Been running the beta for a while now and it's easily the biggest, bestest release Apple have made. Some of the awesomeness I'm enjoying:
- Safari Reader means plain-text reading of articles, and the ability to save it to read later or when offline. - Red-eye reduction built-in. - Tweet from most places inside the OS. - Reminders system that integrates into Gmail/Exchange tasks. You can even append geo-location reminders using GPS co-ordinates. - iMessage (if you send an SMS to another Apple device, it's free, as it's actually an IP message). - New notification system, including lock-screen information (finally). - FaceTime address can be phone number or e-mail, even on phones (so all FaceTime devices can conveniently video call).
But easily the biggest thing is that I can finally ditch the reliance on iTunes, and forget even having to plug my phone into a PC...
- iCloud/Wi-Fi sync means my books, photos, apps, notes and music etc. are all synced with Apple's cloud network. Any device with my iTunes account (e.g. Elle) automatically gets all of that content, all over-the-air. My iPhone "backup" (inc. settings etc) are also all automatically synced to their cloud. If I get a new device, I just login with my Apple ID, and presto everything is back how I had it. So good.
so is it true you can change your email tone ? or message tone to a file you create yourself.. i have heard yes and no stories its pissing me off not being able to change these to what i want not what apple put on my phone lol.
Quote from Korny;397595: so is it true you can change your email tone ? or message tone to a file you create yourself.. i have heard yes and no stories its pissing me off not being able to change these to what i want not what apple put on my phone lol.
What? You can't pick your own message tone on the iphone?
The reason they've made it inconvenient is purely marketing, as far as I'm concerned. It's creating an audible recognition of product - the same way we all know a Nokia when we hear some of the default tones.
Quote from rec;397605: The reason they've made it inconvenient is purely marketing, as far as I'm concerned. It's creating an audible recognition of product - the same way we all know a Nokia when we hear some of the default tones.
Did you know, the nokia message tone that goes dit dit dit, dee dee, dit dit dit is actually morse code for SMS?
"In the fall, Apple will launch its iCloud service for Macs and iOS devices. It includes two iTunes-related services: free access to previously purchased songs via any authorized device, as well as a $25 per year option to store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud. The latter feature, dubbed iTunes Match, will scan a user's library and give immediate iCloud access to any song that "matches" a corresponding track in the iTunes Store library. Songs that don't match will be uploaded to a user's iCloud storage.
The benefit of iTunes Match over competing services from Amazon and Google is that users with libraries that consist of the most popular content will only have to upload a small percentage of music. This makes the process much faster than uploading each and every track, especially given the relatively anemic upload speeds available to most US broadband users. The US iTunes Store boasts over 18 million tracks, so if your tastes don't depend heavily on obscure, independent, or foreign music, there's a good chance that a significant proportion of your library will match up."
There are paranoid concerns that Apple will like, reveal that data to labels or use it personally to attack its users.
On that topic, Chicago-based intellectual property attorney Evan Brown says "opacity will go a long way toward protecting users from anti-piracy snooping, and being the targets of subpoenas. The opacity of one's collection, plus the good faith hope that Apple will abide by its own privacy policies should give reasonable assurances of safety, even if there may be a few tracks up there with questionable provenances."
Ask Ars: will iTunes Match be used to chase down music pirates?
I've only just started, after about a decade of pirating (or once upon a time buying CDs). It's just too cheap and convenient not to. Which is the same reason I now buy games (thanks, Steam!).
E.g. I'm on the train and I realise -BAND NAME HERE- have just released a new album. 10-15 dollars and 30 seconds later; I'm listening to it.
bought some albums for my mum on itunes and couldn't believe how bs the pricing is the itunes albums ended up costing me more for the digital copy than a physical copy costs at the big chains. its a ripoff.
yeh, I have a problem where I have emails in my gmail inbox from say a month ago... but the email app on the iphone only displays emails from say 3-4 days old and then they disappear if they are older than that.
Nah, bit beyond that - it was quite a rudimentary implementation with flaky connectivity issues. In typical Apple fashion; steal an idea and [try to] make it better.
The entire premise of needing to sync to iTunes is almost redundant now anyway. iCloud backups, over-air iOS software updates, and when the Match service launches you won't need iTunes for your music syncing either. Your catalog will be stored on the cloud, and you can download any/all via your phone, over Wi-Fi or on 3G.
Quote from rec;398606: Beta 4 out now. If you have Beta 3Judging by the responses in this thread, you're the only one with a developer account, Jamie :P
Also, I heard from an Apple fanboy friend that from iOS5, Apple will allow patched updates instead of users having to download and install the entire 600mb+ OS for shit like 'PDF security vulnerabilities'.
I found 3 things useful thus far. -The new banner lock screen -The pulldown wigit screen -Taking a photo with the volume button (Should have been added ages ago)
Now, can you create a custom ringtone, or is apple ghey and I have to buy an itunes one?
Quote from psyave;402447: Now, can you create a custom ringtone, or is apple ghey and I have to buy an itunes one?I think you mean custom message tone? Custom ringtones have been around for a while with iPhones, but not custom message tones which rec mentioned earlier in this thread. I usually edit songs down to ringtone length with Audacity, then put them on my phone. It's free and probably has more options than any iPhone app will.