Now have iOS 6 installed on my iPhone 4. So far so good. Not seeing any bugs yet. Let me know if there is something you folks want me to check, try, or verify. Downloading iPad 2 software now.
iOS 6 Installed
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I have had it installed for the past few days and honestly I am not impressed.
Yup the new maps are there (and if you notice its powered by TomTom now) but everytime I try using the Turn by Turn directions the app crashes when I start typing in an address.
Other then that there dosent seem to be anything new.
I HATE the new FindMyIphone app which you can download from the DEV site. The map shown now is just a postage stamp in the center of the screen, and no longer can you send a message to the screen when you play a sound. I used that feature a lot to page my wife or kids when they had their ringers off. I hope they add the send a message portion back in.
I did have fun with Siri last night changing the language. By changing the language to English (UK) it changed the voice to a guys voice with an english accent. If you set it to austrailian its siris voice but with an austrailian twang.
I wish they would have added support for texting over Bluetooth, this way I could text while driving (hands free) over my ford sync system.
But if someone came up to me and said show me what iOS 6 has thats new, I wouldnt really be able to show them anything except for the new Passbook which does nothing but show a splash screen when you select it.
Yup the new maps are there (and if you notice its powered by TomTom now) but everytime I try using the Turn by Turn directions the app crashes when I start typing in an address.
Other then that there dosent seem to be anything new.
I HATE the new FindMyIphone app which you can download from the DEV site. The map shown now is just a postage stamp in the center of the screen, and no longer can you send a message to the screen when you play a sound. I used that feature a lot to page my wife or kids when they had their ringers off. I hope they add the send a message portion back in.
I did have fun with Siri last night changing the language. By changing the language to English (UK) it changed the voice to a guys voice with an english accent. If you set it to austrailian its siris voice but with an austrailian twang.
I wish they would have added support for texting over Bluetooth, this way I could text while driving (hands free) over my ford sync system.
But if someone came up to me and said show me what iOS 6 has thats new, I wouldnt really be able to show them anything except for the new Passbook which does nothing but show a splash screen when you select it.
What does iOS6 bring that iOS5 does not have?
Turn by turn mapping? I already have TomTom on my phone.
Turn by turn mapping? I already have TomTom on my phone.
Gotta agree with Scott, The navigation is nice, but that is about it... I really was hoping for a lot more. Dont get me wrong having the support of icloud is nice, but is it enough? The new iphone will probably have a 4 inch screen and nfc, and that will be the new features....seems like apple has lost a little steam here, I think they should have announced ios 6 and the new iphone all at once, it would have made a little bigger of a impact. I also have a problem with the fragmentation that is happening with apple now. the iphone 4 will not have facetime over 3g and the turn by turn directions....really? why not? let the 4s still have siri, but why take away turn by turn and facetime? that kinda chaps me as now I will have to either give my wife my 4s when I upgrade or get her one if I want her to have those features...sad especially when other phones very low end models can do something similar.
Doesn't have as good of a ring to it, also it looks weird in the timeline..
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.5...
here is where I am at...I was kinda looking at the siii before but now, I think ios 6 has really made me want to look at it, plus the fact that if I upgrade now I will keep my unlimited data at least for another year till other people on my account upgrade...its a tough call because I love my iphone its rock solid and a great phone and the fact that we have all mac stuff is a huge positive for me (at home we have all mac stuff)..Its going to be a tough call.
Well, it is the first beta...I have had it installed for the past few days and honestly I am not impressed.
Yup the new maps are there (and if you notice its powered by TomTom now) but everytime I try using the Turn by Turn directions the app crashes when I start typing in an address.
Other then that there dosent seem to be anything new.
I HATE the new FindMyIphone app which you can download from the DEV site. The map shown now is just a postage stamp in the center of the screen, and no longer can you send a message to the screen when you play a sound. I used that feature a lot to page my wife or kids when they had their ringers off. I hope they add the send a message portion back in.
I did have fun with Siri last night changing the language. By changing the language to English (UK) it changed the voice to a guys voice with an english accent. If you set it to austrailian its siris voice but with an austrailian twang.
I wish they would have added support for texting over Bluetooth, this way I could text while driving (hands free) over my ford sync system.
But if someone came up to me and said show me what iOS 6 has thats new, I wouldnt really be able to show them anything except for the new Passbook which does nothing but show a splash screen when you select it.
you are right, but I think more what Scott is saying is really the new update is Passbook and maps...heres to hoping iphone 5 brings more new features.
In most development cycles, once "beta" is reached, features will NOT be added (or removed). Normal "beta" testing is to find bugs or flaws with the existing s/w base. Now, maybe Apple does it differently, I don't know.
They might be keeping some stuff under wraps to keep competitors (Google) from finding out.
Really? I have encountered many definitions of what beta means since I started developing software in the '70s so thank you for sharing yours with me.
Here is a list of the Top 40 new features / changes in iOS 6
40 iOS 6 Features You'll Actually Care About
40 iOS 6 Features You'll Actually Care About
Scott Greczkowski said:
I don't think there's anything listed that will make me dump my jailbreak iOS.
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