lot of discussion of fragmentation in the Android world. Not just the physical devices, but also the app stores themselves (Google’s and Amazon’s are headliners, but there are others, and more to come on the horizon). RIM’s support for Blackberry (and QNX) apps pretty much just pisses people off.
But so far, I’m holding my breath to see how WebOS and its support for third-party apps pans out. I think that’s the dark horse differentiator to watch.
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Update to my previous post
In a post last week, I asked, “… if the [iPhone] 3GS will be able to run [iOS 5] as well as subsequent dot releases”.
At today’s Apple World Wide Developer Conference, it was confirmed that the iPhone 3GS, as well as both iPads and the two latest iPod touch models, will indeed be able to run iOS 5.
That doesn’t mean that Larry Dignan’s speculation will pan out, of course. This was just one aspect that I personally felt would be relevant. It’s gonna be really interesting to see what comes down the pike alongside the new iPhone later this fall.
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A working class Apple iPhone would disrupt Android, RIM, Nokia | ZDNet →
I normally put zero stock in what “analysts” predict about Apple’s strategies and motivations, especially ZDnet’s “analysts”.
However, this concept makes way more sense to me than the ideas of an iPhone Lite or a smaller form factor iPhone that have been postulated ever since 2007.
Apple has established a history of keeping the previous generation hardware around at a reduced price. This would simply extend it to two generations.
The problem I see with this is that Apple moves pretty quickly to make its old hardware obsolete. While the 3GS continues to run the latest iOS version from Apple - currently 4.3.3 - the previous 3G iPhone topped out at 4.2.1.
With iOS 5 just around the corner, my question would be if the 3GS will be able to run it as well as subsequent dot releases. If so, then Larry Dignan’s analysis of Apple’s plans for a pre-paid iPhone might just pan out.
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On Apple Closing their LocationGate →
MG Siegler:
Yep. Apple needed to get an update out there fast to resolve the issue. Total time to develop and push to all users? One week.
Can you imagine what that would have been like on Android? Six months from now, the majority of users still probably wouldn’t have the update.
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Apple’s iPhone tracks everywhere you go; stores the info in secret file on the device →
Lazy programming.
Apple’s iOS provides programming utilities called “CoreLocation” and “Background Location Updates” specifically to allow developers access to your GPS or other location data. That some of this information might be cached for later use shouldn’t be too surprising.
But it’s just poor technique to allow information to accumulate indefinitely… as that consumes storage space unnecessarily. To do so with personally identifiable information is negligent and Apple should remedy the problem immediately.
iOS already prompts the user to Allow/Decline the use of his current location. There should be a user setting to control the caching of historical data, too… and for how long.
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BGR reports:
…in order to patch this particular bootrom hack (for iOS 4.1) Apple would need “a whole new processor rev.” A re-flashed or patched bootrom for the current hardware would not be sufficient.
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Da-a-a-mn!
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Field Test Returns in iOS 4.1 →
Cult of Mac reports:
Apple has re-introduced field test mode in iOS 4.1, which will allow you to quickly check the quality of your cellular signal by simply dialing: *3001#12345#* and pressing Call on your iPhone.
The signal bars on your iPhone will be replaced by a number. The higher the numeric portion of the negative number gets the worse your signal is. For example, -100 is worse than -79. If you tap on the displayed number the display toggles between displaying the number and the normal signal bars.
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Apple is Killing the Camera Competition… with a Phone!
AppleInsider has a quick review of the new HDR capability that will soon be available on all camera-equipped devices running iOS 4.1.
HDR - that is, High Definition Range photography - is something that heretofore has generally been known only to high-end photographers with fancy cameras, specialized software, and the ability to use it all. The gist of it is that you take several pictures of the same scene taken with different exposure settings. Then you mathematically combine them together in such way that overly-dark portions of the image are brightened and overly-bright portions are toned down, all while improving the general detail. The end result of this process can be striking.
Apple has taken all of these high falutin’ concepts and created a system that intelligently does all the hard work for you.
In my opinion, Apple has set a new standard for usability for photography in general and digital cameras in particular. Canon’s working on in-camera HDR, too having filed a patent for it recently. Sony already offers a couple of high-end models that perform some low-grade HDR. But Apple is changing the game altogether. Here’s why:
Apple’s iPod touches and iPhones are running with real CPUs in them. The latest models are powered by Apple’s powerful and efficient A4 chip. So iOS is able to perform Photoshop-grade manipulation of the HDR images and churn out high-quality results. But that’s just the beginning.
When’s the last time you upgraded the firmware on your point-and-shoot camera or on your dSLR? Right. Never.
But Apple updates iOS several times a year. They’ll be able to really push the envelope of HDR capabilities as fast as they can code them. I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually introduced automatic tone mapping as well.
Now, since Apple’s iPhone 4 already has the best smartphone camera on the market today, it’s kind of surprising that they’d put effort into what no one else has effectively done… bringing HDR capability to the layman. But then, this is Apple we’re talking about.
But what excites me is not so much that Apple did this. Or that it’s on the iPhone and new iPod touch. It’s exciting because dedicated camera manufacturers will necessarily have to step up their game and lower their price. And we’ll all get much better photos as a result.
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Update to iOS 4 completed at 15:03 CDT.
(posted from my Tumblr app)
Come on!!
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Update to iOS 4 started at 14:01 CDT.
On my 3rd gen iPod Touch.
iOS 4 upgrade will be free for iPod touch.
Steve Jobs “couldn’t be happier” about it. Me, too.
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