Thursday, September 19, 2013

iOS7 "updates"

Finally saw all the latest "updates" to iOS7. Nothing but copying all the famous apps on Google Play and some device tweaks by Samsung and HTC.



  1. One touch to control brightness - Samsung. This is one cool feature that's missing from stock Android. Samsung really tweaked their hardware to fit this in. Hats off!
  2. One touch to switch on FLASH - numerous apps on Play
  3. One touch airplane mode - plenty of widgets on home screen can do that
  4. Automatic app updating - duh! Play allows you to do that. Question is, why Apple didn't have this feature till now. lol
  5. AirDrop update - NFS, WiFi direct and BlueTooth already allow you to do this on Android phones
  6. Photo filters - Android 4.3 stock has enough filters. Plus simple apps like LittlePhoto give you extra options. These two together are way more than what iOS7 offers.
  7. Dynamic wallpapers (with bubbles) - Lol! Their USP is "no more boring 2D wallpapers". Hello? Ever heard of Live Wallpaper? Yeah. Came out years ago on Android phones.
  8. Safari's Unified Smart Search Field - This is one of the best features that has existed on Android since start of time itself. Not sure if this allows you to search for contacts, apps etc., on your iPhone, but the one on Android sure does. A single search bar to search anything in the Universe!
  9. iTunes Radio - Similar to Pandora. Picked up as it is!
  10. FaceTime Audio - So, they had a great app that allowed seamless video chatting. They just added the "audio only" option. Yawn. Are you even trying?


The one thing iOS7 didn't care about is the battery life. Plenty of complaints after the update that the battery is draining off soon. Users have to change some settings to stop this from happening.

Of course, for a large base of Apple users these simple steps appear too complicated and too "tech-y" and they need to have a step-by-step guide for this. I am sure people will be thronging the Apple store to get this done and they will be charged plenty of dollars by "Apple Genius".

Source for the iOS7 updates: Coolest Updates on iOS7

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