You know it IS possible for them to be working on iOS 7 to support a whole lot of other new devices that you don't even know about yet. Unlike BlackBerry who has been spewing their vaporware for more than a year, Apple doesn't have to tell you what is coming up next. Be glad that Apple updates your operating system on your ancient hardware instead of making you get a new phone like Android.
Unbelievable. Why don't you list us some thing were were expecting for this 0.1 release? Another revolution? I guess I missed the part under Steve Jobs where these kinds of point releases included major new features or something. Oh wait, that was never the case. DO you think that just MAYBE Apple is working its ass off on the next major release of iOS? Do you realize iOS6 was released barely 3 months ago? Please jump to another platform like the other guy, although you'll soon realize that's how updates work with any company. Grow up.
I have ONLY used Apple devices all my life; I have converted more than 20 people to Mac over the last five years. And you wanna tell ME I am not allowed to criticize Apple for its inertia following SJ's death?
And how do YOU know if Apple is "working its ass off" to release iOS 7? Any inside info you'd like to share?
All fine and dandy these versions; what I wanna know is:
when is my iPhone going to connect over LTE in my country,
what speed gains can I get,
will a software upgrade make it compatible with a 800MHz band,
will it support SVLTE (Simultaneous Voice and LTE) or VoLTE (Voice Over LTE),
which provider supports which bands,
what does "UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 4 and 17)" [for North America GSM] or UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5) [for GSM International] actually mean?
Don't know.
Speeds vary but you won't be disappointed.
If it doesn't already have the HW for it no firmware update will make it work.
(For the first part) Not with the iPhone due to the antenna setup; (For the second part) Not right now and chances are you'll hear about some other vendor's phone having this capability in your country before the iPhone gets it.
I did look at their website, and found out they're on the 800MHz band which is 'the standard band in Europe' and they made the arrogant remark that they're 'sure Apple will bring out a new iPhone supporting our LTE network'. (I got upset from that and hammered the company down on their Dutch Wikipedia page hehe)
I 100% agree with the need for call blocking options. For unknown reasons, suddenly I'm getting all kinds of e-mail, texts and calls that are cluttering up my phone. I'd love to block these with a vengeance.
Just noticed in Maps they now have a very large button that says "Report a Problem". This is a good sign. I'll have to see if some of the more popular Maps location screw-ups have been fixed...
Has anyone else noticed that their icloud account and iTunes account are now linked? Meaning - I've had a .mac email address for years, and a separate one I used for iTunes (yahoo email). After updating on my phone, it asked if I wanted to add my yahoo email to my FaceTime account (which was set up under the .mac address).
For some - I know this has never been an issue as they used the same account for both - I was one of those that didn't...
I already use DoNotCall.gov, but those pesky spammers from outside the country are persistent. They appear to be using Google Voice for their worldwide spam assault.
Color me embarrassed on the Maps 'problem' button. I never used it before.
Uh... You think the OS kind of magically appears overnight?!
The point is how much focus the top management is putting into iOS 7 compared to all of their other tasks such as new products, new hardware updates, OSX, etc. I think iOS 7 should be the focus and the big rollout this year. That's my definition of "working their ass off". I don't think iOS 5 or 6 was much of a highlight or generated that much excitement. iOS is what sets Apple mobile devices apart, more than the hardware itself.
I have ONLY used Apple devices all my life; I have converted more than 20 people to Mac over the last five years. And you wanna tell ME I am not allowed to criticize Apple for its inertia following SJ's death?
And how do YOU know if Apple is "working its ass off" to release iOS 7? Any inside info you'd like to share?
YOU are Android material; not me, Sir.
Apple isn't experiencing inertia. In fact, they are accelerating their expansion in hiring in all parts of the corporation. This is the start of implementing the build out of campuses globally, data centers globally, and new products. That requires 18-36 months of lead time to accomplish.
Indeed; perhaps 6.0.2.1 would be even more appropriate.
What an absolutely IRRELEVANT release - two of the main featured changes are country-specific and very limited in their usefulness (Fandango who?), while the other refers to the even-less-relevant iTunes Match.
It depends upon the update and the bug fixes implemented. If many of the libraries have been updated a x.x release may make sense.
As for "advertising" reset, I don't even know what that means and how it works.
It seems like we need yet another revolution at Apple.
People need to stop complaining. I mean realistically this update costs you nothing but fixes a bunch of bugs, you really can't complain.
<ul><li>LTE support for more carriers
<li>Purchase movie tickets through Fandango with Siri (USA only)
<li>iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud
<li>New button to reset the Advertising identifier</ul>
Apple also uncharacteristically issued a press release Monday afternoon to announce the launch of iOS 6.1. The company touted that the latest update adds LTE capabilities to a total of 36 additional iPhone carriers, as well as 23 additional iPad carriers.
No need to fix a bug that doesn't exist accept for Google search counts. 3/10 on the troll meter.
Yes, such a small number because it's not a troll. Perhaps your wizzy 5 doesn't have issues, but the 4 definitely does. Will be interesting to see if anything changes.
[quote]4/10. If you had used "stale" anywhere in there and not mentioned BlackBerry, I could have given you a 6, but quite frankly no one is going to accept that this is a legitimate belief or position.[/quote]
Who cares about your grades. Go measure your dick, and see if you get passed 1 inch.
How underwhelming. Now all those posts advertising open iOS software engineer positions at Apple makes sense; evidently, iOS has a total of two engineers and one intern doing all development work if all they came up with in a x.1 update are these measly features.
That BB10 is looking hotter and hotter by the day...
Apple rarely adds significant features to incremental updates. Generally, it only irons out or expands upon existing features. The 200 plus new features will likely come in the summer with iOS 7, which is probably where the rest of Apple's engineers are working.
I didn't say consistently or front-facing. Sometimes even the little things make for an anticipated version.
Some examples:
1.1.1: Home button double-click
1.1.1: TV out
1.1.1: new calculator app
1.1.3: new apps for iPod touch
1.1.3: GPS-like functionality using WIFI
1.1.3: rearrange home screen icons
1.1.3: SMS front end updates
1.1.3: multi-touch keyboard
2.1: indicator updates, lots of SMS enhancements, EXIF photo data in emails
2.2: street view, share location, maps cache, app store categories, lots of other stuff
There were other huge lists of updates in iOS 1,2,3, and 4 minor versions, you can look it up. Things slowed down a lot in 5, and 6. Part of the reason is a lot of the little updates and enhancements in the early minor versions were because there were a lot of flaws and complaints in the beginning. So the updates were lots of small things but highly anticipated.
Things have slowed down probably in part because iOS has matured, but to me it makes the energy and pace of iOS feel slow and stagnant. I've seen too many companies with mature software just sit on it and loose the excitement and energy of the early days. Apple needs to spark it back up again with big updates and hand out some nice nuggets during the in-between months too.
This is a fair observation, but don't forget when Apple was quickly refreshing iOS the Mac Os was stagnating. The same people work on both. Apple has changed the development cycle around so the team could refresh both around the same time, which benefits the Eco system better.
Any wonder why that news story the other day showed what i've been saying here for ages? The one that showed that iphone use is falling in the trend setting cities of Asia (Hong Kong) and Singapore)? Apple needs to stop acting like old men and start to excite it's customer base again. I'll be jailbreaking shortly to try to inject some additional interest again...
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You know it IS possible for them to be working on iOS 7 to support a whole lot of other new devices that you don't even know about yet. Unlike BlackBerry who has been spewing their vaporware for more than a year, Apple doesn't have to tell you what is coming up next. Be glad that Apple updates your operating system on your ancient hardware instead of making you get a new phone like Android.
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Originally Posted by Slurpy
Unbelievable. Why don't you list us some thing were were expecting for this 0.1 release? Another revolution? I guess I missed the part under Steve Jobs where these kinds of point releases included major new features or something. Oh wait, that was never the case. DO you think that just MAYBE Apple is working its ass off on the next major release of iOS? Do you realize iOS6 was released barely 3 months ago? Please jump to another platform like the other guy, although you'll soon realize that's how updates work with any company. Grow up.
I have ONLY used Apple devices all my life; I have converted more than 20 people to Mac over the last five years. And you wanna tell ME I am not allowed to criticize Apple for its inertia following SJ's death?
And how do YOU know if Apple is "working its ass off" to release iOS 7? Any inside info you'd like to share?
YOU are Android material; not me, Sir.
I did look at their website, and found out they're on the 800MHz band which is 'the standard band in Europe' and they made the arrogant remark that they're 'sure Apple will bring out a new iPhone supporting our LTE network'. (I got upset from that and hammered the company down on their Dutch Wikipedia page hehe)
Thank you
Originally Posted by SpamSandwich
I 100% agree with the need for call blocking options. For unknown reasons, suddenly I'm getting all kinds of e-mail, texts and calls that are cluttering up my phone. I'd love to block these with a vengeance.
Here you go.
Originally Posted by SpamSandwich
Just noticed in Maps they now have a very large button that says "Report a Problem". This is a good sign. I'll have to see if some of the more popular Maps location screw-ups have been fixed...
Always been there.
Has anyone else noticed that their icloud account and iTunes account are now linked? Meaning - I've had a .mac email address for years, and a separate one I used for iTunes (yahoo email). After updating on my phone, it asked if I wanted to add my yahoo email to my FaceTime account (which was set up under the .mac address).
For some - I know this has never been an issue as they used the same account for both - I was one of those that didn't...
It looks like apple has fixed this?
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Here you go.
Always been there.
I already use DoNotCall.gov, but those pesky spammers from outside the country are persistent. They appear to be using Google Voice for their worldwide spam assault.
Color me embarrassed on the Maps 'problem' button. I never used it before.
Uh... You think the OS kind of magically appears overnight?!
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Originally Posted by anantksundaram
Uh... You think the OS kind of magically appears overnight?!
The point is how much focus the top management is putting into iOS 7 compared to all of their other tasks such as new products, new hardware updates, OSX, etc. I think iOS 7 should be the focus and the big rollout this year. That's my definition of "working their ass off". I don't think iOS 5 or 6 was much of a highlight or generated that much excitement. iOS is what sets Apple mobile devices apart, more than the hardware itself.
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Originally Posted by brlawyer
I have ONLY used Apple devices all my life; I have converted more than 20 people to Mac over the last five years. And you wanna tell ME I am not allowed to criticize Apple for its inertia following SJ's death?
And how do YOU know if Apple is "working its ass off" to release iOS 7? Any inside info you'd like to share?
YOU are Android material; not me, Sir.
Apple isn't experiencing inertia. In fact, they are accelerating their expansion in hiring in all parts of the corporation. This is the start of implementing the build out of campuses globally, data centers globally, and new products. That requires 18-36 months of lead time to accomplish.
It depends upon the update and the bug fixes implemented. If many of the libraries have been updated a x.x release may make sense. People need to stop complaining. I mean realistically this update costs you nothing but fixes a bunch of bugs, you really can't complain.
Keep trying. I had that problem on my 5th gen iPod too. Then it suddenly went a bit weird on screen & then completed.
Yes, such a small number because it's not a troll. Perhaps your wizzy 5 doesn't have issues, but the 4 definitely does. Will be interesting to see if anything changes.
Who cares about your grades. Go measure your dick, and see if you get passed 1 inch.
Apple rarely adds significant features to incremental updates. Generally, it only irons out or expands upon existing features. The 200 plus new features will likely come in the summer with iOS 7, which is probably where the rest of Apple's engineers are working.
This is a fair observation, but don't forget when Apple was quickly refreshing iOS the Mac Os was stagnating. The same people work on both. Apple has changed the development cycle around so the team could refresh both around the same time, which benefits the Eco system better.
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Originally Posted by realwarder
Bug fixes: let's hope they fixed the browser lockup and stalls.
Looks like it did. In fact Safari seems to be vastly improved.
Apple needs to stop acting like old men and start to excite it's customer base again. I'll be jailbreaking shortly to try to inject some additional interest again...